Fred T. Armstrong, D. D. S. Biography

	This biography was extracted from "History of Dakota Territory", 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V page 50

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				FRED T. ARMSTRONG, D.D.S.

	Dr. Fred T. Armstrong, who since 1901 has been engaged in the practice of 
dental surgery in Sioux Falls, was born in Manchester, South Dakota, March 25, 
1883, a son of David Newell and Mary W. (Nelson) Armstrong. The former, a native 
of Massachusetts, born in 1843, went to Manchester, in 1882, taking up his 
residence there when there was only one house upon the town site and he 
afterward moved to Sioux Falls and in 1911 to Minneapolis. In 1915, while 
visiting in Sioux Falls, he died very suddenly but his widow survives. They were 
parents of five sons: Frederick Taft, Harry N., of Sioux Falls; Charles O., 
engaged in the automobile business in Sioux Falls; Victor S., of Minneapolis; 
and George H.

	Dr. Armstrong, who was the first white child born in Manchester, acquired 
his early education in the public schools of Manchester, South Dakota, and later 
attended the Mankato (Minn.) Commercial College, from which he was graduated in 
1903. Following this he became a student in the Chicago College of Dental 
Surgery and from that institution received his degree of D. D. S. in 1910. 
Immediately afterward he located for practice in Sioux Falls and he has already 
secured a large patronage which is continually growing as his skill and ability 
become more widely known.

	Dr. Armstrong is a member of the Country and Commercial clubs. He is a 
Scottish Rite Mason, holding membership in the Shrine and he is also an Elk. He 
gives his political allegiance to the republican party. Along professional lines 
he is secretary and treasurer of the sixth district of the Odontographic Society 
in South Dakota and he is very well known in professional circles throughout the 
state.