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JAM ES F RAN CI S FARGO

JO HN J . GI BLI N

WAY NEW Y ORK N . Y . 65 B ROA D , .

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OSE S FA RGO‘ , with his wife Sarah , emigrated 1680 from Wales about the year , an d settled

in New London , Conn . The histo ry of New London s 1872 by Frances M anwaring Caulkins , publi he d in , h a s the followin g statement Wi t h o t h e r n e w i n h a b i t a n t s t h a t a p p e a r 1670 1680 between the years an d , and to who m M OSES house lots were granted , is FARGO in the year 1690 He remained in N ew Lo n d o n until about ,

when he we nt to No rwich , returning again to the v n o rth p a ri s h o f N e w L o n d o n (n ow M o n t il l e ) ,

whe re he died about the yea r 1 726 . H e had nine child ren born in the orde r name d below z SAR H 1 A 680 . , born in 2 1 1 1 68 . MARY , born January , 2 1 4 2 68 . ANN , bo rn March , ”

9 1688 . PATI ENC E , born May , z M O S ES 9 1691 , bo rn Ap ril , . 2 RALPH 1 1 8 693 . , born August , 2 B 30 6 169 . RO ERT born S eptembe r , 9 16 99 . THOMAS , born Novemb er , AARONz 1 9 702 . , born Decembe r , ( 1 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

On e of the sons named on p rece ding page was the p rogenitor of the secon d gene ration , of the line of p o ste rity describ ed he rewith . Nothing at present is known o f him except that he had a son name d 3 1 730 1 740 WILLIAM , wh o was bo rn b etwee n and in New Lon don , Conn . The records in and ab o ut New Lo ndon show that

MOSES 2 had th re e sons JAB E" 3 SAMUEL3 3 M os rss ROBE RT’z had two sons ROB ERT3 3 MOSE 5

z— l T H O M A S (M o s e s ) went to Vermont or

Massachusetts an d no on e kn ows what b ecame of him . AARON z had on e son AARON3

’l As none o f the ab ove fou r so ns o f M o s es had a

William , it is p robable that

z RALPH may have b een the father o f

a

WI LLIAM . , born at New London , Co nn , 40 b etween the years 1 730 and 1 7 . ( 2 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

35— 2 ‘ ARGO Ra l WILLIAM F ( p h , M o ses ) had six childre n as n o ted b elow “ 1757 WILLIAM , born in New Londo n ab o ut , 1801 died in Montville , .

“ SAMUEL , live d at Lyme , C o nn .

4 SALLY , married J o hn Ames . They went Y 1 Co . 80 7 . to Plymouth , Chenango . , N . , in

“ ANNI E , married James Cha ppel ; die d in N Y P o m p e y , . . H e r d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d a

M r . Stro ng and their daughte r Tacy married “ WILLIAM C . FARGO .

“ " B E L I A E T H , marrie d Rufus Chapman in

Lyme , Conn . , and died the re .

“ HANNAH , never marrie d ; died at Lyme ,

Co nn .

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4 — 3 ” W I L L I A M FA R G O (Wi l l i a m , R a l p h , 1 5 was bo rn about the year 7 7 . At the age of sevente en he was among the first to enlist in the

Revolutionary War , and he se rve d faithfully during the whole of that memorable struggle fo r i n d e p e n dence . The following copy of his military se rvice was obtaine d from the D epartment of the I nte rio r :

2 1 ’ 777 . On January , , e nliste d in Capt Hyde s ’ Company , Col . John Du rkee s Regiment , for du ring 1 1 0 5 78 . t h e wa r ; a p p o i n ted C o r p o ra l , F e b r u a ry ,

H e a l s o s e rv e d a s a S e r g e a n t i n C a p t . J o n a th a n ’ Heart s Connecticut Company un de r La Fayette , 1 78 1 from Feb ruary to Novembe r , , and was p resent ” at the siege of Yorktown . At the close of the war he e ngaged in comme r c ia l pursuits with Daniel Douglas , their p rincipal business b eing the shipping of cattle and horses to

the West I ndies . For a time this ente rp rise p roved successful ; but the loss of two ships du ring a sto rmy voyage b rought a reve rse from which he n ever

recove red financially . ( 4 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

Co n d ell He married Mary g at Lyme , C o nn . , in 1 4 78 . S e p t e m b e r , T h e y r e m ov e d t o Mo n tvi l l e , 14 1 01 8 . wh e r e h e d i e d O c t o b e r th , Hi s wi d ow 1813 remained in Montville until , when she removed Co to East Sp ringfield , Otsego . , N . Y .

Six child ren we re bo rn to them , namely

s G I DEON , date of b irth unknown ; left Mont i n 1809 ville with his b ro the r John , and went to

Co Y . Pomp ey , Onon daga . , N . , where he mar M n li N . a u s . . rie d Betsey Reels He died at , Y , 5 SALLY , did n o t marry ; died at East Sp ring

field , N . Y . C 5 20 h . t 1 91 WILLIAM , born March , 7 .

5 B E T S E Y , wh o wa s m a r ri e d t o S a m u e l 1 . 809 Mosher at Montville , C o nn , about , and Y moved at once to East Sp ringfield , N . . , where

they both died .

5 P O L L Y , wh o wa s m a r ri e d a t Mo n tvil l e 1806 to Samuel L . Wheele r about , and m oved to

the town of Bolton , near Hartford , C o nn . , where 1 she die d ab out the year 845 . 5 1809 JOHN , who left Montville about , going Y first to Pompey and afterwards to Manlius , N . . ,

whe re he died when about twe nty years old .

