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William George Fargo 20 MAY 1818 - 3 AUG 1881

William was born on 20 MAY 1818 in Pompey, New York and died on 3 AUG 1881 (age: 63) in Buffalo, NY .
He was the son of William C. Fargo (B: 20 MAR 1791) and Stacy Strong (Fargo) (14 SEP 1799 - 9 NOV 1870).

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 ParentsGrand Parents  
William Fargo, Jr. (ABT 1757 - 14 OCT 1801)
William C. Fargo (B: 20 MAR 1791)
Mary Congdill (Fargo)
William George Fargo
Stacy Strong (Fargo) (14 SEP 1799 - 9 NOV 1870)
 


- William was born on 20 MAR 1791 in Montville, New London, Conn.


- Stacy was born on 14 SEP 1799 in Hebron, Conn. and died on 9 NOV 1870 (age: 71)




-- William --
Formed an express company with Henry Wells in 1844. Married
Anna H. Williams in 1840 - twelve children.

William: William George Fargo

From the age of thirteen he had to support himself, obtaining little schooling, and for several years he was a clerk in grocery stores in Syracuse. He became a freight agent for the Auburn & Syracuse railway company at Auburn in 1841, an express messenger between Albany and Buffalo a year later, and in 1843 a resident agent in Buffalo. In 1844 he organized, with Henry Wells (1805-1878) and Daniel Dunning, the first express company (Wells & Co.; after 1845 Livingston & Fargo) to engage in the carrying business west of Buffalo.

The lines of this company (which first operated only to Detroit, via Cleveland) were rapidly extended to Chicago, St Louis, and other western points. In March 1850, when through a consolidation of competing lines the American Express Company was organized, Wells became president and Fargo secretary. In 1851, with Wells and others, he organized the firm of Wells, Fargo & Company to conduct an express business between New York and San Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama and on the Pacific coast, where it long had a virtual monopoly.

In 1861 Wells, Fargo & Co. bought and reorganized the Overland Mail Co., which had been formed in 1857 to carry the United States mails, and of which Fargo had been one of the original promoters. From 1862 to 1866 he was mayor of Buffalo, and from 1868 to his death, in Buffalo, on the 3rd of August 1881, he was president Of the American Express Company, with which in 1868 the Merchants Union Express Co. was consolidated. He was a director of the New York Central and of the Northern Pacific railways.
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- Jerome was born on 6 FEB 1820


- Rufus was born on 28 DEC 1821


- Chancellor was born on 12 JAN 1824


- Sarah was born on 24 MAR 1826


- Maryette was born on 18 DEC 1827


- James was born on 5 MAY 1829


- Charles was born on 15 APR 1831


- Thomas was born on 7 MAY 1833


- Emeline was born on 17 MAY 1836


- Willet was born on 15 FEB 1840


- Mortimer was born on 24 SEP 1843


- William, Jr. was born on ABT 1757 in New London, Conn. and died on 14 OCT 1801 in Montville, Conn.





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