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Don Alonzo Watson
Born (1807-06-15 ) June 15, 1807Died January 1, 1892(1892-01-01) (aged 84 ) Occupation Businessman Spouse
(m. 1855)
Don Alonzo Watson (June 15, 1807 – January 1, 1892) was a Rochester, New York businessman and philanthropist who, with Hiram Sibley helped found Western Union .
Biography
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Don Alonzo Watson was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on June 15, 1807.[1]
He was educated at public schools, and trained as a machinist in Boston. In 1832,he moved to Honeoye Falls, New York , where he met Hiram Sibley . They were partners in a profitable machinery business for eight years.[1]
He married Caroline M. Manning in 1855, and they had three children.[1]
In 1856, he was a major investor in Sibley's new Western Union company.
Watson purchased a building for Rochester Homeopathic Hospital which became Genesee Hospital in Rochester.[2] University of Rochester in acknowledgment of the college's achievements in political science and history.[3]
He died at his home in Rochester on January 1, 1892, and was buried near Sibley in Mount Hope Cemetery .[4]
References
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^ Political Scientist Appointed to Watson Professorship , University of Rochester Press Releases
^ "Don Alonzo Watson" . Democrat and Chronicle 10 . Retrieved December 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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