He neve r marrie d . F A R G O F A M I L Y

5 ‘ WILLIAM C . FARGO William , ” Ralph , was born in New Lo n do n , Co nn . , 2 h 1 9 1 0t 7 . March , His fathe r die d whe n he was but ten years old , and he was thus thrown up o n his own resources . In those days fo rtune was to be sought in the West ; so having learned the trade of distille r , 23 r d r 1807 o n the o f Janua y , , he left Connecticut with his un cle , J ohn Ames , husband of his aunt , SALLY “ FARGO , go ing to Plymouth , Chenango County ,

New Yo rk , thence to Jamesville , On o ndaga County , whe re he foun d employm ent in the distille r y o f

Benjamin San dfo rd .

He remained in this p osition for ab o ut two years , when he made his first visit to his U ncle Chapp el , ’ “ who married his fathe r s siste r , ANNIE , and resided in Pomp ey , N . Y . His visit over , he c o ntinued his j ourney westward until he reache d Buffalo in 1 1 8 0 . S eptemb e r , Here he remained until May ,

1812 v . . , when he ente re d the se r ice o f the U S Army in the p ending war with Great B ritain . The follow ing is a histo ry o f his military se rvice , obtained fro m the Department of the I nte rio r

William C . Fargo was enlisted by Lieut . J ohn ’ En fla l Y th 1812 c o . . 7 O onn o r , at , N , May , , and in June following went to C anandaigua and j oined the M c K eo n company comman ded by Capt . James , from (6) F A R G O F A M I L Y

which place he went to Fo rt Niagara , then un der the 12 h . t comman d o f one Captain Leonard On Octob e r , ’ 18 12 M c K eo n s , he was detache d from Captain c o m p a n y a n d p l a c e d u n d e r t h e c o m m a n d o f

Lieut . Richard M . Bailey , an d on the evening o f that day marche d to Lewiston . On the following day he crossed with his co mpany to " ueenstown and participated in the battle . During the fight he was wounded in the right thigh by a musket ball and was taken back to Lewisto n , where he remained in the 1813 ho spital until Feb ruary , , and was the n taken to 22n d 1 1 . 8 3 Fort Niagara On the o f S eptemb e r , , he was placed on an unlimite d furlough o n ac c o unt o f his wound , an d remained o n furlough until Octob e r , 18 14 ’ . He then j oined Capt . R . J o nes co mpany at ’ Sacket s Harbo r , and was afte rwards transferred K to the company commande d by Benj . . Pierce , d a n d s e rv e a s a S e r g e a n t a t F o rt Ma c k i n aw , M c N eill then unde r the command of C ol . J ohn , 7 t h 18 17 u n t il M ay , , wh e n h e wa s h o n o u ra b ly discharged .

No lo nge r a soldie r he comme nced his j o urney o n Y fo ot from Fo rt Mackinaw , Mich . , to Pomp ey , N . . ,

1817 . whe re he arrived in June , He sho rtly after made a visit to his U ncle Ames in Chenango County , and returned in July . (7) F A R G O F A M I L Y

l0th 18 1 7 On the of August , , he was marrie d to his secon d cousin Tacy Strong , who was born 14th 1 99 7 . Septemb e r , , in Heb ron , Conn H e r fathe r was a farme r , live d near Hadham , Hartford County ,

C o nn . , an d died when she was about one year old . ’ He r m o ther s maiden name was Chapp el ( daughter 4 of James Chapp el , who marrie d ANNIE FARGO , a siste r of WILLIAM FARGO" ) He r mother married 1809 a second time in , to James Screel , in the town Y of Pomp ey , N . . , to which place she had removed ’ afte r he r first husband s death . After he r marriage to

James S creel they remove d near to Coburg , Canada , whe re they both die d . Tacy Strong was the only child by both marriages . 5 1 1 FARGo 8 9 . I n , WILLIAM C , with his wife Tacy , Y remove d from Pomp ey to Jamesville , N . . , whe re they starte d housekeeping . About a year afte rwards they retu rned to Pomp ey , whe re they resid e d in and 1848 near the village of Watervale until the Sp ring of . M F a r r . o While in Pomp ey , g was engaged in distilling f and farming , b esides holding the of ice of Constable fo r six years . From Pompey , he move d to Cice ro Y Corne rs , N . . , whe re he live d for seve n months , N Y removing to Manlius , . . , near what is known as the

High B ridge . He re he resided for fifteen years , when he consented , with his wife , to accept the gift from his children of a sub stantial and comfortable home (8) F A R G O F A M I L Y

in the city of Syracuse , whe re they b oth resided until ’ 9th their death , M rs . Fargo s occurring Novemb e r , 1 ’ 1 869 16th 878 . , and M r . Fargo s , March ,

1875 - In the Summe r of , at the age of eighty four years , M r . Fargo made an extensive tour of the West and Northwest , travelling some thre e thousand miles , during which he visited his son Morti me r at Green B Wi a s . y , , an d also some o f the sce nes o f his military life at Mackinac , Mich .

: Twelve child re n were born to them , namely S 2 1 1 0th 8 8 . WILLIAM G EORGE , born May , “ 6th 1820 J EROME FREEMAN , b o rn Feb ruary , . F ” 2 CONGDELL 6th 182 1 . RU US , born D ecemb e r , " " 12th 1824 CHANC ELLOR LI INGSTON , born Jan . , . A ” 24 1 2 NN th 8 6 . SARAH , b orn M arch , " M ARY ETT E 1 1 2 8 th 8 7 . , born D ecemb er , “ 5 1 2 CONGDELL 8 9 . JAMES , born M ay th , ” 15 183 1 CHARLES , born Ap ril th , . ‘ ’ HOMAS B NTOI b o r l w th 1833 ’ . G ' EMELINE Eorn R; a y l itli igSii " 1 5 1840 . WILLET HINMAN , bo rn Feb ruary th , " 24 1 4 th 8 3 . MORTIMER , born S eptemb e r ,

