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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Derek Daly (born 11 March 1953 in Ballinteer, Dublin) is a former racing driver from Ireland. He won the 1977 British Formula Three Championship, and competed as...

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[Downloaded 2010 from Wikipedia:] Charles Leaming Tutt I, and his descendants are famous in Colorado Springs. He became a wealthy man by the time he was forty years old. Biography He was born Feb...

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President of the National Geographic Society (1957-1967).

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Clarence Frank Birdseye II (December 9, 1886 – October 7, 1956) was an American inventor who is considered the founder of the modern method of freezing food. In 2005, he was inducted into the Nationa...

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Charles Edward Merrill (October 19, 1885 – October 6, 1956) was an American philanthropist, stockbroker and co-founder, with Edmund C. Lynch of Merrill Lynch & Company (previously called Charles E. M...

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John Campbell Greenway (July 6, 1872 – January 19, 1926) was an American mining, steel and railroad executive: a man of many trades in many states. He also had a distinguished career as a soldier, both...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Elitch (1852 – March 10, 1891) was a restaurateur, businessman, actor, zookeeper, and original owner and namesake of Elitch Gardens and the Elitch Theatre i...

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) William King (February 9, 1768 – June 17, 1852) was an American merchant, shipbuilder, army officer, and statesman from Bath, Maine. A proponent of statehood for Maine, he became its first Governor...

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Urban Andrain Woodbury (July 11, 1838 - April 15, 1915) was an American Civil War veteran, an entrepreneur and a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. Served as the 45th governor of Vermont. Pre...

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Colonel Henry Gratiot (April 25, 1789 – April 27, 1836) was a French-American pioneer, trader and businessman who, during the Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, acted as both an intermediary and early U....

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William Jay "Bill" Bowerman (February 19, 1911 – December 24, 1999) was an American track and field coach and co-founder of Nike, Inc. Over his career, he trained 31 Olympic athletes, 51 All-American...

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Rolland Harty Spaulding (March 15, 1873 – March 14, 1942) was an American manufacturer and Republican politician. He was elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1914, where he served one term. Early...

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David Harvey Goodell (May 6, 1834 – January 22, 1915) was an American inventor, manufacturer, and Republican politician from Antrim, New Hampshire. Goodell was born to Jesse R. Goodell[2] on Ma...

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Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 Hopewell, NY - May 20, 1913 West Palm Beach, FL) Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standar...

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Joseph Tatnall was an influential citizen in Wilmington and the Brandywine Village flour mills were a significant source of flour for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Although Tatnall...

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Joseph Ball was a prominent merchant, landowner, industrialist, and capitalist Joseph Ball was elected Director of the United States Bank at Philadelphia on January 9, 1789. He was elected President ...

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Founder and owner of the John Robinson Circus

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Seth Benedict Howes (1815 - 1901) - Circus owner, entrepreneur and showman This amazing man was a showman and entrepreneur and when he died in 1901 left a fortune by today's standards, let alone thos...

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Augustus Osborn Bourn (October 1, 1834 – January 28, 1925) was an American politician and the 36th Governor of Rhode Island. Early life Bourn was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on October ...

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) Henry Howard (April 2, 1826– September 22, 1905) was the 32nd Governor of Rhode Island from 1873 to 1875. Education and family life Henry Howard was born in Cranston, Rhode Island to Jesse ...

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James Youngs Smith (September 15, 1809 - March 26, 1876) was an American politician and the 29th Governor of Rhode Island (May 26, 1863 - May 29, 1866). Early life Smith was born in Groton, N...

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from History of North Canaan, CT Samuel Forbes, who came to Canaan from Taunton, Massachusetts, was a renowned ironmaster who brought many innovations to the industry, establishing his own iron dyn...

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Robert Means Thompson (2 March 1849 – 5 September 1930) was a United States Navy officer, business magnate, philanthropist and a president of the American Olympic Association. He is the namesake of t...

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Russell Robb studied engineering at MIT and quickly became senior vice-president and treasurer of a successful engineering firm. His wife, Edith Morse Robb, ran a successful embroidery design company. ...

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William Reid Manierre was born on March 26, 1847, in Chicago, IL, the second child (and son) of Judge George Manierre and Ann Hamilton Reid Manierre. He was a lawyer, businessman, and civic leader. His...

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Harry Gordon Selfridge was born in 1858 in Ripon, Wisconsin, on January 11, 1858, but within months of his birth moved to Jackson, Michigan. His father did not return home after the Civil War, although...

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Robert Tralles Herres (December 1, 1932 – July 24, 2008) was the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Early life and education Herres was born in 1932, in Denver, where he attend...

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James Stephen "Steve" Fossett (April 22, 1944 – c. September 3, 2007) was an American businessman, and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop ar...

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Billie Sol Estes (born January 10, 1925) is an American businessman; a former financier best known for a business scandal that sent him to jail for fraud multiple times and complicated by his ties to...

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An American legend, Rose Blumkin (Mrs. B), knew early in life that honesty and integrity would serve her well. Those beliefs laid the foundation for Nebraska Furniture Mart's rise to its status as a Mi...

