Hiram W. Sibley (February 6, 1807 – July 12, 1888), was an American industrialist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who was a pioneer of the telegraph...
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Hiram Sibley Homestead is a historic home located in the town of Mendon in Monroe County, New York. More specifically, the homestead is in the hamlet of...
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patron of the arts. Youngest child of Western Union founder Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Tinker Sibley, she grew up in a family that valued service, faith, and...
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the land to Hiram Sibley in 1878. The post office was established in 1873 under the name Burr Oaks, but was renamed Sibley in 1880. Sibley was once cited...
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Hiram (Phoenician "benevolent brother", Hebrew חִירָם "high-born", Standard Hebrew Ḥiram, Tiberian Hebrew Ḥîrām) is a biblical given name referring to...
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structures. Notable structures in the district include the Hiram W. Sibley House (1868), home of Hiram Sibley; Edward E. Boynton House (1909), Rochester's only...
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United States of America. Hiram Sibley of the Western Union Telegraph Company won the contract. In 1861, Ficklin joined Hiram Sibley in helping to form the...
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noted Rochester architect J. Foster Warner and built for Hiram W. Sibley, a son of Hiram Sibley. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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Sibley House (Detroit), listed on the NRHP in Michigan Sibley House Historic Site, Mendota, Minnesota, listed on the NRHP in Minnesota Hiram Sibley Homestead...
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York, James Sibley Watson Jr. was an heir to the Western Union telegraph fortune created by his grandfathers, Don Alonzo Watson and Hiram Sibley. Don Alonzo...
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several residences, commercial and public buildings. In 1856 Jeptha helped Hiram Sibley consolidate most of the telegraph industry by forming Western Union through...
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and 65 Sibleyville – Located at the junction of Route 15A and Sibley Road. The Hiram Sibley Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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Minnesota Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816–1886), Confederate general Hiram Sibley (1807–1888), American entrepreneur Irena Sibley (1944–2009), artist, children's...
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of America. Hiram Sibley of the Western Union Telegraph Company won the contract. In 1861, Benjamin Franklin Ficklin joined Hiram Sibley in helping to...
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Rodenbeck Abraham M. Schermerhorn George B. Selden Henry R. Selden Hiram Sibley Elijah F. Smith Lucy J. Sprague Fletcher Steele Margaret Woodbury Strong...
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first transcontinental telegraph was the work of Western Union, which Hiram Sibley, Jeptha Wade, and Ezra Cornell had established in 1856 by merging companies...
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Watson Sibley (1845-1932), son of industrialist Hiram Sibley (1807-1888), and is said to be the largest university music library in the US. Mr. Sibley was...
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substantial fortune when the Erie and Michigan line was consolidated with Hiram Sibley and his New York and Mississippi Company formed the Western Union company...
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Cornell University College of Engineering (redirect from Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic Arts)
on what has since become the Arts Quad, both of which are named for Hiram Sibley, the original benefactor whose contributions were used to establish the...
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company and Western Union were founded in Rochester by Frank Gannett and Hiram Sibley, respectively, but have since moved to other cities. Today, the city's...
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1892) was a Rochester, New York businessman and philanthropist who, with Hiram Sibley helped found Western Union. Don Alonzo Watson was born in Palmer, Massachusetts...
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personality, screen name "Jenna Marbles" James Sibley Watson, grandson of Western Union founders Hiram Sibley and Don Alonzo Watson; doctor and filmmaker...
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Telegraph Company was founded in Rochester, New York by Samuel L. Selden, Hiram Sibley, and others in 1851. In 1856 the company merged with its competitor the...
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Luke is invited to The White House. The president of the Western Union, Hiram Sibley, appears at the beginning of the album. James Gamble and Edward Creighton...
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formed in 1892. The first president of the bank was Hiram W. Sibley, whose father, Hiram Sibley, was one of the founders of Western Union. In 1981, a...
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Architect and civil engineer John Henry Schwarz, Theoretical physicist Hiram Sibley (1807–1888), Industrialist, philanthropist Frank J. Sprague (1857–1934)...
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the construction of Western Union's transcontinental telegraph lines. Hiram Sibley, Western Union's head, negotiated exclusive agreements with railroads...
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2022 – via Internet Archive. Marks, Hiram (May 13, 1928). "Rufus Sibley Dies in His 87th Year; Founder of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr". Democrat and Chronicle...
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communication into the hands of the Americans. In 1859, he approached Hiram Sibley, head of the Western Union Telegraph Company and promoter of an intercontinental...
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Henry Lomb, Eastman Kodak by George Eastman, Western Union Telegraph by Hiram Sibley and Don Alonzo Watson, Gleason Works by William Gleason, and R.T. French...
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