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William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897) was an American businessman. Early life. Forbes was born on October 31, 1840, in Milton, Massachusetts. His father, John Murray Forbes, was a French-born railroad magnate. Forbes enrolled at Harvard University in 1857, but he was expelled in 1860. [1] .
This collection consists of the family papers of Edith (Emerson) and William Hathaway Forbes, who married in 1865. The collection contains Emerson family correspondence, Forbes family papers (including correspondence, financial papers, special collections, diaries and other volumes, and miscellaneous papers), William Hathaway Forbes ...
- 1827-1953
- 1827-1969
- Forbes, Edith Emerson, 1841-1929
William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897), son of John Murray Forbes, businessman. Investor in, and later president of, the Bell Telephone Company . Francis Murray Forbes (1874–1961), American businessman, son of Francis Blackwell Forbes and wife Isabel Clark.
William Hathaway Forbes was born on 31 October 1840 in Milton, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Murray Forbes and Sarah Swain Hathaway. His french born father was a American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He entered Harvard in 1857 but was expelled just three years later in 1860.
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- October 31, 1840
- Edith (Emerson) Forbes
- October 11, 1897
William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897), who married Edith Emerson (1841–1929), the daughter of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. [8] William became the first president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and father of William Cameron Forbes .
John Murray Forbes and his wife Sarah Hathaway Forbes had a daughter named Mary Hathaway Forbes. Their son William Hathaway Forbes (1840-1897) married Edith Emerson in 1865 and became the first president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Discover life events, stories and photos about Dr. William Hathaway Forbes (1902–1995) of Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
