Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule I

Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule I (1859 – February 1, 1950), was a civil engineer in New Jersey and New York.[1]

Biography

Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule was born at Raritan Landing, New Jersey, on September 5, 1858, the son of Adrian Vermuele and Maria Vechte.[1] Vermeule graduated from Rutgers College in 1878 and joined the United States Geological Survey. He married Carolyn Carpenter June 7, 1888, and they had two sons, Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule II and Warren Carpenter Vermeule.[2] He died on February 1, 1950, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.[1][3]

Career

After graduating from Rutgers College in 1878, Vermeule joined the United States Geological Survey. During his work with the USGS, he headed a project which completed the first topographical survey of New Jersey in 1888. Over the next three decades, Vermeule continued to serve as a consulting engineer for the state of New Jersey. In private practice, Vermeule had offices in New York City and completed numerous engineering projects of a hydrological nature throughout New Jersey and New York States. In the 1920s, during his tenure as consulting engineer for the dismantling of the Morris Canal, Vermeule retired from his position and was succeeded by his son, Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule II.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "C.C. Vermeule, 91, Engineer, is Dead. Designer of Many Municipal Water Systems Formerly Consultant to Cuba". New York Times. February 2, 1950. Retrieved 2011-05-29. Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule, former public works engineer for the Republic of Cuba and designer of many municipal water systems, died here today in Middlesex Hospital. He was 91 years old. ...
  2. ↑ "Former PWA Chief Found Dead On Ferry. 'Apparently a Suicide,' Police Say of Jersey Man". New York Times. August 7, 1943. Retrieved 2011-05-28. The body of Cornelius C. Vermeule Jr., former director of the Public Works Administration in New Jersey, was found at 4:15 A.M. today in a vehicular lane of a ferry boat as it docked here. There was a gunshot wound in his right temple and a revolver was found alongside the body. ...
  3. ↑ http://www.digitalantiquaria.com/Free/V.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.nj.gov/state/darm/guides/pverm001.pdf
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