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- William George Fargo (1818-1881), American entre preneur, was a founder of Wells, Fargo and Company and the American Express Company. William Fargo was born on May 20, 1818, in Pompey, N.Y., the eldest of 12 children. His formal education ended at 13, when he began carrying mail over a 30-mile circuit for a local contractor.
Fargo was a director and vice-president of New York Central Railroad Company, a director and shareholder of the Northern Pacific Railway, a director of the Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad Company, and a shareholder in the Buffalo Coal Company and the McKean and Buffalo Railroad Company. [6]
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May 18, 2018 · William George Fargo (1818-1881), American entre preneur, was a founder of Wells, Fargo and Company and the American Express Company. William Fargo was born on May 20, 1818, in Pompey, N.Y., the eldest of 12 children.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION. William George Fargo (1818-1881) was born in Pompey, the eldest of twelve children. An expressman (one who is responsible to pack, manage and ensure delivery of cargo) since the age of 13, Fargo met fellow expressman Henry Wells in 1841 and the two became partners.
Pioneer American businessman William George Fargo was one of the founders, along with Henry Wells, of Wells, Fargo & Company. The financial services company was founded in 1852 to handle the banking and express business prompted by the California gold rush .
Jul 15, 2002 · The Life and Times of William G. Fargo. By Jacek Wysocki - July 15, 2002. The grand mansion built by the tycoon from Buffalo, one of the city's wealthiest leading men, a founder of Wells Fargo and American Express, and the family who once lived there. Architecture.
Jan 27, 2024 · William Fargo was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. William George Fargo was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York on May 20, 1818.
William G. Fargo, one of the founders of Wells, Fargo & Company, died at his house in Buffalo on the 4th of August, 1881, after an illness of several months. He was sixty-four years of age, having been born at Pompey Hill, Onondaga County, N.Y., on May 20, 1817.
