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William Hepburn Russell

United States businessman

Died when: 60 years 223 days (727 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

William Hepburn Russell

William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872) was a United States businessman.He was a partner, along with Alexander Majors and William B.Waddell, in the freighting firm Russell, Majors, and Waddell and the stagecoach company the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company which was the parent company of the Pony Express.

His public life is one of numerous business ventures, some successful and some failed.While Russell, described as a good-looking man, lived the majority of his life on the edge on the western frontier, he was always more at home in the upper-class settings of the East coast.


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