Eleuthera du Pont was born at the du Pont family home, Eleutherian Mills. She was educated at home by her sister, Victorine du Pont Bauduy. From 1821 to 1823, she attended Mrs. Hughes's Boarding and Day School in Philadelphia. In 1834, she married Thomas MacKie Smith, a physician. He was the brother of her friend Joanna Smith who married her younger brother, Alexis du Pont. After their marriage, the Smiths resided on her family's property. They had no children. From 1846 to 1847, they toured Europe. While in Europe she recovered papers belonging to her grandfather, the Physiocrat Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and brought them back to the United States. After the death of her husband in 1852, she became involved with the Brandywine Manufacturers' Sunday School (BMSS) which served the children of du Pont company workers. Her sister, Victorine, was the superintendent and after her death in 1861, she succeeded her. She and her younger sister Sophie Madeleine were interested in family history and genealogy, organizing and transcribing family papers. In 1873, she returned to France with one of her nephews.
Source: Women’s History, A Guide to Sources at Hagley Museum and Library by Lynn Ann Catanese, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1997.
The National Intelligencer September 24, 1834
Married
Thomas Mackie Smith, M.D., of Philadelphia, and Eleuthera DuPont, daughter of E.J. DuPont, of Delaware, were married at Eleutherian Mills on the Brandywine, September 17, by the Rev. Mr. Delancey.
Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday, January 4, 1876
Died
Smith. At Louviers, Delaware, January 1, 1876, Eleuthera D.P. Smith, relict of the late Dr. T.M.K. Smith, in the 70th year of her age.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, 4th instant. To leave Christ Church Christiana Hundred, at half-past 2 o’clock.
Source: Women’s History, A Guide to Sources at Hagley Museum and Library by Lynn Ann Catanese, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1997.
The National Intelligencer September 24, 1834
Married
Thomas Mackie Smith, M.D., of Philadelphia, and Eleuthera DuPont, daughter of E.J. DuPont, of Delaware, were married at Eleutherian Mills on the Brandywine, September 17, by the Rev. Mr. Delancey.
Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday, January 4, 1876
Died
Smith. At Louviers, Delaware, January 1, 1876, Eleuthera D.P. Smith, relict of the late Dr. T.M.K. Smith, in the 70th year of her age.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, 4th instant. To leave Christ Church Christiana Hundred, at half-past 2 o’clock.
Eleuthera du Pont was born at the du Pont family home, Eleutherian Mills. She was educated at home by her sister, Victorine du Pont Bauduy. From 1821 to 1823, she attended Mrs. Hughes's Boarding and Day School in Philadelphia. In 1834, she married Thomas MacKie Smith, a physician. He was the brother of her friend Joanna Smith who married her younger brother, Alexis du Pont. After their marriage, the Smiths resided on her family's property. They had no children. From 1846 to 1847, they toured Europe. While in Europe she recovered papers belonging to her grandfather, the Physiocrat Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and brought them back to the United States. After the death of her husband in 1852, she became involved with the Brandywine Manufacturers' Sunday School (BMSS) which served the children of du Pont company workers. Her sister, Victorine, was the superintendent and after her death in 1861, she succeeded her. She and her younger sister Sophie Madeleine were interested in family history and genealogy, organizing and transcribing family papers. In 1873, she returned to France with one of her nephews.
Source: Women’s History, A Guide to Sources at Hagley Museum and Library by Lynn Ann Catanese, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1997.
The National Intelligencer September 24, 1834
Married
Thomas Mackie Smith, M.D., of Philadelphia, and Eleuthera DuPont, daughter of E.J. DuPont, of Delaware, were married at Eleutherian Mills on the Brandywine, September 17, by the Rev. Mr. Delancey.
Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday, January 4, 1876
Died
Smith. At Louviers, Delaware, January 1, 1876, Eleuthera D.P. Smith, relict of the late Dr. T.M.K. Smith, in the 70th year of her age.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, 4th instant. To leave Christ Church Christiana Hundred, at half-past 2 o’clock.
Source: Women’s History, A Guide to Sources at Hagley Museum and Library by Lynn Ann Catanese, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1997.
The National Intelligencer September 24, 1834
Married
Thomas Mackie Smith, M.D., of Philadelphia, and Eleuthera DuPont, daughter of E.J. DuPont, of Delaware, were married at Eleutherian Mills on the Brandywine, September 17, by the Rev. Mr. Delancey.
Philadelphia Inquirer Tuesday, January 4, 1876
Died
Smith. At Louviers, Delaware, January 1, 1876, Eleuthera D.P. Smith, relict of the late Dr. T.M.K. Smith, in the 70th year of her age.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend her funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, 4th instant. To leave Christ Church Christiana Hundred, at half-past 2 o’clock.
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