Henry du Pont, I, General and President of DuPont

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. Henry eventually became the senior partner and was considered the head of the extended du Pont family. He married Louisa Gerhard of Philadelphia. They had two sons, Henry Algernon and William, plus several daughters. When James Irènée Bidermann decided to remain in Europe, Henry bought his Delaware estate, Winterthur. Henry was a general in the Delaware militia and so was addressed as General du Pont. He died in 1889.