Charles Stewart Wurts
Charles Stewart Wurts (1790–1859) was a founder of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, which built the Delaware and Hudson Canal and later became the Delaware and Hudson Railway.[1] Along with his brothers, he helped launch the anthracite industry in America.
Born in Flanders, New Jersey, he was a son of John Wurts (1744–1793) and Sarah Grandin; and a grandson of Johannes Conrad Wirz (1706–1763), who founded the Wurts family in America.[1]
In 1823, he helped found the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company along with his brothers William (1788–1858), Maurice (1783–1854), and John Wurts (1792–1861).
Charles married Mary Van Uxem (1802–1877) in 1828; among their children was Charles Stewart Wurts II (1830–??), who married Mary S. Wood (??-1883).[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Wurts Family Papers". Hagley Museum and Library. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
- ^ "Finding Aid". The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera. The Winterthur Library. c. 1999. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
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