Tom, According to "The Encyclopedia of Louisville", pages 257 & 258: DU PONT, ALFRED VICTOR, (b. Wilmington, Delawae, April 18, 1833; d. Louisville, May 16, 1893). Entrepreneur. Alfred "Uncle Fred" Victor du Pont was the third son of Alfred Victor Philadelphe and Margaretta (Lammot) du Pont. After his uncle, Henry du Pont, mde it clear that there would e no position at the family's company in Delaware, Fred and his younger brother, Antoine Budermann du Pont, moved to Louisville in 1854 to seek their own fortunes. The elder brother purchased a paper mill at Tenth and Rowan Streets and made Bidermann his partner. Three years later, du Pont founded the A. V. du Pont co., and the business thrived. He soon branched into other ventures including the Central Passenger Railway Co. in Louisville and invested in other street railway companies in Cleveland, Brooklyn, and Chicago. Because of his popularity and wealth, Alfred became the vice pesident and director of the First National Bank in Louisville." The rest of the article is a glowing testimonial to the man and his popularity . The article states that du Pont Manual Training High School was named for him. So much for your booze theory Pat Settle Thomas Fiske <evitom@altrionet.com> wrote:Dear Listers, I have found, due to the kindness of a fellow Lister, that my ggf was an engineer for the A. V. Dupont company in Louisville in 1871. Has anyone heard of this outfit? The Dupont company that we all know about today was a poor, lackluster outfit in Europe until WWI, so I do not think this is the same company. Looking at the history of the Fiske family, I suspect that A. V. Dupont had something to do with the distilling business. The Fiskes were constantly involved with the manufacture or shipment of booze. I believe it was my gggf, Peleg Fiske of New Albany, who was a riverboat pilot that delivered whiskey to the Confederate army until about 1864 when the Yankees shot his boat out from under him in Louisville. That action slowed him down a bit. Tom, formerly of Louisville --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site