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FARGOG — Cf WILLIAM GEO RGE (William , ‘ ” z R a l h William , William , p , was born at Y 20 h 1 1 . . t 8 8 . Pomp ey , N , May , Having had the advantage of the country school in the winte r months , at which he made o rdinary p roficiency in the eleme ntal English b ranches , he was employed at the age of thirteen , to carry the U nited States mail on ho rse - back from Pomp ey Hill by way of

Wate rvale , Manliu s , Oran , D elphi , Fabius and

Apulia , back to Pomp ey Hill , a circuit of about

- Offi fo rty miles . This Post c e bu siness comp elled him to p romptness and p ersistence , an d gro unded in him the idea that when a c o ntract is made , it must b e p e rforme d to the letter . Fro m this time until 1841 he was employe d in various capaci tie s , but was steadily climbing the financial ladder . I n 1841 he b ecam e freight agent of the Auburn an d Syracuse Railroad Comp any at Auburn . Soon afterwards he was app ointed m essenger , then again

85 Cc . agent fo r Pomeroy , who had established an exp ress line b etween Albany and Buffalo . The exp ress business was th en in its infancy , but M r . Fargo recognize d in it the eleme nts of indefinite growth an d exp ansion . 1 844 . I n J anuary , , in company with M r H enry

Wells and M r . Daniel Dunning , he o rganize d an 1845 exp ress line from Buffalo to Detroit . In ( 10) F A R G O F A M I L Y

1 . 846 M r Dunning withdrew from the firm , and in

M r . Wells sold his interests to M r . William A . Livingston ; the firm then b ecame Livingston 1850 Fargo . I n all interests we re consolidate d in the o rganization o f the Ame ri c an Exp ress Company , of which M r . Wells was the first President , and M r .

Fargo , S ecretary . M r . Fargo afte rwards b ecame 1852 President . In the year , M r . Fargo , with o the rs , organize d the Wells Fargo C o . Exp ress .

M r . Fargo was fo r some time a Directo r and Vice - Pres ident of the N ew York Central Railro ad

Company , was con necte d with an d a large c o ntrib utor to the e nterp rise of the N o rthe rn Pacific

Railroad , and fo r seve ral years a Directo r . He was also inte rested in othe r railro ads , b esides b ein g a sto ckholder in seve ral of the large manufacturing establishments of Bu ffalo . ff M r . Fargo was M ayor of Bu alo fo r fou r years , 1862 1866 from to , an d distinguished himself for his courtesy , impartiality and executive ability . He was a large an d constant contributor to charitable , religious an d , in fact , all public e nterp rises ; a man of remarkable decision of characte r , an instinctive j udge of men with the rare p owe r of o rganization fl and control , and o f un inching resolutene ss and dete rminatio n . His success was in no sense acci dental . He tro d with a purpose all the roun ds o f the ladder o f fortun e , an d at no step had the faintest (11 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

b reath of suspicion eve r attached to his integrity . f Y d 1 1 . . 3 r 88 He died at Bu falo , N , August , . 184 0 . In January , , M r Fargo married An na H .

Williams , of Pompey . They had eight child re n : ’ 23 r d A L M A C O R N E L I A , b orn Feb ruary , 1842 30th 1 842 , die d Decemb e r , . 7 22n d S A R A H I R E N E , born S eptemb e r , 1843 2 th 1854 7 . , die d Octob e r , 7 l s t W I L L I A M G E O R G E , born Decemb e r , 1845 28th 1872 , die d Decemb e r , ; married Min ff e rva Elizab eth Pre nde rgast , who died in Bu alo , 1 1 th 1873 : Octob e r , . They had two children B ANNA . ? hdARY ’ P 30 th HANNAH SO HIA , born S eptemb e r , 1 47 20 h 185 1 8 t . , die d D ecemb e r , " 7 t h 185 1 MARY LOUISE , b orn S eptemb e r , , 2 h 1852 4t . die d March , ’

Y . f . H E L E N L A C Y , born at Buf alo , N , Y 1 . 3 r d 857 . Decemb e r , , died at Rive rdale , N , 17 1886 l 1 t h 188 1 January th , . On Octob e r , ,

she married He rbert G . S quie rs , U . S . Army , : at Fo rt M on roe , Va . Their child ren we re S 1 1 h 1882 GLADY S t . , born Septemb e r , 1883 WILLIAM G . FARGOS , born . 1884 G EORGIANAS , b orn . 1886 H ELENS , born . ( 1 2 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

7 W l s t E D I N M O R G A N , born D ecemb e r , 1861 4th 1865 , died May , .

" M c Cu n e G EORGIANA , married Charles W . ,

of New York . She died in N ew York , Septem 10th 1892 b e r , . J E ROM E F REEMAN FARGOG “ 3 z Ra l h William , William , p , was born at Y 6 1820 h . . . t Jamesville , N , Feb ruary , He worked on a farm in the summers an d attended school in the winte rs until he was fifteen years of age , when he ob tained a position as a clerk . Ab out the year 1840 he ente red into partne rship with his elde r

G . b rothe r , William . , as a me rchant an d bake r Upon the termination of the busin ess he move d to

Auburn , to accep t a position in the Auburn and

Syracuse Railroad Company . He continued in this service until its consolidation with the o rganiza tion making up the New York Central Railroad

Company . He se rve d the Central Road until June , 1856 f , when he remove d to Buf alo , whe re he b ecame 1873 inte reste d in many large ente rp rises . I n he was appointed to the p o sition of Sup erinte ndent o f the Personal Prop e rty and Real Estate of the Ame ri o n f can Exp ress Company all the lines west of Buf alo , a t a position he held until his death , whi ch o c c u rred ff 19 th 1883 Bu alo , January , . (13 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

l st 1839 On July , , he marrie d Miss Hannah Y 1887 Watson , of We edsport , N . , who die d in . They had seve n children F 7 Y WILLIAM , born in Wee dsp o rt , N . . , 4th 1840 12 1843 March , , die d May th , . R 7 Y J E R O M E . , b o rn in Auburn , N . . , 17 1842 24th D ecemb er th , , died Septemb e r , 1847 . Wf’ Y M E R R I T T , born in Auburn , N . . , 3 1 s t 1845 7 th 1852 March , , die d Feb ruary , . " Y G EORGE WATSON , born in Auburn , N . . ,