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John Willard Marriott (September 17, 1900 – August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993)...

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BRITTON, FORBES (1812–1861). Forbes Britton, soldier, businessman, and legislator, was born in 1812 in Clarksburg, Virginia, and is thought to have attended Kenyon College in Ohio. He was appointed f...

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Frank G. Allen (October 6, 1874 – October 9, 1950) was the 51st Governor of Massachusetts. Allen was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 6, 1874. A businessman and executive with the Winslow B...

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) Thomas William Lawson (February 26, 1857 – February 8, 1925) was an American businessman and author. A highly controversial Boston stock promoter, he is known for both his efforts to promote reform...

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George Albert Draper (November 4, 1855 – February 7, 1923) was an American textile industrialist. Draper was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts, and was a descendant of early Massachusetts settler J...

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Eben Sumner Draper (June 17, 1858 – April 9, 1914) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 44th Governor of Massachusetts between 1909 and 1911. Early life and career Draper was a nativ...

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William Lewis Douglas (August 22, 1845 – September 17, 1924) was a U.S. businessman and politician. He served as the 42nd Governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906. He also founded and oversaw t...

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. Oliver Ames, Jr. (November 5, 1807–March 9, 1877) was president of Union Pacific Railroad when the railroad met the Central Pacific Railroad in Utah for the completion of the First Transcontinental...

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Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 – May 8, 1873) was an American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. As a congressman, he is credited by ...

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) Thomas Talbot (September 7, 1818 – October 6, 1886) was the 31st Governor of Massachusetts, and a major textile manufacturer in Billerica, Massachusetts. Life Thomas Talbot was born on Sept...

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GRENFELL, PASCOE (1761-1838), politician, was born at Marazion in Cornwall, and baptised at St. Hilary Church 24 Sept. 1761. His father, Pascoe Grenfell, born in 1729, after acting as a merchant in Lon...

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W.W. Clyde is a heavy civil construction firm based in Springville, Utah. W.W. Clyde was founded in 1926 by Wilford W. Clyde, brother to George Dewey Clyde, who later became a Governor of Utah. T...

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Andrew MacLeish (26 June 1838 – 14 January 1928) was a Scottish and American businessman. Life and career MacLeish was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Archibald MacLeish and Agnes Lindsay. He...

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Michael was born on 24th October 1864 of Irish immigrant stock (The Province of Ulster). Aged 14 (1878) he ran away from home to work on The Canadian Pacific Railway. His elder brother Patrick soon dra...

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Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin (April 3, 1828 – March 1, 1909) was a prominent California businessman and investor of the second half of the 19th century. Biography Baldwin was born in Butler ...

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Edwin Michael Holt manufactured the so-called Alamance Plaids, the first cotton goods produced in the South on power looms. The Alamance Cotton Mill was established by Edwin Michael Holt and his brothe...

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Governor of North Carolina from 1893-1897. Col. Thomas Michael Holt (July 15, 1831 – April 11, 1896) was a prominent North Carolina industrialist who served as the 47th Governor of North Carolina f...

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Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941 – July 5, 2002) was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991, he served as the state's fifty-seventh gove...

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Charles Willing (May 18, 1710, Bristol, England – November 30, 1754, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a successful Philadelphia merchant, trader and politician; twice he served as Mayor of Philadelphi...

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A Boston paper published the following obituary: "President H. A. Whitney. Death of a noted financier and railroad operator. Henry A. Whitney, the banker and ex-president of the Boston & Providence rai...

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John David Bassett (July 14, 1866 – February 26, 1965) was a founder of Bassett Furniture.

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Thomas Bahnson Stanley (July 16, 1890 – July 10, 1970) was an American politician, manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder. Early life He was born to Crockett Stanley (January 8, 1838 – Marc...

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Herman L. B. Duryea (1862-1916) was an American Thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder. Herman Duryea also owned a large estate in Tennessee where he bred dogs and gamecocks. In 1902 he began bree...

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Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (Gujarati: જમ્શેત્જી નુંસ્સેર્વાનજી ટાટા; also spelled Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata; 3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904) was an Indian industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India's...

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Was Chairman of the Board of Macy's.

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James William Ellsworth (Hudson, Ohio, October 13, 1849 – June 2, 1925 at Villa Palmieri in Florence, Italy) was an American coal mine owner and banker. Early life He attended the Western Res...

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sir Ratan Naval Tata, KBE (Gujarati: રતન નવલ ટાટા; born 28 December 1937), is an Indian businessman who became chairman (1991– ) of the Tata Group, a Mumbai-based conglomerate.[2] He is a member of a p...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerald Hatten "Jerry" Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, real estate investor and chemist. He was the majority owner of the...

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) John Slater (December 25, 1776–1843) was an early American industrialist, founder of Slatersville, Rhode Island and younger brother of Samuel Slater, father of the American Industrial Revolution....

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Samuel Slater (June 9, 1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution", (a phrase coined by Andrew Jackson) or the "Fath...

