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an American tycoon
He was one of eight children
Leland Stanford was born March 9, 1824
lost his law library and other property by fire
wife named Jane
Stanford founded Leland Stanford Junior University as a memorial for their only child
he lost his law library by a fire in 1852
Born in Watervliet, New York (which is now the town of Colonie)
Stanford was admitted to the bar in 1848 and then moved to Port Washington, Wisconsin where he began law practice with Wesley Pierce.
He move to California during the California Gold Rush
was a leading member of the republican party
Stanford moved to San Francisco in 1874, where he assumed presidency of the Occidental an the Oriental steamship company.
He owned two wineries
His parents were Josiah and Elizabeth Phillips Stanford
He died from heart failure at his home in Palo Alto, California on June 21, 1893
His wife Jane died in 1905
His son Leland Stanford Jr. died as a teenager of typhoid in Florence, Italy in 1884
Leland was an active Freemason's
he served as grand master of the grand lodge of free and Accepted masons of the state of California
I n 1900, Jane gave the home to the bishop of Sacramento as a home for friendless children when her husband and son died
Leland died in Palo Alto, CA
his father was Josiah Stanford, and mother Elizabeth Philip Stanford
American railroad builder and politician, was one of the founder of the Central Pacific and southern Pacific railroads and served as California's governor and then U.S. Senator
One of his this he love to do was to make quotes. One of his quotes was about the school:
I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex. -Lelanmd Standfor-
Mykel Colbert, Taylor Watson,Stephanie Wall Courtney Goode,Amber Persson
- American railroad builder and politician, was one of the founder of the Central Pacific and southern Pacific railroads and served as California's governor and then U.S. Senator
- One of his this he love to do was to make quotes. One of his quotes was about the school:
I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other, and I want particularly that females shall have open to them every employment suitable to their sex. -Lelanmd Standfor-LINKS
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