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Hiram Sibley

Male 1807 - 1888  (81 years)

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  1. 1.  Hiram SibleyHiram Sibley was born 6 Feb 1807, North Adams, MA (son of Benjamin Sibley and Zilpha Davis); died 12 Jul 1888, Rochester, New York; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Entrepreneur and capitalist, nurseryman and founder of Western Union, Hiram Sibley was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. He moved to Western New York around 1829-1830, and by 1835 he and his lifelong friend and partner Don Alonzo Watson had opened a machine shop in Sibleyville (now Mendon). He was elected Monroe County Sheriff in 1843 and began to invest in local nurseries in 1844.

    Before the Civil War he was active in Republican (anti-slavery) politics.

    After the invention of the telegraph in 1844, Sibley’s interests turned to telegraphy and railroads. He organized and invested in patents and companies, consolidating his interests through the formation of Western Union in 1856.

    During the Civil War, Western Union consolidated its hold on northern and western telegraph lines. Sibley traveled to Russia in late 1864 to negotiate with the Tsar for an undersea telegraph cable that would cross the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia, uniting the Americas, Europe and Asia. The plan was stymied by the ultimate success after several failures of an Atlantic cable in 1866.

    In his later years, he again invested in nurseries, purchasing the largest farm in the country and founding Hiram Sibley & Co., a seed company based in Rochester and Chicago. He was a prominent supporter of both the University of Rochester and Cornell University in Ithaca.

    Hiram married Elizabeth Maria Tinker 24 Jan 1833, North Adams, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Giles Tinker and Zilpha Knight Tinker) was born 11 Aug 1815; died 11 Jul 1903, Rochester, New York ; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York . [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Zilpha Louise Atkinson was born 7 Dec 1833; died 16 Jun 1868.
    2. Giles Benjamin Sibley was born 1841 Apr 8; died 1843 Mar 14.
    3. Hiram Watson Sibley was born 2 Mar 1845; died 28 Jun 1932; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York.
    4. Emily Sibley was born 10 May 1855; died 8 Feb 1945.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Sibley was born 29 Apr 1768, Sutton, MA (son of Timothy Sibley and Anna Waite); died 2 Oct 1829, Mendon, NY.

    Benjamin married Zilpha Davis. Zilpha (child of Samuel Davis) was born 13 Apr 1771, Oxford, MA; died 10 May 1824. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Zilpha Davis was born 13 Apr 1771, Oxford, MA (child of Samuel Davis); died 10 May 1824.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Sibley was born 30 Nov 1792, Oxford, MA; died Est 4 Mar 1858, Mendon, NY.
    2. Patty Sibley was born 6 Feb 1799, Oxford, MA; died 12 Jul 1805.
    3. Nancy Sibley was born 7 Feb 1806; died 14 Feb 1806.
    4. 1. Hiram Sibley was born 6 Feb 1807, North Adams, MA; died 12 Jul 1888, Rochester, New York; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Timothy Sibley was born 2 Nov 1727; died 6 Dec 1818.

    Notes:

    Grandfather of Hiram Sibley

    Timothy married Anna Waite 16 Oct 1753. Anna (daughter of Benjamin Waite and Elizabeth Holland) was born 14 Oct 1733, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened 21 Oct 1733; died 12 Mar 1791, Sutton, MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anna Waite was born 14 Oct 1733, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened 21 Oct 1733 (daughter of Benjamin Waite and Elizabeth Holland); died 12 Mar 1791, Sutton, MA.

    Notes:

    Grandmother of Hiram Sibley

    Children:
    1. Timothy Sibley was born 19 Jul 1754, Sutton, MA; died 1829, Thompson, CT.
    2. Joshua Sibley was born 16 Nov 1755, Sutton, MA; died 29 Sep 1774.
    3. John Sibley was born 19 May 1757, Sutton, MA; died 8 Apr 1837, Natchitoches, Louisiana.
    4. Stephen (1) Sibley was born 19 May 1757, Sutton, MA; died 19 May 1759.
    5. Stephen (2) Sibley was born 10 Nov 1759, Sutton, MA; died 21 Apr 1829, Grafton, OH.
    6. Ebenezer Sibley was born 7 Apr 1761, Sutton, MA; died 10 Sep 1839, Westford, Vermont.
    7. Anne Sibley was born 15 Dec 1762, Sutton, MA; died 17 Apr 1784, Sutton, MA.
    8. Asa Sibley was born 29 Mar 1764, Sutton, MA; died 25 Feb 1829, Rochester, NY.
    9. Jonathan Sibley was born 8 May 1766, Sutton, MA; died 19 Feb 1826, Maine.
    10. 2. Benjamin Sibley was born 29 Apr 1768, Sutton, MA; died 2 Oct 1829, Mendon, NY.
    11. Living
    12. Mary Sibley was born 4 Dec 1771, Sutton, MA; died Yes, date unknown.
    13. Artemas Sibley was born 9 Jul 1773, Sutton, MA; died 10 Aug 1777.
    14. Nahum Sibley was born 11 Sep 1775; died 12 Sep 1796.
    15. Sallie Sibley died 21 Mar 1833.

  3. 6.  Samuel Davis died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 3. Zilpha Davis was born 13 Apr 1771, Oxford, MA; died 10 May 1824.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Benjamin Waite was born 14 Oct 1733; died Yes, date unknown.

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Holland. Elizabeth was born 1730; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth Holland was born 1730; died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 5. Anna Waite was born 14 Oct 1733, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; was christened 21 Oct 1733; died 12 Mar 1791, Sutton, MA.