Chester H. Pond Explained

Chester H. Pond (March 26, 1844 – June 11, 1912) was an American inventor. He invented many devices used in telegraphy. In later life he was a railroad developer. He also founded the town of Moorhead, Mississippi.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Death

Pond died at Moorhead on June 11, 1912.

References

Sources

• Book: Berly, Jules Albert . J.A. Berly's Universal Electrical Directory and Advertiser. 1884. Wm. Dawson & Sons.
• Encyclopedia: J.T. White. Pond, Chester Henry . The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . 1916 . J.T. White. After 1866 Mr. Pond developed his principal inventions, among which were the union fire alarm system and the self-winding, electric clock, now in general use throughout the country. .
  • Pond . Chauncey . 1912. Chester Henry Pond . Oberlin Alumni Magazine . Oberlin College for the Alumni Association . 9 .
• Book: Richardson. Joe Martin . Jones. Maxine Deloris . Education for liberation: the American Missionary Association and African Americans, 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement. 7 June 2009. University of Alabama Press. 978-0-8173-1657-0.
• Book: Rowland, Dunbar . Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1907. Southern Historical Publishing Association.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brief history of the Oberlin School of Commerce. Kornblith. Gary . 2009 . EDG . Oberlin College Archives . August 13, 2015 .
2. Web site: Sharecropping and Prohibition . . 2009 . Amistad Research Center . . August 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905194401/http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/index.php/recent-acquisitions . September 5, 2015 . dead .
3. Web site: Where the Southern Crosses the Dog . . 2015 . Mississippi Blues Commission . August 13, 2015 .