About John Leander Billard
Lived 1842 – 1924 (aged 82). John Leander Billard was a businessperson.
John Leander Billard (July 18, 1842 - December 18, 1924) was a coal merchant. He initiated a hostile takeover of the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1914.
Biography 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.
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American businessman (1842-1924)
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John Leander Billard was born on 18 July 1842 in Deep River.
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John Leander Billard died on 18 December 1924.
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John Leander Billard was a businessperson.
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