Charles I Dupont
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Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-January 31, 1869), an American manufacturer and politician, and an early descendant of the influential du Pont family business.
He was nephew of Eleuthère du Pont, the father of the E. I. du Pont family and company, and a Delaware General Assembly member.
Early life
Du Pont was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and the eldest son of French immigrants Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours (born 1767 in Paris) and Gabrielle Joséphine de Pelleport (born 1770 in Stenay). He and his parents lived in New York City until they established themselves in the wool-manufacturing industry across the street from the Eleutherian Mills near Greenville, Delaware.
He attended Mount Airy College in Germantown, Philadelphia, from 1809 to 1813, when he moved from school to work with his father in Delaware.
Professional career
The textile manufacturing company of Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., was acrimoniously terminated in 1815. fr:Pierre de Bauduy de Bellevue, a Frenchman who had invested in the company in 1803, has filed a lawsuit against the du Ponts after a variety of controversies. (The case was settled in the du Pont's favor in 1924.)
Victor & Charles I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. formed the partnership after de Bauduy's death in 1827, with the US Army as a major customer for its cloth. Charlies came from 1856, which was at the time E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. purchased his firm.
Civic and political career
Du Pont, in addition to his company's involvement, was involved in civic and political affairs. Du Pont, a member of the Whig Party, served in the Delaware General Assembly from New Castle County for four terms from 1841-1847.
He was elected president of the Farmers' Bank of Delaware in 1830 and served as president of the bank from 1865-1868. In 1853, he was appointed director of the Delaware Railroad Company and the Columbia Insurance Co. of Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Brandywine Manufacturers' Sunday School and vice president of the Delaware Improvement Association.