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John Leander Billard | |
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 Billard in 1914 | |
| Born | July 18, 1842 |
| Died | December 18, 1924 (aged 82) |
John Leander Billard (July 18, 1842 - December 18, 1924) was a coal merchant.[1][2] He initiated a hostile takeover of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1914.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]He was born on July 18, 1842, in Saybrook, Connecticut, to John Denton Billard and Emeline E. Spencer. He attended Yale University. Billard married Harriet Yale Merriman on May 26, 1868. They had four children, three of whom lived to adulthood. Their sons Walter S. Billard and Frederick Howell Billard (1873-1906) both attended Yale University. Billard spent most of his life in Meriden, Connecticut.[2]
In 1914, he attempted a hostile takeover of the Boston and Maine Railroad.[4]
He died on December 18, 1924.[1]
Footnotes
[edit]- 1 2 "John Leander Billard Dies. Active in the Fight Over Control of the Boston & Maine Road". New York Times. December 19, 1924. Retrieved 2013-12-23.
- 1 2 Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College. Yale University. 1906.
- ↑ "Attacks Surprise Railroad. New Haven Company Objects to the Amended Billard Bill" (PDF). New York Times. May 30, 1909. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- 1 2 "Billard Admits $2,748,700 Profit. No New Haven Official Associated with Him in His Deals, He Testifies". New York Times. May 8, 1914. Retrieved 2013-12-24.