William G. Fargo signed Wells Fargo & Company - Autograph Stock Certificate - Un for Sale

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William G. Fargo signed Wells Fargo & Company - Autograph Stock Certificate - Un:
$16150.00

Signed by William G. Fargo. Uncanceled Signature. The revenue stamp is also initialed by William G. Fargo. No other on record with this signature combination. William George Fargo (May 20, 1818 \" August 3, 1881) was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern-day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells. He was also the 27th Mayor of Buffalo, serving from 1862 until 1866 during the U.S. Civil War. William George Fargo was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York on May 20, 1818. He was the eldest of twelve children of William C. Fargo (1791\"1878) (formerly of New London, Connecticut) and Stacy Chappel Strong (1799\"1869). His younger brother was James Congdell Strong Fargo (1829\"1915), president of the American Express Company for 30 years. William\'s education consisted only of the rudiments taught in a country school as he left school at the age of 13 to carry the mail in Pompey and help support his family. His father, who was born in New London, Connecticut, fought in the War of 1812. The elder Fargo was stationed at Fort Niagara and fought in the battle of Queenston Heights under General Van Rensselaer that resulted in the death of British General Isaac Brock. Fargo was wounded in right thigh, just before the Americans took possession of the ground. His grandfather was William Beebe Fargo (1757\"1801), who served with distinction in the American Revolutionary War, the son of William Fargo (1726\"1813). His great-grandfather was the son of Moses Fargo (1691\"1798) and the grandson of Moses Fargo (1648\"1742), who was born in Lyons, France. His father Jacent Fargeau, had emigrated with his wife and children to Wales, from where Moses and his elder brother Aaron went to Norfolk, Connecticut in 1670. At the age of 13, Fargo left school and started carrying mail for his native village of Pompey, New York. In the winter of 1838, Fargo started working with Hough & Gilchrist, grocers, from Syracuse. He remained there for a year until he went to work with the grocers Roswell and Willett Hinman. After three years, Fargo obtained a clerkship in the forwarding house of Dunford & Co., Syracuse. In 1841, he became a freight agent, an express messenger between Albany and Buffalo, for the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad in Auburn. A year later in 1843, Fargo was a Resident Agent in Buffalo, New York. He left the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad and joined Livingston, Wells & Co., as messenger. On April 1, 1845, along with Henry Wells and Daniel Dunning, Fargo organized the Western Express which ran from Buffalo to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and intermediate points, under th Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.