Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Danford Newton Barney was an American expressman who served as president of Wells Fargo & Company from 1853 to 1866. Some writers have incorrectly rendered Barney's given name as "Danforth", but his brother Ashbel H. Barney spelled it "Danford" in a notice to Wells Fargo shareholders in 1869, and D.N. Barney himself signed the articles of incorporation of the New York Elevated Railroad in 1871 as "Danford N. Barney".