William Hepburn Russell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hepburn Russell

Co-founder of the Pony Express

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1812

Place of Birth: Burlington, Vermont, United States

Date of Death: 10-Sep-1872

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

William Hepburn Russell (1812–1872) was a United States businessman.
He was a partner, along with Alexander Majors and William B.
Waddell, in the freighting firm Russell, Majors, and Waddell and the stagecoach company the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company which was the parent company of the Pony Express.
His public life is one of numerous business ventures, some successful and some failed.
While Russell, described as a good-looking man, lived the majority of his life on the edge on the western frontier, he was always more at home in the upper-class settings of the East coast.