Simeon Brooks Armour (Simeon Brooks Armour)
Businessman. One of 5 Armours who developed Armor and Company Meat Packing. In 1871 John Plankington and Phillip Armour opened a small slaughterhouse in Kansas City. The company already had two large packinghouses, one in Milwaukee and one in Chicago. John Plankington retired from Plankington & Armour in 1885 and Armour Brothers was organized. Phillip Danforth Armour, founder; Simeon B. Armour, eldest brother; A. Watson Armour, and his sons, Kirkland B. Armour and Charles W. Armour, made up the firm. The name was changed to Armour & Co. in 1910. The plant grew till it had approximately 90 acres of floor space, and employed about 5,000 people. (bio by: Bill Walker) Family links: Parents: Danforth Armour (1799 – 1873) Juliana Ann Brooks Armour (1799 – 1879) Spouse: Margaret E. Klock Armour (1835 – 1915)* Siblings: Simeon Brooks Armour (1828 – 1899) Andrew Watson Armour (1829 – 1892)* Philip Danforth Armour (1832 – 1901)* Mary Lucy Armour Burleson (1832 – 1861)* Marietta Armour Chapin (1834 – 1897)* Charles Eugene Armour (1835 – 1863)* Herman Ossian Armour (1837 – 1901)* Joseph Frances Armour (1842 – 1881)* *Calculated relationship
Born
- February, 01, 1828
Died
- March, 03, 1899
Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
- Missouri
- USA