23 r d 1848 D e c emb er , , married Alice M . Diller , f 29 h 1870 Y . t at Buf alo , N . , Jun e , , an d had the following children ” f Y . FANNI E ALI C E , born in Buf alo , N . , 12 h 187 1 t . S eptemb e r , G WAT S ON HANNAH , b o r n i n Buffalo , Y 2 4 t h 1873 N . . , D e c e m b e r , , married f N Y William Linc oln Popple , in Bu falo , . . , 14 th 1896 : Octob e r , , and has one child " f MARION FARGO , born in Bu f alo , 30 h 1903 Y e t . N . . , Novemb r , DI LLERB f EM ELINE , b o r n in Buf alo , Y 30th 1875 N . . . , July , f J EROME FREEMANS , born in Bu falo , Y 14 1884 f N . . , June th , . Resides in Buf alo , ( 14 )

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H e married twice : his first wife was Phoeb e

Williams , a daughte r of Nathan Williams , of Pomp ey , who bore him six children . His second wife was 16 Reb ecca Wincheste r . He died D ecemb e r th , 1862 Y , at High B ridge , N . . , and was bu rie d at : Wate rvale . His child re n we re 7 7 h 1843 J . t RANSOM , b orn D ecemb e r , ; died 1867 July , . " 24th 1845 ORIN WILLIAMS , born August , ; f Y 1880 die d at Buf alo , N . . , June , . He had two daughte rs B S T R O N G T A C Y , married , resid es in

Je rsey City .

SARAHS , married , resides in J ersey City . E 7 16 1847 SARAH . , born Feb ruary th , ; died 1849 S eptemb e r , . 7 5 1849 th . FAYETTE CHARLES , born June , In his fou rte enth year he obtained his first posi 86 tion as a salesman for Pratt Letchworth , f wholesale saddle ry an d harness d eale rs at Buf alo , Y N . . , whe re he remained for fifteen months . 22 n d 1864 On June , , he e nte re d the se rvice of the Ame rican Exp ress Company as e rrand and

lette r b oy , from which , through his energy and

application to b usiness , he steadily advance d until he had filled eve ry position to Ge ne ral

Sup e rintendent , Messenge r and Route Age nt ( 16) F A R G O F A M I L Y

excepted . Owing to ill health he was obliged to resign his offi ce as General Sup erintendent at

Chicago , Ill . He is now Sup e rintendent at

I ndianapolis , I n d . He marrie d Mary Munger , who bore him the following children f 13 h 1876 S t . FAYETTE , b o rn Novemb e r ,

CHANC ELLOR ORIN S , b orn Decemb er 6 h 1877 t . , S D ELO S S 3 r d 1879 EDGAR , born March , ; 1 1 83 9 8 . died March th , " 17 LI INGSTON MUNGERS , b orn July th , 1880 1880 ; died Octob e r , . W 8 J E ELL HANNAHS , b o rn Decemb er th , 188 1 . C 7 6th 1849 EMMA . , born Octob e r , ; died 1849 Novemb er , . 7 4th 1850 SAMUEL WILLIAM , b o rn Octob e r , ,

marrie d at Chicago , Ill . ; at p resent lives in Indi

anapolis , I nd . He had one daughte r

GRAC ES , who marrie d and resided at

Chicago , whe re she died leaving a child . F A R G O G— 5 S A R A H A N N ( W i l l i a m C , " 3 z Ra l h William , William , p , was b o rn at Y 24th 1826 Wate rvale , N . . , March , ; died at D etro it , 1 1 3 h 888 . t . Mich . , D ecemb e r , She married a M r

Harvey S . Re ed . They had two children " CHARLES FARGO , who e nte red the service (17) F A R G O F A M I L Y

of the Ame rican Exp ress Company as a lab el b oy 1868 in Octob er , , an d has since that time held

- the positions of drive r , money cle rk , cashie r an d

gene ral agent at D etroit , Mich . M arrie d Miss

l o n . Ro . w s . Jennie , daughte r of the Hon H B Ro ls o n w . , of Hillsdale , Mich They have two childre n : 24 th M A R G A R E T T A C YS , b orn Ap ril ,

S " ROWLS ON 7 th HAR EY , born Feb ruary , 1892 . 7 5 1860 th . FANNIE STUART , born Feb ruary , M A R Y E T T E F A R G O G— 5 ( W i l l i a m C , " 3 z R a l h William , William , p , was b o rn at Y 18 h 1827 t . Watervale , N . . , D ecemb e r , Late in the forties she was marrie d to Samuel P . Wormley , who for some years had b een associated in the

exp ress business with he r b rother , WILLIAM G .

FARGO , when that busin ess was in a ve ry p rimitive state . Afte r their marriage they went to D etroit ,

Mich . , and later to Marshall , where M r . Wormley b ecam e agent of the Ame rican Exp ress Company .

188 1 . . In they remove d to G rand Rapids , Mich , M r Wormley having b ee n appointed agent of that com pany at that city . This p osition he held until his 2 1899 n d . death , which occurred March , Thre e : child ren we re born to them , namely (18) F A R G O F A M I L Y

" 188 1 A K . FR N , die d in ” WILLIAM G EORGE , who entere d the service

of the American Exp ress Company , having b een

appointe d Route Agent at G rand Rapids , Mich . 1894 S u e r i n t en I n , he was appointed Assistant p

a t dent that city ; he was transfe rre d to D etro it , l 1900 s t . M ich . , May , M arried Stella Hahn o f 1895 s Chicago , about . Has one so n , George ,

b o rn in Chicago . " JAMES CHARLES , who was also employed for some years in the American Exp ress Com

pany , at New York City , but resigne d his posi tion to enter into the busine ss of Electrical Ap li a n c es p . GDE LL FARGOG— 5 JAME S CON (William C , “ 3 z R a l h William , William , p , was born at 5 1 2 Y . th . 8 9 . Watervale , Onondaga Co unty , N , May ,

He was the seve nth child of WILLIAM C . FARGO and his wife , whose union was blessed with twelve children . This worthy c ouple were not burdened with riches an d we re unable to give their children such educational advantages as are only attainable by pe ople of means and consequently their son James

- graduated at the old re d school house at Watervale .

