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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wurts Family Papers". Hagley Museum and Library. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Finding Aid". The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera. The Winterthur Library. After 1999. Retrieved October 28, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)