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Schenectady (New York, United States) (search for this): entry villard-henry
for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these formed the Edison General Electric Company, of which he was president for two years. He was the author of The Pike's Peak gold regions, and was a liberal promoter of educational, religious, and charitable institutions. He died in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1900.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry villard-henry
Villard, Henry 1835- Financier: born in Spire, Germany, April 11, 1835; received a collegiate education; came to the United States in-1853; settled in Chicago and became a newspaper correspondent; and went to the Colorado gold region in 1859 as a writer for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these for
Pacific Ocean (search for this): entry villard-henry
road and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edisothe Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these formed the Edison General Electric Company, of which he was president for two years. He was the author of The Pike's Peak gold regions, and was a liberal promoter of educational, religious, and charitable institutions. He died in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1900.
Milford (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry villard-henry
or the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these formed the Edison General Electric Company, of which he was president for two years. He was the author of The Pike's Peak gold regions, and was a liberal promoter of educational, religious, and charitable institutions. He died in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1900.
Dobbs Ferry (New York, United States) (search for this): entry villard-henry
for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these formed the Edison General Electric Company, of which he was president for two years. He was the author of The Pike's Peak gold regions, and was a liberal promoter of educational, religious, and charitable institutions. He died in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1900.
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry villard-henry
Villard, Henry 1835- Financier: born in Spire, Germany, April 11, 1835; received a collegiate education; came to the United States in-1853; settled in Chicago and became a newspaper correspondent; and went to the Colorado gold region in 1859 as a writer for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these for
Henry Villard (search for this): entry villard-henry
Villard, Henry 1835- Financier: born in Spire, Germany, April 11, 1835; received a collegiate education; came to the United States in-1853; settled in Chicago and became a newspaper correspondent; and went to the Colorado gold region in 1859 as a writer for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these form
C. S. Greeley (search for this): entry villard-henry
pire, Germany, April 11, 1835; received a collegiate education; came to the United States in-1853; settled in Chicago and became a newspaper correspondent; and went to the Colorado gold region in 1859 as a writer for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these formed the Edison General Electric Company, of wh
1859 AD (search for this): entry villard-henry
Villard, Henry 1835- Financier: born in Spire, Germany, April 11, 1835; received a collegiate education; came to the United States in-1853; settled in Chicago and became a newspaper correspondent; and went to the Colorado gold region in 1859 as a writer for the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these form
November 11th, 1900 AD (search for this): entry villard-henry
or the Cincinnati Commercial. During the Civil War he was a Washington correspondent for Western and Eastern papers. In 1873 he purchased the Oregon and California Railroad and the Oregon steamship companies for German stockholders, and two years later became receiver, with C. S. Greeley, of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. He then organized the Oregon and Transcontinental Company, which gained control of the Northern Pacific and of the Oregon Railway and Pacific companies. He was president of the Northern Pacific in 1881-84, and chairman of the board of directors of the same company in 1889-93. He bought the Edison Lamp Company, of Newark, N. J., and the Edison Machine Works, of Schenectady, N. Y., in 1890, and from these formed the Edison General Electric Company, of which he was president for two years. He was the author of The Pike's Peak gold regions, and was a liberal promoter of educational, religious, and charitable institutions. He died in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1900.
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