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John S. Armstrong (November 18, 1850 – April 26, 1908) was an American real estate developer. He was the co-founder (along with
Thomas Marsalis Thomas Lafayette Marsalis (October 4, 1852 – April 20, 1919) was an American developer. With John S. Armstrong, the founder of Oak Cliff, he was one of the key developers of what is now known as the Dallas area. Early life Marsalis was born in ...
) of the former City of
Oak Cliff Oak Cliff is a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, that was formerly a separate town in Dallas County; Dallas annexed Oak Cliff in 1901. It has since retained a distinct neighborhood identity as one of Dallas' older established neighborhoods. Oak C ...
(now incorporated into
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) and founder of the town of Highland Park,
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. Armstrong was also a founder of the
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. John Scarborough Armstrong was born November 18, 1850 in Nashville,
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to J. W. and Pauline Armstrong. He was one of thirteen children. He married Alice J. White on July 3, 1878, in Lancaster,
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. With his brothers, Dr. V. P. Armstrong and Henry C. Armstrong, he established the Armstrong Meat Packing Company, a wholesale grocery business. Around 1906, he purchased land north of Dallas which he had developed into the residential community of Highland Park. Armstrong died April 26, 1908 in Dallas, Texas and is buried at Oakland Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Alice J., and two daughters: Mrs. Minnie May (Edgar L.) Flippen and Mrs. Johnetta (Hugh) Prather.


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People from Oak Cliff, Texas 1850 births 1908 deaths People from Highland Park, Texas {{texas-bio-stub