William du Pont
Member of the Delaware Du Pont family
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| Intro | Member of the Delaware Du Pont family | ||||||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||||||
| was | Businessperson | ||||||||||
| Work field | Business | ||||||||||
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| Birth | 21 August 1855, Wilmington, USA | ||||||||||
| Death | 20 January 1928 (aged 72 years) | ||||||||||
| Star sign | Leo | ||||||||||
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William du Pont (August 21, 1855 – January 20, 1928) was a member of the Delaware Du Pont family. He was the youngest son of General Henry du Pont (1812-1889) and Louisa Gerhard du Pont (1816-1900).
He married twice, first in 1878 to his cousin May Lammot du Pont (1854-1927), the daughter of Victor du Pont (1828-1888) and Alice Hounsfield du Pont (1833-1904); William and May divorced in 1892. In June of that year, he married Annie Rogers Zinn, the daughter of the locomotive maker Theodore Rogers (d. November 18, 1871) and Mary Andrews Rogers (d. March 11, 1918); Annie was the divorced wife of George Zinn. William and Annie had two children, William du Pont, Jr. and Marion duPont Scott.