Lammot du Pont

Lammot du Pont

Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) was a key member of the du Pont in the mid-nineteenth century. His father was Alfred V. du Pont, the eldest son and successor of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the Dupont.

He obtained a chemistry degree from the University of Pennsylvania and entered into the family business.

Lammot patented B blasting powder, also known as soda powder in 1857. His invention used as an inexpensive Peruvian and Chilean sodium nitrate and made DuPont a major force in the blasting powder industry. Lammot founded the Repauno Chemical Company and helped du Pont into the entry of DuPont into high explosives.

He died in an explosion in 1884.

Lammot du Pont married Mary Belin and had the following children:

*Isabella d'Andelot du Pont (1866-1871).
*Louisa d'Andelot du Pont (January 25, 1868-1926), married Charles Copeland (March 30, 1867 - February 3, 1944) on February 16, 1904, child Lammot du Pont Copeland (May 19, 1905 - July 1, 1983)
*Pierre S. du Pont (1870-1954), married Alice Belin, no children.
*Sophie Madeleine du Pont (1871-1894).
*Henry Belin du Pont (1873-1902). + [56]
*William Kemble du Pont (1874-1907). + [57]
*Irénée du Pont (1876-1963).
*Mary Alletta Belin du Pont (1878-1938), married William Winder Laird, children.
*Lammot du Pont, II (1880- ). + [59]
*Isabella Mathieu du Pont (1882-1946), married Hugh Rodney Sharp (1880-1968), children.
*Margaretta Lammot du Pont (May 12, 1884 - May 1973), married Robert Ruliph Morgan Carpenter, children.

References

* [http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1857/depth.shtml Lammot du Pont]


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