John S. Armstrong

Who is John S. Armstrong?

John S. Armstrong was the co-founder of the former City of Oak Cliff and founder of the town of Highland Park, Texas. Armstrong was also a founder of the State Fair of Texas.

John Scarborough Armstrong was born Nov. 18, 1850 in Nashville, Tennessee to J. W. and Pauline Armstrong. He was one of thirteen children. He married Alice J. White on Jul 3, 1878 in Lancaster, Kentucky. He 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 Flippen and Mrs. Johnetta Prather.

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.