Death and Legacy
Victor du Pont died in Philadelphia on January 30, 1827, and is buried in the Du Pont family cemetery at Winterthur, near Greenville, Delaware. Victor du Pont was a man "whose friends were everywhere." His son Charles I. du Pont took over management of the wool manufacturing business upon his death, and his other son Samuel Francis du Pont was a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
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