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George Peabody (/ˈpiːbədi/PEE-bə-dee;[2] February 18, 1795 – November 4, 1869) was an American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust in Britain and the Peabody Institu...

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Samuel Mills Damon (1845–1924) was a businessman and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii, through the Republic of Hawaii and into the Territory of Hawaii. Life Samuel Mills Damon was born in ...

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He is an English financier and environmentalist. Goldsmith is a founding partner of WHEB Ventures Limited a venture capital fund that invests in clean technologies, and of its sister company Ruston W...

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Photo: Jeremiah Wadsworth and hIs son Daniel Jeremiah Wadsworth (July 12, 1743– April 30, 1804) was an American sea captain, merchant, and statesman from Hartford, Connecticut who profited from his...

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of the Johnnie Walker whisky distillery family. He joined the family business in 1856. Advertising had not yet caught on as a marketing vehicle, so Walker turned to other means to make the product memo...

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Founder of the Johnnie Walker whisky distillery empire.

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William Thomas Seawell (January 27, 1918 – May 20, 2005) was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force and former head of Pan Am. Seawell (pronounced SOO-uhl) left the University of Arka...

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Sir (Henry) Cosmo Orme Bonsor, 1st Baronet (2 September 1848 – 4 December 1929) was an English brewer and businessman and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900. ...

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Fairfax Cary Harrison was an American lawyer, businessman and history writer. Reference: "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1959," index and images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 10 Feb 2013), Fairfa...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Pearsall Smith (1827-1899) was a lay leader in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in Great Britain. His book Holiness...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Mickle Whitall (November 4, 1800 – June 6, 1877) was a prominent U.S. sea captain, businessman and philanthropist in New Jersey and Pennsylvania involved in...

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William M. Wood (1858 - February 2, 1926) was a textile mill owner of Lawrence, Massachusetts who was considered to be an expert in efficiency. He made a good deal of his fortune through being hired ...

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FREDERICK AYER was the son of Frederick Ayer, a commissioned officer in the War of 1812, a man highly esteemed by his fellow citizens on account of his fine character and integrity. On his fatheris s...

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James Cook Ayer (5 May 1818 Groton, Connecticut - 3 July 1878 Winchendon, Massachusetts) was the wealthiest patent medicine businessman of his day. Dr. Ayer was also brother of wealthy industrialist ...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry E Huntington Henry Edwards Huntington Born February 27, 1850 Oneonta, New York Died May 23, 1927 Philadelphia Spouse Arabella Huntington Henry Edwar...

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary: "... John Batterson Stetson (May 5, 1830 - February 18, 1906) was a U.S. hatter, hat manufacturer, and, in the 1860s, the inventor of the cowboy hat. He founded the Jo...

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Francesco Antonio Maria Matarazzo, conde Matarazzo (Castellabate, 9 de março de 1854 — São Paulo, 10 de dezembro de 1937), mais conhecido no Brasil como Francisco Matarazzo, conde Francisco Matarazzo, ...

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Find a Grave Entrepreneur. He changed retail shopping by pioneering the first nationwide members-only discount warehouse stores. As a business lawyer in 1954, he founded the retail chain Fed-Mart in ...

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James Phinney Baxter (1831–1921) was an American businessman, historian, civic leader, and benefactor of Portland, Maine. His personal library, containing over 100 leather-bound books of maps, po...

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Oliver Phelps was early in life a tavern keeper in Granville, Massachusetts. During the Revolution he was Deputy Commissary of the Continental Army and served until the end of the war. After the war ...

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US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 25th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 to 1859. Edwin Barber Morgan (May 2, 1806 – October 13, 1881) was an e...

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Philip Lehman (November 9, 1861 – March 21, 1947) was a Jewish-American investment banker. Born in New York City to Emanuel and Pauline (née Sondheim), his father, was a co-founder of investment bank, ...

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Robert Owen Lehman, Sr. (September 29, 1891 – August 9, 1969) was an American banker, head of Lehman Brothers for decades and a notable race-horse owner, and important art-collector and philanthropis...

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John Christian Bullitt (1824–1902) was a prominent lawyer and civic figure in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He founded the law firm known today as Drinker Biddle & Reath. Early life ...

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) Julian Shakespeare Carr (October 12, 1845 – April 29, 1924) was a North Carolina industrialist and philanthropist. He was married to Nannie Carr, with whom he had two daughters (including Eliza Car...

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George Soros (Hungarian: Soros György) born August 12, 1930 as Schwartz György, is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Mana...

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. Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. (October 20, 1910 – March 1, 1990) was a prominent American businessman, citrus grower, politician and philanthropist who was a native and resident of Florida. Griffin was an ...

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Henry Griffin Strong(July 18, 1873 – August 13, 1919) was a U.S. businessman in Rochester, New York. He was a partner in the Pritchard Strong Company, a manufacturer of stamped metal products. In 191...

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Henry Alva Strong was born on August 30, 1838 in Rochester, New York. He graduated from Wyoming Academy in 1858. On August 30, 1859, he married Helen Phoebe Griffin . They had three children: Gertr...

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