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John Murray Forbes (February 23, 1813 – October 12, 1898) was an American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist. He was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s. He kept doing business with Russell & Company.
Grandson of John Forbes, John Murray Forbes (1813–1898), born in France, John Murray Forbes was the first of the family to enter the China trade and later invested in railroads and amassed a large fortune.
History of J.M. Forbes & Co.: John Murray Forbes was born in Bordeaux, France in 1813, where his father Ralph was making another of many unsuccessful attempts to establish himself in foreign trade.
21. Nov. 2018 · John Murray Forbes was one of the three Forbes brothers who led Russell & Co., the most powerful American merchant house in China in the 19th century. He made a fortune in Canton with the help of Howqua, a rich hong merchant, and invested in railroads across America.
He is recognized as a pioneering precursor of Henry Ford a century later. John Murray Forbes, long admired by many for his personal integrity, contributed to American society through endorsing Wendell Phillips, providing weapons to fight slavery, and entertaining John Brown.
- Susan Ritchie
September 1899 Issue. “ Where the gods have asked for one gift, I have ever given them twain.”. IN the following pages the story of the remarkable life of the late John Murray Forbes is told...
The Bonds of Enterprise: John Murray Forbes and Western. JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC. This is a straightforward narrative of the early U. S. flirtation with central banking based completely on secondary sources and contains little. in the way of new insights into the causes and consequences of this. controversial experiment.
