See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• FARGO
• WILLIAM GEORGE FARGO (1818-1881)

FARGO (1818-1881)  , See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer See also:

• AMERICAN

American expressman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, on the 2oth of May 1818 . From the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of thirteen he had to support himself, obtaining little schooling, and for several years he was a clerk in grocery stores in See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse . He became a See also:

• FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for the See also:

• AUBURN
• AUBURN (from the Low Lat. alburnus, whitish, light-coloured)

Auburn & Syracuse railway See also:

• COMPANY

company at Auburn in 1841, an See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express messenger between See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany and See also:

• BUFFALO

Buffalo a See also:

• YEAR

year later, and in 1843 a See also:

• RESIDENT

resident agent in Buffalo . In 1844 he organized, with See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

Wells (1805-1878) and See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Dunning, the first express company (Wells & Co.; after 1845 See also:

• LIVINGSTON, EDWARD (1764–1836)
• LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R
• LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM (1723-1790)

Livingston & See also:

• FARGO
• FARGO, WILLIAM GEORGE (1818-1881)

Fargo) to engage in the carrying business See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Buffalo . The lines of this company (which first operated only to See also:

• DETROIT

Detroit, via See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland) were rapidly extended to See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, and other western points . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 185o, when through a consolidation of competing lines the American Express Company was organized, Wells became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president and Fargo secretary . In 1851, with Wells and others, he organized the See also:

• FIRM

firm of Wells, Fargo & Company to conduct an express business between New York and See also:

• SAN

San Francisco by way of the See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

Isthmus of See also:

• PANAMA

Panama and on the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, where it See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long had a virtual See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly . In 1861 Wells, Fargo & Co. bought and reorganized the Overland See also:

• MAIL

Mail Co., which had been formed in 1857 to carry the See also:

• UNITED

United States mails, and of which Fargo had been one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original promoters . From 1862 to 1866 he was See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Buffalo, and from 1868 to his See also:

• DEATH

death, in Buffalo, on the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1881, he was president of the American Express Company, with which in 1868 the Merchants See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union Express Co. was consolidated . He was a director of the New York Central and of the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern Pacific See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways .