Stephen Vail (1780–1864) was a founding partner of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works
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in
Philadelphia
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and the creator of the
Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue (part of U.S. Route 202), just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At this site Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated ...
in
Morristown, New Jersey
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.
Biography
Stephen Vail was born in
Malapardis, New Jersey
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George Vail
George Vail (July 21, 1809 – May 23, 1875) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857. His father Stephen Vail, and his brother Alfred Vail were the driving forc ...
(1809–1875), and Sarah Louise Davis Vail (1811–1887). He helped establish
Speedwell Ironworks
Speedwell Ironworks was an ironworks in Speedwell Village, on Speedwell Avenue (part of U.S. Route 202), just north of downtown Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. At this site Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse first demonstrated ...
. His second wife was Mary Carter Hedges whom he married in 1848. His third wife was Phoebe Ann Miller whom he married in 1862.
He died in Morristown in June or July 1864.