Hiram Sibley

1807 - 1888  (81 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Hiram Sibley
  Birth	6 Feb 1807	North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jul 1888	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	26 Jul 1939	ALBER
  FamilySearch ID	LQ5N-7NJ
  Burial	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I55046	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Sibley,   b. 29 Apr 1768, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 2 Oct 1829, Mendon, Monroe, New York, United States (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Zilpah Davis,   b. 13 Apr 1771, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 May 1824, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	23 May 1791	Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F19340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Maria Tinker,   b. 11 Aug 1815, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. 11 Jul 1903, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1833	North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	+ 1. Zilpha Louisa Sibley,   b. 7 Dec 1833, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Jun 1868, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States (Age 34 years)   2. Giles Benjamin Sibley,   b. 8 Apr 1841, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. 14 Mar 1843 (Age 1 year) + 3. Hiram Watson Sibley,   b. 2 Mar 1845, North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. 28 Jun 1932, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States (Age 87 years) + 4. Emily Sibley,   b. 10 May 1855, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States d. 8 Feb 1945, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F19713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Feb 1807 - North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 24 Jan 1833 - North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Death - 12 Jul 1888 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 26 Jul 1939 - ALBER Burial - - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Biography Sibley was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, and later resided in Roch e ster, New York. He became interested in the work of Samuel Morse involv in g the telegraph. HiramSibley.jpg In 1840, Sibley joined with Morse and Ezra Cornell to create a Washingt o n to Baltimore telegraph service. In 1851, Sibley and others organize d th e New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Roch ester . Sibley later served as first president of Western Union Telegrap h Compa ny. In 1861, Jeptha Wade, founder of Western Union, joined forces with Benja m in Franklin Ficklin and Hiram Sibley to form the Pacific Telegraph Comp an y. With it, the final link between the east and west coast of the Unit e d States was made by telegraph. In conjunction with Perry Collins, Sibl e y later hoped to build a telegraph line from Alaska to Russia through t h e Bering Strait, the so-called Russian American Telegraph. However, th i s dream collapsed with the establishment of a cross-Atlantic line to Eu ro pe. Sibley funded the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechani c A rts, as well as the building which housed it, Sibley Hall, at Cornel l Uni versity in Ithaca, New York. Today, the program is known as the Sib ley Sc hool of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and is located in pa rts o f Upson, Grumman, and Rhodes Halls. Sibley Hall is now a part of th e Coll ege of Art, Architecture, and Planning. Death[edit] Sibley died in 1888 and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester. Sibley's home near Rochester, the Hiram Sibley Homestead, was listed o n t he National Register of Historic Places in 1985. His Rochester home i s in cluded in the East Avenue Historic District.[1] Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Reg i ster of Historic Places. National Park Service. People in this section In This Section: PEOPLE Academic Leadership Department Faculty Graduate Field Faculty Faculty Emeritus Graduate Students Research Staff Administrative Staff Open Faculty Positions The Sibley School of Mechanical Engineering is consistently rated amon g t he top ten Mechanical and Aerospace engineering programs in the world . W e have world-class facilities, exceptional academic programs and ou r rese arch is focused solely on the cutting edge of tomorrow’s science a nd tech nology. While these factors contribute to our success, the one th ing tha t truly sets us apart from other programs is the dedication and h ard wor k of our faculty, students and staff. The Sibley School currently consists of 41 faculty members whose resear c h includes investigations into Applied Mathematics, Biodynamics, Biomed ic al Mechanics, Combustion, Dynamics, Systems, and Controls, Energy Syst ems , Estimation and Filtering, Fluid Dynamics, Micro-Nano Systems, Robot ics , Solid Mechanics, Space Systems, Thermal Systems, Turbulence, Utilit y Sc ale Wind Energy and Vehicle Engineering. Our undergraduate and graduate students come from the top of their acade m ic classes and from all over the world to create an atmosphere that i s bo th challenging and welcoming. Our hard working staff is dedicated t o maki ng this the most productive and enriching educational environmen t possibl e. Examine our faculty directory and you will find a diverse group of indiv i duals dedicated to creating a unique and demanding educational progra m wh ile conducting significant and visionary research. If you are intere ste d in a specific area of research, don’t hesitate to contact faculty m embe rs working in that field. They would be happy to talk to you about t he op portunities available to you at the Sibley School of Mechanical an d Aeros pace Engineering.