John Murray Forbes
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John Murray Forbes was an American railroad magnate, merchant, opium merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Q
Forbes' Back Bay residence, designed by Peabody & Stearns
William Hathaway Forbes
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William Hathaway Forbes was an American businessman. A Union army veteran and Harvard College alum, Forbes invested early in the Bell Telephone Company and served as company president from 1879 to 188
John Murray Forbes
…Alice Hathaway Forbes (1838–1917), who married Edward Montague Cary (1828–1888) in 1875. William Hathaway Forbes (1840–1897), who married Edith Emerson (1841–1929), the daughter of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. William became the first president of the American Telephone…
Bell telephone magazine