Studious , ambitious to learn , and a most industrious reade r , he eme rged from the c o mmon school a b etter and more p ractical scholar than are the maj o r (19) F A R G O F A M I L Y

ity of those who regularly graduate and whose sole

evidence is contained in their diplomas .

At the age of fifte en , M r . Fargo went to Buffalo ff an d ente re d the o ice of his b rother , WILLIAM G .

FARGO , who with o the rs was runnin g an expre ss line f between Buf alo and Albany , un der the name of 85 Livingston , Wells Pome roy , and another b etwe en 86 Bu ffalo an d D etroit , known as Wells Co . Afte r discharging fo r a short time the duties of sweeping fi out the of ce and running e rran ds , the young man was p romoted to the delivery of money packages about the city . At that time the exp ress business amounted to a single carp et - bag and a dozen articles f a day b etween Albany an d Buf alo , and the same quantity once a we ek b etwe en Buffalo and Detroit . f The railroad had j ust b een c omplete d to Buf alo , but we st o f that city there was no railroad built . 1 47 8 . In the Sp ring of , M r Fargo accompanie d his b rothe r to D etro it when he took up his quarters ’ 85 ffi in Wells Co . s o ce in that city . Early the f l following year his b rothe r return ed to Buf a o , leav ing M r . Fargo in partial charge of the offi ce in

D etroit , an d soon afte r giving him entire control of a e n t a n d the business in that city , first as local g , sub se quently , as the two trunk lines of railroad through

Michigan we re complete d , as Supe rintendent of ’ 85 Wells Co . s business in that state . This responsible (20) F A R G O F A M I L Y

position was filled with signal ability an d fidelity 1855 until January , , when he went to Chicago , hav ing b een appointed agent in charge of the Chicago

offi ce of the Ame rican Exp ress Company . The o ld

p revious companies , it should b e stated he re , had 1850 b een merged in , into what was now known as

the great an d p owe rful American Exp ress Company .

Mr . Fargo , sho rtly afte r assuming charge of the ’ fi C ompany s of ce in Chicago , was appointe d to the Gene ral Sup erintendency of the N orthwest division ’ of the Company s lines , the duties of which we re p e rformed in a man ne r that rende re d him unani m ou s l y popular with business men , id olized by his a dmi r employees , and commanding the resp ect an d ation of the Company . In dee d his talents an d genius 1867 so eminently fitte d him to rise , that in January , , he was called to the city of New Yo rk to assume the position of General Sup e rintendent of the entire system of lines of the Ame rican Exp ress Company , and Director in the great Banking , Exp ress and St a tes Stage Company of the Pacific g , Wells , Fargo 85 Co the . , business of which powerful organization 1872 extends to all parts of the world . I n , his health b reaking down unde r the continued strain of over work , he was give n a leave of absence from his duties and went to Eu rop e with his family ; he r e maine d the re some eighte en mo nths , and returned (21) F A R G O F A M I L Y to New York fully recove red in health and able to b egin again his responsible duties .

M r . Fargo was made a director of the American 1859 188 1 Exp ress Company in , and in , at the death of his b rothe r , WILLIAM G . FARGO , who was Presi o f im dent the Company , he succe eded him in that portant an d resp o nsible position . I n addition to his engrossing resp onsibilities as

Gene ral Manage r o f the Ame rican Exp ress Company , he found time to organize the M e rchants D espatch 187 1 Transportation Company in , of which he was made President . This Company was first formed in 1857 , to op erate a fast freight system ove r what are n ow known as the New York Central Lines ; it at once foun d favo r with the public and has p rove d of p rofit to its own e rs , the Ame rican Exp ress Com pany an d the N ew York Ce ntral Railroad .

M r . Fargo introduced many innovations in the exp ress busine ss and it is greatly owing to his ability and e ne rgy that the Company reaches its position as b eing the standard and greatest exp ress company in the country . He was neve r satisfied to let things go on as they we re but was always looking to imp rove 1882 i n eve ry department of the Company . I n he t r o d u c e d the M oney Orde r system , which in a few years grew into an immense featu re of the Exp ress

Company , and was taken up by all the othe r Express (22)

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M r . Fargo is singularly quiet and unostentatious in habit and manne r , his inte rcou rse with his friends b eing marke d with a dignity b esp eaking the gentle

a man . H e p o ssesses light graceful figu re of me dium size and height , a fine looking face , clear complexion and kindly eye . M r . Fargo was marrie d to Fannie

Parsons Stuart , daughter of Col . John Stuart , of B attle 1853 C reek , Mich . , on the fiftee nth of Decemb e r , .

