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Armour, Philip Danforth

merchant, was born May 16, 1832, at Stockbridge, N. Y. Of all the Armour brothers, Philip has probably attracted to himself more public attention than any of the others by reason of his remarkable personality and his practical philanthropy, in which, however, he has been sustained by the liberality of the other brothers. The Armour mission, one of the most conspicuous institutions in Chicago, has been developed through his activity, originality and generosity from an humble beginning to colossal magnitude.

The youngest brother, Joseph, who died Jan. 5, 1881, bequeathed $100,000 in his will for the founding of a mission in Chicago, to be conducted on certain novel lines. As the executor of the estate, Philip D. Armour became peculiarly interested in the carrying out of the trust imposed upon him. The mission represents the sum of $3,000,000.