Name Don Watson Died January 1, 1892 | Children James Sibley Watson Sr. | |
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Great grandchildren Jeanne Quackenbush, Michael Lasell Watson People also search for Hiram Sibley, James Sibley Watson, James Sibley Watson Sr., Emily Sibley Watson | ||
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Don Alonzo Watson (June 15, 1807 – January 1, 1892) was a Rochester, New York businessman and philanthropist who, with Hiram Sibley helped found Western Union. Watson purchased a building for Rochester Homeopathic Hospital which became Genesee Hospital in Rochester. Watson also endowed a professorship to the University of Rochester in acknowledgment of the college's achievements in Political Science and History. He is buried near Sibley in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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