M r . an d M rs . Fargo had fou r children , two sons and 1 1 3 s t 896 . two daughters . On August , , M r Fargo lost his wife , who died very suddenly while on a trip in the Adirondack Mountains . The children of the family we re 7 C O N G D E L L W I L L I A M F A R G O , born in 27 h 1855 t . Chicago , Ill . , M ay , Afte r leaving e n Anthon Grammar School in N ew York , he

t e r e d Williams C ollege , whence he graduated in 1 7 the class of 8 8 . Upon his graduation he was made Cashie r of the M e rchants Despatch Trans

o r ta tion p Company , and held that p osition until 1880 , when he ente re d the firm of Page , Fargo

85 C o . . , age nts o f the Howe S cale Company C o . Enliste d in the Ninth , S eventh Regiment , 15 National Guard , State of New York , M a rch , 29 1 885 1879 . , serving in that Regime nt to Oct , , 1 3 i e d 88 . l h a r . when be was h o n ou r a b y d s c g I n , M r Fargo ente red the service of the Ame rican Ex (24) F A R G O F A M I L Y

p ress Company and was appointed Secretary of the Executive Committee ; in 1898 he was a p

pointed Assistant S ecretary of the Company . 1895 In , upon the reorganization of the National

Express Company , he was elected Treasu re r and 1903 Director of that C ompany . In , when the Ame rican Exp re ss Company purchased the

Westcott Exp ress Company , M r . Fargo was electe d Treasu re r and Director of the latte r

Company . H e also holds a position as Director of the New Englan d Despatch Company .

M r . Fargo is a memb e r of the Ardsley , N ew Y o r k U nive rsity , Church and Athletic Clubs , and the New York Ge nealogical Society . 20th 188 1 On Ap ril , , he marrie d Mary Stock well Preston , daughte r of William R . Preston , o f

N ew . N ew Yo rk , at York Their children are :

WILLIAM PRESTON S , born in New York 24th 1883 City , M arch , . He entered Har 1906 vard U niversity , Class of .

HELENS , born in New York City , June 19 188 ’ 6 . th , Married at St . Thomas Church , h 1905 . 8 t N ew York , Nov , , to Nathaniel

Ford Moore of Chicago , Ill . 7 J A M E S F R A N C I S F A R G O , born in Chi 1 1 57 . 3 h t 8 . cago , Ill , Feb ruary , He graduate d (25 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

1879 from Williams College in , an d ente red the 86 Co . firm of Page . Fargo , agents of the Howe 1883 Scale Company in N ew York . I n , he ente red the se rvice of the Ame rican Exp ress Company as a clerk in the Money Order an d fi 1885 Gene ral Accountin g Of ce . I n he was appointed Assistant Treasure r o f the Company , 1902 in Feb ruary , , was electe d Treasu re r , and

1905 - in , Vice President an d Treasu rer .

M r . Fargo is a trustee of the Ame rican

‘ S a vi n g s B a n k an d a Directo r of the Hanove r

National Bank , N ew York . H e is a memb e r of the Ardsley , U nive rsity , St . Anthony , S eab right ,

Chu rch an d Riding Club s , the New England

Society , the N ew York Chamb e r of Comme rce a nd the New York Genealogical Society . 17 188 1 On M ay th , , M r . Fargo married

K . M iss Jane Lindley ing , of N ew York Their children are ” GRAC E LINDLEY , born in N ew Yo rk 2 1 8 th 883 . M ay , . Marrie d at St Thomas 25 th 1 907 Church , New Yo rk , Ap ril , , to N J r B r o o kl n . . . Daniel Chauncey , , of y , \ Y

JAM ES STANLEY S , born in New York , 5 1886 th . March , He is now at Harvard 1 0 9 8 . U nive rsity , class of 8 CO N GDELL 2d JAM ES , , b orn in New (26) F A R G O F A M I L Y

23 r d 1888 York , May , . He is n ow at St . ’ Paul s School , Concord , N . H . Y CLARAS , born in Bedford , N . . , July l0 1890 th . , 7 A N N I E S T U A R T , born in Chicago , Ill . , 23 1858 r d . N ovemb er , She died in N ew Yo rk l 1884 4 1 2 s t . th 88 City on January , On Octobe r , ,

“

she was married to William Duncan Preston , at

- - o n . I rvingto n Hudson , N Y . Their only child was

STUART DUNCANS , born in New York , 1 s t 1884 January , . He graduate d fro m Har 1906 vard U niversity , Class of . Ente re d 1 19 06 . Columbia College Law S chool , Oct . , W " G R A C E B R O N E L L , b o rn in G reenp o rt , I Y L . . , die d in I rvingt o n , N . . ; aged seven

years . 6— C 5 ‘ CHARLES FA RGO (William . , William ,

" z " l R a l h M o s es William , p , ) , was born at Watervale , Y 15 18 1 . th 3 Onon daga County , N . , Ap ril , . He comme nced his exp ress e ducation in the D etroit fi of ce un de r the charge of his b rothe r James , an d worke d his way s teadily up . Afte r seve ral years of ffi exp e rie nce in the Detroit o ce , he was appointed agent at Toledo , Ohio . When James C . was trans ferred to Chicago , Charles to ok his place at D etroit , r e and upon the transfe r of James to New York , he (27) F A R G O F A M I L Y

move d to Chicago , to assume the important position o f S econd Vice - Preside nt of the Ame rican Exp ress

Company , of which he was also a Directo r . It may C b e said of Charles as of his b rothe r James . , that he grew up in the exp ress business and gave it his

closest an d undivide d attention . In its gene ral scop e

and in the minutest details he was familiarly at home . He d eserve d and won the confidence and resp ect of all the exp ress manage rs in the country , as a gentle man of marke d ability an d conspicuous exactness and trustwo rthiness . His relations with railroad c o mpanies and other transportation lines extende d ove r a p eriod of nearly half a century , an d , with his b rothe r James , he was p robably acquainte d with a greate r numb e r of railroad o ffi cials and business m en in the country than any o ther two men of their years . To him b elongs a large share of credit for the p e rfect o rganization and successful working of the Ame rican Exp ress C o mpany . 18 th 1854 On D ecemb e r , , he married Mary Jane

