Milford chronicle., 1921-01-28
ALFRED |. DU POINT
WEDS in CALIFORNIA
MISS JESSIE D. BALL OF OLD VIRGINIA
FAMILY BECOMES The BRIDE OF A
PROMINENT DELAWAREAN.
TOOK PLACE In Los ANGELES
BRIDE IS A MEMBER OF The COLONIAL
DANES AND DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION. I -

Miss Jessie D. Ball of Los Angeles,
California, and Alfred 1. du Pont, Of
Wilmington, Del, were married Fri
day, January 21, 1921, by the Rev.
Baker P. Lee at the minister's home
on Wilton place. The ceremony was
witnessed by the brides brothers, Ed
win Ball and Thomas Ball, and Char
les C. Rogers, an old friend of the
Ball family.
Mr.. du Points bride is a member of
the Colonial Danes, Daughters of the
American Revolution and several
other organizations.
Mr.. and Mrs. du Pont left at once
for Santa Barbara, where they will
pass a few days before beginning
four months tour of the country. They
will pass some time at Mr.. du Points
home near Wilmington and later will
return to Los Angeles.
Mr.. du Pont and his brides family
are friends of many years. She is a
member of one of the best known
families of Virginia. Her father was
the late Captain Thomas Ball, who
was a member of the Virginia Sen
ate and in Cleveland's administration
was an assistant to the attorney gen.
eral.
For some time past the bride has
made her home in Los Angeles, though
for several months she was a guest
of Mr.. du Points family at the home
in Wilmington. Mr.. du POnt arrived
in Los Angeles a few weeks ago and
stayed at the Ambassador Hotel. He
has a palatial ocean-going yacht, the
Alicia, on which he and his bride ex-
pect to take many voyages. He expects
to send the Alicia to the Pacific coast
when he and his bride return to Cali
fornia.
Alfred Irenee du Pont is one of the
wealthiest residents of Delaware. An |
of his wedding came as a
complete surprise to Wilmington sOci-
ETY..
He was divorced from his first wife, |
Mrs. B. G. du Pont, in Sioux City, S. |
D., in December, 1906, and soon after
married again. His second wife was
Mrs. Alicia Maddox, a daughter of
'ormer Judge E. G. Bradford, of Will
nington. She died about year ago
while travelling in the South.
Mr.. du Pont is one of the largest
stockholders of the e. I. du Pont de
Iemours & Co., powder manufacturers
If Wilmington. Five years ago he was
'emoved from the Office of vice presi-
lent, following litigation among mem
,ers of the corporation.
NemOurs, the country home of Mr..
lu Pont, with it's 100 rooms, standing
n the midst of 1000 acres, about five
niles from Wilmington, is one of the
how places of Delaware.
Mr.. du POnt is internationally fam /,
us as fnancier and mechanical
enius, with more than 200 patents on
he invention of powder-making ma
hinery to his credit, and also as a
ompOser and musician. His estate,
NemOurs," is regarded as one of the
lOst beautiful in the country. He is !
resident of the Delaware Trust Com
any, which is erecting the new build
lg at Ninth and Market streets, and !
Thich has branches in several lead I
lgi towns down State. He also is ,
cad of the Nemours Trading Com :
any Of New York. j
Mr.. du Pont had four children by :
is first marriage-three daughters
nd one son. The eldest daughter, I
was divorced from her hus- +
and, John Bancroft, Jr., prominent +
oung Delaware man of wealth and
otable family connections, and after
ard married the correspondent in
le divorce action, Max Heibler, of
erlin, and went to the German cap T
al to live preceding the war. Heibler n
ent to the front with his regiment 7
nd was killed in action early in the n
)nfict, leaving the widow with four \
1ung children, the support of which, F
is alleged, taxed her energies very v
The condition of war h
etween the two countries prevented r
e family from sending her financial Il
: other aid regularly and it was re- es
)rted that>she was reduced to the T
ecessity Of daily manual labor in or n
# to keep the little group together. II
le and her children still live in Ger
any.
The du POnt Children
Another daughter, Bessie, is mar
ed to a member of the Huidekoper >
mily of Philadelphia and they live u
Washington, where the husband Il
IS interests of considerable magni- "
de. Mrs. Bessie Gardener du Pont, J.
st wife of the bridegroom Of yester- u
y, makes her home much of the CI
ne with the Huidekopers in the Ma al
NAL capital. Miss Sophie du Pont al
the youngest daughter, and the only
n, Alfred I du Pont, Jr., is a stu &c
Mt at one of the big New England NJ
lleges. He. is regarded as a most 10
young man and probably OF
II follow the family custom of TAX
3 a degree at the Boston "Tech."
Miss Madeline du Pont, born Mad
K, the daughter of the second Mrs. ~
Pont, recently deceased, was adopt wi
by Mr.. du Pont and she is now in ba
ance studying music. She will re- ra
in two years under the best of for ri,
n teachers when she hopes to make fic
: debut in grand opera. She is said fo
such high authority as Caruso to he
Te splendid voice and to be un- on
Tally gifted for such a career. wi
During the war Mr.. du Pont and his tol
e adopted the daughter of prom in
mt French family, the head of which We
been killed in battle and she is
present at Nemours under the care
a goVerness. -.