William George Fargo
1818–81
Expressman. In 1844, became messenger for Wells & Company, of which he was one of three owners. Secretary of the American Express Company in 1850. Wells, Fargo & Company established the first express to and from California in 1852. President of the American Merchants Union Express Company, 1868. Mayor of Buffalo, New York, 1862–6.
Source
DAB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
letter