Y . Bradford , at Coop e rstown , N . , d a u g h t e r of

Harvey S . Bradford , of that town . They resided in 1867 Detroit , Mich . , until , when they remove d to 11 1 . Chicago , . M r . Fa rgo died in Chicago , Ill , 1 1900 3 th . Octob e r , . M rs Fargo die d in Broo kline 24 1 99 th 8 . (near Boston) , Mass . , on Feb ruary , The following child ren we re bo rn to them (28) F A R G O F A M I L Y

7

. 7th IRENE , born in Detroit , M ich , Ap ril , 1 857 . ; married in Chicago to J C . B . Andrews 1 1 7 882 . of New York , May th , N ow living in

Chicago . They had one daughte r : ” h 1888 7t . EDITH FARGO , b o rn May , " 7 L I I N G S TON W E LL S , born in Detro it , 12 h 1 . t 860 . Mich , F e b r u a r y , H e lived in 1867 Detro it until , when he removed with his II 18 I . 77 parents to Chicago , I n he went to

Williamstown , M ass . , whe re he sp ent o ne year in p reparation fo r ente ring Williams C ollege , 1 2 graduating with honours in 88 . He visited Englan d an d France during the succe eding

" year , and the n returne d to Chicago . He entered the service o f the American Exp ress

Company , and was made Sup e rintendent at 1893 Milwaukee , Wis . I n he was made Assis 1906 tant Gene ral Manage r at Chicago , and in , Vice - President an d Gene ral M anage r o f the

Weste rn D epartment . F 7 B RAD ORD STORY , b o rn and die d in D etro it , 1 . 866 Mich , in . 7

P . ADELAIDE PHILLI S , b o rn in Chicago , Ill , 1 r 8 1 . 868 . July th , M arrie d Hen y G Lord of 1 3 5 89 . Boston , Mass . , in Chicago , June th ,

Remove d to B rookline , M ass . They have two daughte rs ( 29 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y

MARY FARGOS , born in Jamaica Plains , 5 1894 S eptemb e r th , . B F’ RE E C CA GREENLEA , born in B rook 22n d 189 7 . line , Jun e , F 7 FLORENC E BRAD ORD , born in Chicago , l s t 18 2 7 . Ill . , Feb ruary , Married Frederick Y 2 Russell Wheeler of Lockport , N . . , S ept . , 1 05 9 . Resides in Lockport , N . Y . FARGO — C5 THOMAS BENTON fl (William , " " g Ra l h William , William , p , was b orn at Y 7th Wate rvale , Onondaga C o unty , N . . , M ay , 1833 . He was employe d with his b rothe rs in the

Ame rican Exp ress Company , b eing stationed at

Y . f . . . Bu f alo , N , D etroit , Mich and Chicago , Ill He was sub sequently in the employ of the M e r chants D espatch Transp ortation Company , at New 24 h 1900 t . Yo rk City , whe re he die d June , H e was married three times , the first time at Adrian , 1 1 th 1855 La u d eli a M ich . , July , , to M iss Emma

Me rrick , daughte r of D r . G . W . M e rrick ; the sec ond tim e to M rs . Lo uisa Thomas ; and the third time to M rs . " uinn of Boston , Mass . The children by these marriages we re : 7 CHARLES , son of the first wife , was b o rn

25 th 1856 . at Ad rian , M ich . , Ap ril , He was formerly in the employ of the Ame rican Ex 1883 press Company , but in he moved to One (30 )

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C 0 1 of Company D , by . W . F . Roge rs . On S ep 6th 1862 1 16th temb e r , , he transfe rre d to the Re g

c . . im nt , N Y Voluntee rs , in which he se rve d as Lieutenant an d " uarte rmaste r by appointment of

Gove rnor E . D . Mo rgan . H e was honourably dis 25 th 18 62 charge d Novemb e r , . 18 th 1873 On Octo b e r , , he was married at Y Rocheste r , N . . , to Eveline Caldwell of Syracuse ,

Y . . . N . , by the Rev U rias H Mulle r . They had no children . He died at Decatur , Ill . , Feb ruary 14 7 18 6 . th , , an d was buried at D etroit , Mich 6 — C 5 0 . MO RTI M E R FARG , (William , Wil “ a z Ra l h liam , William , p , was b orn at Water Y 24th vale , On o ndaga County , N . . , S eptemb e r , 1843 . H e was employe d with his olde r b rothe rs in the Ame rican Exp ress Comp any at Chicago , De t r oi Y t . , Jackson , Mich . , Syracuse , N . , an d late r as 1882 an Age nt at G re en Bay , Wis . I n he was called to New York and appointe d Gene ral Man age r of the Money Orde r Department then newly organize d . In 1901 he was appointe d General Auditor of the Financial D epartment an d has held that highly resp o nsible p o sition ever since , filling it with great satisfaction to all . 1 0 20th 87 . On January , , M r Fargo married " Mary D rake of anesville , Ohio , who die d in New 12 1 92 th 8 . Yo rk , January , He was married a second 1895 25 th . tim e to J ennie D rummond on Octob e r , (32 ) IN DE"

8 1 D os s o 3 el o o o o o o o o o 7 Ames , John Fargo , Edgar 8 " w 2 9 w 1 3 Andre s , Edith Fargo Fargo , Ed in Morgan 2 4 9 z 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 w . . Andre s , J C B Fargo , Eli abeth 2 8 ‘3 9 1 f . 3 Brad ord , Mary Jane Fargo , Emeline ,

v 32 8 1 4 w D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cald ell , E eline Fargo , Emeline iller 7 f . 3 17 Chapman , Ru us Fargo , Emma C “

