American School, 19th Century

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a French-American writer, economist, publisher and government official. In the year 1800, Pierre Samuel and his two sons, Victor Marie (1767-1827) and Éleuthère Irénée (1771–1834), immigrated to America from Paris, in order to flee the perilous political environment emanating from the French Revolution.

His son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont became the founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and his great-grandson Lammot du Pont I (1831–1884), was the first president of the United States Gunpowder Trade Association, also known as the Powder Trust.