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    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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    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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