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Hiram Sibley

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Hiram Sibley

Birth
North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
12 Jul 1888 (aged 81)
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Burial
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
Plot
Section D, Lot 142
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Businessman. Founder of Western Union. He was a friend of Czar Alexander I of Russia and the then Secretary of State William H. Seward, and persuaded the former to sell Alaska to the United States with the help of a United States government check supplied by the latter.
Businessman. Founder of Western Union. He was a friend of Czar Alexander I of Russia and the then Secretary of State William H. Seward, and persuaded the former to sell Alaska to the United States with the help of a United States government check supplied by the latter.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Added: Apr 28, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2823/hiram-sibley: accessed ), memorial page for Hiram Sibley (6 Feb 1807–12 Jul 1888), Find a Grave Memorial ID 2823, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.