James Edmundson Ingraham Papers 1854-1920

Ingraham, James Edmundson, 1850-1924.

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Businessman, entrepreneur, and railroad company executive. James Edmundson Ingraham was born and educated in Racine, Wisconsin. He moved to Florida in 1874 and became associated with Henry Sanford in Sanford, Florida. He spent most of his career working in Florida for the railroad tycoons, Henry Flagler and Henry Plant. As part of his work for the Plant railroad along the west coast of Florida, he conducted a survey through the Everglades from Ft. Myers to Miami in 1892. From 1892 until 1897 he ...

Chase, Sydney Octavius, 1860-1941

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Businessman. Sydney Octavius Chase and his brother, Joshua Coffin Chase, were born in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Sydney Chase arrived in Sanford, Florida, in 1878 and was employed by Henry Sanford. He later formed Chase & Company, a fruit shipping company and was joined by Joshua in 1884. They expanded their business into grove acreage, insurance, railroads, banking, and the growing of celery. From the description of Papers, 1870-1941. (University of Flori...

Chase, Joshua Coffin, 1858-1948

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Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899

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Railroad and steamship magnate. Henry Bradley Plant took over the express parcels portion of his late father's business, transferring that portion from steamship to railroad. He moved to Jacksonville, Fla. in 1853 when his wife, Ellen Elizabeth (Blackstone) Plant was ordered south for her health. Impressed with the possibilities for Jacksonville's development, Plant. Became the general superintendent of the Adams Express Company for the territory of the Potom...

Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913

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