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Henry and Ruth had two children, Pauline Louise du Pont (1918–2007) and Ruth Ellen du Pont Lord (1922–2014). Their younger daughter, Ruth, wrote a memoir about her father and his estate, Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter's Portrait (Yale University Press, 1999), which portrayed du Pont as a kindly but aloof parent.
Henry du Pont married Louisa Gerhard du Pont (1816–1900) and had eight children, including: Henry Algernon du Pont (1838–1926) Ellen Eugenia du Pont Irving (1843–1907)
Aug 6, 2014 · Lord is survived by three children — Pauline, Henry and George, known as Woody, and four grandchildren, Haskell said. One daughter, Edith, died as an infant.
Mar 11, 1999 · In this memoir, Ruth Lord engagingly describes the development of Henry F. du Pont from a shy, lonely child, a seemingly hopeless student who had bad times at school, to a man who went on to achieve singular distinction in three disparate fields―as art connoisseur, horticulturist, and eminent cattle breeder.
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The du Pont family (English: / d uː ˈ p ɒ n t /) or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817). It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder business.
Jan 23, 2024 · Henry du Pont, born in 1812, was the next-to-youngest child of Eleuthère Irènée and Sophie Madeleine. He graduated from West Point but resigned from the army after his father’s death in order to help with the family’s gunpowder business.
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Feb 28, 2024 · A new generation of du Pont children grew up playing amidst the fields, gardens, and streams of Winterthur in the 1880s. Perhaps this is where the love for the land and its possibilities was first sparked in young Henry Francis.
