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William George Fargo was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York, on May 20, 1818. [1] He was the eldest of twelve children of William C. Fargo (1791–1878) and Stacy Chappel Strong (1799–1869). His younger brother was James Congdell Strong Fargo (1829–1915), president of the American Express Company for 30 years.
May 15, 2024 · William George Fargo (born May 20, 1818, Pompey, New York, U.S.—died August 3, 1881, Buffalo) was an American businessman who was one of the pioneering founders of Wells, Fargo & Company. Fargo was born into the farming family of William C. and Tracy Strong Fargo and would ultimately employ most of his 11 siblings.
May 18, 2018 · William George Fargo. 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.
William George Fargo (May 20, 1818 – August 3, 1881) was an American businessman and politician who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor of Buffalo, serving from 1862 until 1866 during the U.S. Civil War.
William G. Fargo. Born on May 20, 1818, in Pompey, New York, Fargo was the eldest of 12 children born to William C. Fargo and Tracy Strong Fargo. As a boy, he worked on his father’s farm in summer, and in winter he attended school. When he was 13 years old, the local postal contractor hired Fargo to carry the mail on a 43-mile circuit around ...
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. He was the eldest of twelve children of William C. Fargo, formerly of New London.
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. They co-founded the American Express Company, then Wells, Fargo & Company, in 1852.
