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Stephen Vail

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Stephen Vail

Birth
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Death
12 Jun 1864 (aged 83)
Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
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Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
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Manufacturor, owner of the Morristown based Speedwell Iron Works. Husband of Bethia Youngs, and the father of inventor Alfred Vail and Congressman George Vail. His iron works produced railroad engine parts by the 1830s. His son Alfred was co-inventor of the telegraph and the actual inventor of the modern Morse code that utilized the alphabet (Samuel Morse had created a more complicated version that required looking up codes in a book). Alfred convinced his father to invest $2,000.00 in Morse's research.
Manufacturor, owner of the Morristown based Speedwell Iron Works. Husband of Bethia Youngs, and the father of inventor Alfred Vail and Congressman George Vail. His iron works produced railroad engine parts by the 1830s. His son Alfred was co-inventor of the telegraph and the actual inventor of the modern Morse code that utilized the alphabet (Samuel Morse had created a more complicated version that required looking up codes in a book). Alfred convinced his father to invest $2,000.00 in Morse's research.

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  • Created by: Trowbridges NJ
  • Added: Mar 21, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13689360/stephen-vail: accessed ), memorial page for Stephen Vail (28 Jun 1780–12 Jun 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13689360, citing Saint Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Trowbridges NJ (contributor 46739848).