3 8 0 1 . 4 Chappel , James , Fargo , Fannie Alice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 26 " 1 6 Chauncey , aniel , Jr Fargo , Fayette Charles 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 Con d ell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 g , Mary Fargo , Fayette ’ f 7 Dees z . 0 0 0 0 0 30 , Etta Fargo , Florence Brad ord 3 1 k 7 1 Dees z k . 5 , Frederic Fargo , Fran E 7 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Dees z 0 , Jennie Fargo , George Watson D 1 4 i ’ 1 3 iller , Alice M Fargo , Georg ana D k 32 ? ra e , Mary Fargo , Gideon 2 8 . 3 1 D . 7 rummond , Jennie Fargo , Grace ’ 1 2 7 . w 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 Fargo , Aaron , Fargo , Grace Bro nell s 2 8 Gr a ce 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Fargo , Aaron Fargo , Emily 7 2 8 hi . 9 . 2 6 Fargo , Adelaide P llips Fargo , Grace Lindley 7 12 ‘ Fargo , Alma Cornelia Fargo , Hannah ” l " 12 Fargo , Ann Fargo , Hannah Sophia o o o o o 8 1 2 8 1 4 Fargo , Anna Fargo , Hannah Watson ‘ 3 8 8 2 . 5 Fargo , Annie , Fargo , Helen " 7

2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 n 0 Fargo , A nie Stuart Fargo , Helen Lacy ’ 1 5 I 7 2 9 Fargo , Bessie . Fargo , rene o o o o o o o 5 5 3 . z Fargo , Betsy Fargo , Jabe ’ 2 cs . 9 f . Con d ell 9 1 9 Fargo , Brad ord Story Fargo , James g , 6 v Con d ell 2 d 8 2 6 Fargo , Chancellor Li ingston Fargo , James g , 8 1 7 O . 7 2 5 Fargo , Chancellor rin Fargo , James Francis 6 2 8 9 , 7 2 6 Fargo , Charles Fargo , James Stanley ’ s . 30 Fargo , Charles Fargo , John . 3 2 “ . 7 9 1 3 Fargo , Clara Fargo , Jerome Freeman , I N D E "

’ 1 4 ’ 1 Fargo , Jerome Freeman Fargo , Sarah F 1 4 “ 1 R . 6 Fargo , Jerome Fargo , Sarah “ 1 “ 1 . 7 Ann w . 9 7 Fargo , Je ell Hannah Fargo , Sarah , s 1 ’ 1 v . 7 . 6 Fargo , Li ingston Munger Fargo , Sarah E 7 2 " v . 9 I 1 2 Fargo , Li ingston Wells Fargo , Sarah rene " 3 1 T " 1 5 Fargo , Louise . Fargo , acie Hannah 8 1 “ 1 K . 3 T 6 Fargo , Marie atherine Fargo , acy Strong " 1 4 ’ 1 2 . T r . Fargo , Ma ion Fargo , homas , “ 1 T . 9 30 Fargo , homas Benton , s 1 2 “ 9 3 1 Fargo , Mary . . Fargo , Willet Hinman , ‘ 1 8 “ 2 . 9 3 Ma r et t e . Fargo , y , Fargo , William , " 1 2 ‘ 4 . 3 Fargo , Mary Louise Fargo , William , W 7 1 4 “ 5 6 . . 3 Fargo , Merritt Fargo , William C , , “ " 2 4 d ll . . 9 32 Con e Fargo , Mortimer , Fargo , William g l 1 ’ 1 4 Fargo , Moses Fargo , William F . ’ 1 2 “ 9 1 0 Fargo , Moses , Fargo , William George , 3 2 ’ 1 2 Fargo , Moses . Fargo , William George ’ 1 a 2 5 O . 6 P r es t on Fargo , rin Williams Fargo , William

’ 1 I r a 3 1 Fargo , Patience Goodrich , 5 5 1 . . 9 Fargo , Polly Hahn , Stella . ’ 1 2 K 2 6 Fargo , Ralph ing , Jane Lindley 7 1 2 6 . 9 Fargo , Ransom J Lord , Henry G ’ 1 2 “ . 3 0 Fargo , Robert , Lord , Mary Fargo 3 2 f“ 30 Fargo , Robert Lord , Rebecca Greenlea ‘ uf Co n d ell 9 1 5 Mc Cu n e 1 3 Fargo , R us g , , Charles W

“ 3 k L a ud eli a 30 Fargo , Sally Merric , Emma s . 5 N 2 5 Fargo . Sally Moore , athaniel Ford " 2 5 Fargo , Samuel . Mosher , Samuel ‘ . 1 3 . 7 Fargo , Samuel Munger , Mary ’ 1 . 4 . 7 1 Fargo , Samuel Williams Popple , William Lincoln

1 v z 1 2 Fargo , Prendergast , Miner a Eli abeth I N D E "

“ k w 2 5 i e 12 Preston , Mary Stoc ell S" u ers , G orgiana D “ 2 7 “ 1 2 Preston , Stuart uncan S" uiers , Gladys

D 2 7 ui “ 1 2 Preston , William uncan S" ers , Helen

i . 30 12 " u nn , Mrs S" uiers , Herbert G 3 1 “ 1 2 Redmond , Mary Gertrude S" uiers , William G . Fargo 7 1 7 T “ 3 8 Reed , Charles Fargo Strong , acy , 7 1 8 2 4 Reed , Fanny Stuart Stuart , Fannie Parsons “ v R ow ls on 1 8 T 30 Reed , Har ey homas , Louisa

v 1 7 1 4 Reed , Har ey S Watson , Hannah T “ 1 8 k . . 30 Reed , Margaret acy Wheeler , Frederic Russell 5 5 Reels , Betsy Wheeler , Samuel L

R ow ls on 1 8 12 , Jennie Williams , Anna H 8 1 6 Screel , James Williams , Phoebe “ 1 . 5 1 6 Sears , Francis Winchester , Rebecca “ 1 ’ . 5 k . Sears , Jerome F Wormley , Fran 1 “ 1 . 5 9 Sears , Stephen Wormley , George “ 1 7 1 . . 5 . . 9 Sears , Stephen R Wormley , James Charles “ 1 K . . 5 1 8 Sears , Winthrop Wormley , Samuel P ? Wormley , William George