Henry Algernon DU PONT #61761

30 JUL 1838 - 31 DEC 1926
BIRTH 30 JUL 1838, Greenville, New Castle, Delaware, USA
DEATH 31 DEC 1926, Winterhur, New Castle, Delaware, USA

Historical Notes

Henry Algernon du Pont was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginning of the American Civil War and served in the U.S. Army, earning the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Cedar Creek in October 1864.

After retiring from the army in 1875, he was president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company for 20 years, until 1899. An active member of the Republican Party, he was elected by the state legislature as a U.S. Senator from Delaware, serving most of two terms (June 13, 1906, to March 4, 1917).

du Pont was also an elected member of the American Philosophical Society.

Parents

Father : Henry DU PONT #61747

Mother : Louisa GERHARD #61760

Family 1

Mary Pauline FOSTER

Children

  1.  Louise Evelina DU PONT
  2. +Henry Francis DU PONT
  3.  Pierre Irénée DU PONT
  4.  Paul Louis DU PONT
  5.  Anna Victorine Sophie DU PONT

Lineage 

                                                       _Pierre Samuel DU PONT-NEMOURS _____________________+
                                                      | (1739 - 1817) m 1766                               
                       _Éleuthère Irénée DU PONT _|
                      | (1771 - 1834) m 1791          |
                      |                               |_Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise le Dée of RENCOURT _
                      |                                 (1743 - 1784) m 1766                               
 _Henry DU PONT ______|
| (1812 - 1889)       |
|                     |                                ____________________________________________________
|                     |                               |                                                    
|                     |_Sophie Madeline DALMAS _______|
|                       (1775 - 1828) m 1791          |
|                                                     |____________________________________________________
|                                                                                                          
|
|--Henry Algernon DU PONT 
|  (1838 - 1926)
|                                                      ____________________________________________________
|                                                     |                                                    
|                      _______________________________|
|                     |                               |
|                     |                               |____________________________________________________
|                     |                                                                                    
|_Louisa GERHARD _____|
  (1816 - 1900)       |
                      |                                ____________________________________________________
                      |                               |                                                    
                      |_______________________________|
                                                      |
                                                      |____________________________________________________

Source References