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Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, D.C., telegraph superintendent. Ontario County, New York, native. Married to Rebecca Sprague Stager on November 14, 1847. Father of Emma L. Stager, Anna Stager, Charles Stager, and Ellen S. Stager. Printer in Rochester, New York, in 1841 under telegraph pioneer Henry O'Reilly. Telegraph operator in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1846. Telegraph clerk in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1850. Telegraph superintendent for the New York and Mississippi Valley Company in Cincinnati in 1852. Telegraph Superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Company in Cleveland in 1860. Organized the U.S. military telegraph lines under General George B. McClellan. Commissioned a captain and assistant quartermaster from November 1861. Appointed chief of the United States Military Telegraph by the Secretary of War. Promoted to colonel and aide-de-camp during the war. Breveted brigadier general and mustered out in September 1865.
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Rochester, Monroe County, New York, attorney and telegraph officer. Otsego County, New York, native. Married to Elizabeth H. Gold Elwood on June 14, 1849. Father of Frank W. Elwood, Agnes R. Elwood, and Elizabeth H. Elwood. Resident of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, in 1850. Attorney in Rochester in 1860. Secretary of the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company. Treasurer and Secretary of the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1861.
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Frankfort, Kentucky, merchant and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret J. Gaines. Father of Jane P. Gaines and William A. Gaines. Merchant in Frankfort in 1860. Postmaster of Frankfort from March 1861 to October 1866.
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Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer, politician, and soldier. Oldham County native. Son of John J. Jacob and Lucy Donald Robertson Jacob. Married to Sarah Benton Jacob on January 17, 1848. Father of Richard F. Jacob and Elizabeth B. Jacob. Married to Laura Wilson Jacob on June 15, 1865. Studied law under Nathaniel Wolfe in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1845 to 1846. Served in the United States Army as a captain during the U.S.-Mexican War. Farmer in Cooper County, Missouri, in 1850. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Cooper County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Oldham County from 1859 to 1863. Farmer in Oldham County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860. Presidential elector for John C. Breckinridge in 1860. Served in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a colonel from August 22, 1862 to August 21, 1863. Lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky under Governor Thomas E. Bramlette from 1863 to 1867. Arrested in Kentucky for discouraging the enlistment of African Americans in the United States Colored Troops in November 1864. Exiled to Richmond, Virginia, from November 1864 to January 1865.
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Versailles, Kentucky, farmer, horse trainer, and soldier. Franklin County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sally F. Macey. Father of Robert W. Macey, Fannie B. Macey, Kate Macey, Gus Macey, Rebecca Macey, and Emma Macey. Farmer in Franklin County in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Horse trainer in Versailles in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Versailles in 1860. First lieutenant in the 9th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as from July 31, 1862, to August 21, 1863.
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Ohio, U.S. General. Chillicothe, Ohio, native. Graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1853. Second lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1853 to 1860. Teacher at Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, New York, in 1860. Colonel in the 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) in 1861. Division commander in the Army of the Ohio as brigadier general in 1862.
Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and statesman. Kentucky native. Married to Lettitia J. Garrard. Father of Toleman Garrard, Daniel Garrard, Mittie Garrard, James L. Garrard, Lucy J. Garrard, Florence Garrard, and Ellen W. Garrard. Salt maker in Clay County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty enslaved persons in Clay County in 1850. Member of the Democratic Party in 1857. Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1857 to 1865. Owned three enslaved persons in Clay County in 1860. Ran as a pro-Union candidate in 1861.
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Seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Located on Lake Erie. Located at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River.
City in Monroe County, New York. Located at the mouth of the Genesee River. Located on Lake Ontario.
Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.
Seat of Anderson County, Kentucky.
Seat of Nelson County, Kentucky.
Town in Shelby County, Kentucky.
Founded in 1856, following the consolidation of various regional telegraph companies operated by the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Company and the acquisition of Samuel Morse's telegraph patent. Created the first transcontinental telegraph service in the nation. Founder: Ezra Cornell.
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Organized at Eminence, Kentucky. Mustered in on August 22, 1862, and mustered out on September 11, 1863. Commander(s): Colonel Richard T. Jacob.
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NO.1.] TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY FOR TRANSMISSION.
The public are notified that, in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received, to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.
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