Joseph Bringhurst (1807 - 1880)

Ancestors

Died 14 Mar 1880 at age 72 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

Biography

He succeeded his father in the drug business, from which he retired in 1851. He was the founder of Wilmington Savings Fund (1832) and was president of it for the last eight years of his life. He became a director of the Bank of Delaware in 1843, a director of Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad in 1860, a director of Delaware Railroad in 1864, and later became a director of the Chester Creek and of the Delaware & Dorchester railroads; of Mutual Fire Insurance Copany of Delaware, Wilmington Coal & Gas Company, and other corporations.

He married Anna Richardson, daughter of John and Margaret (Paxson) Richardson on 6 Oct 1842.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. (1911) Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Lewis Pub. Co., New York, p 1148.