Husband Joseph N. DuBarry 1 2 3
Born: 19 Nov 1830 - Bordentown, Burlington Co, NJ 2
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Died: 16 Dec 1892 2
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Father: Edward L. DuBarry, M.D. ( - ) 1
Mother: Emma Duane ( - ) 4
Marriage: 15 Feb 1859 5
Wife Caroline St. Clair "Carrie" Denny 2 3 5 6
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Father: Maj. St. Clair Denny, U.S.A. ( -1858) 3 6 7
Mother: Caroline Hamilton ( - ) 2 3 6
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph N. DuBarry
He received his classical education in Washington, D. C., and by natural inclination, at the age of seventeen years, entered the railroad service, which was just then beginning to attract the serious attention of young men, as a line of occupation promising a good future. This was in 1847, and from that time to 1850 he was engaged as a rodman, accompanying various corps of engineers in the preliminary survey of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Altoona and Pittsburgh. This was an arduous undertaking for the engineers of those days, and one which necessitated the over-coming of many obstacles, the chief one being the passage of nature's great barrier between East and West, the Allegheny Mountains. The long continuance and perplexing nature of the work gave the young man an experience which, in thoroughness and variety, would have been gained in no other field then open to railroad experiment in America, and he profited by it, gaining a knowledge which soon commended itself to his superiors, and resulted in his speedy advancement. In 1850 he was made Assistant Engineer of Construction, and he served in that capacity until May 7, 1852, when he was made Principal Assistant Engineer of the Eastern Division, Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, surveys and location. In May, 1853, he became Principal Assistant Engineer of the Northern Pennsylvania Railroad, location and construction, in which position he re-mained until 1856, when the work being practically completed, and receiving an advantageous offer from the West he removed there. This post was that of Associate Engineer of the Surveys and Construction of the Pacific Railroad of Missouri. He filled it for over two years, and in September, 1858, accepted the still better office of Engineer on the western end of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway-which road was completed to Chicago under his charge-when he was made Superintendent of the Western Division of that road, extending from Crestline to Chicago, 280 miles. From December, 1861, to July, 1867, he filled the position of General Superintendent of the Northern Central Railway, Pennsylvania, and from the expiration of that period to February, 1875, he was Vice-President of the same road. He was then made Assistant to the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in which position he remained until October, 1882, a period of about seven years, when he was elected Third Vice-President of the same Company, and from this office he was elevated to that of Second Vice-President in July, 1888.
He and his wife had one son and two daughters.