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Philip Danforth Armour, 68, meatpacker who was a major supplier of pork during the Civil War and played an important role in the expansion of refrigerated meatpacking, 6 January 1901.

James Anthony Bailey, 58, circus operator and promoter of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, 11 April 1906.

Alexander Johnston Cassati, 67, railroad executive for Pennsylvania Railroad who was instrumental in solving rebate problems that plagued the railroad industry in the 1890s, 28 December 1906.

Moses Herman Cone, 51, textile manufacturer whose Cone Mills Corporation pursued the development of denim mills, 8 December 1908.

Charles Henry Deere, 70, agricultural implement manufacturer whose father founded John Deere and Company, 29 October 1907.

William Lukens Elkins, 71, public utility and traction entrepreneur, United Gas Improvement Company, 7 November 1903.

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