Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule (September 5, 1858 – February 1, 1950), was a

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and

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in New Jersey and New York.

Biography

Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule was born at

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, New Jersey, on September 5, 1858, the son of Adrian Vermeule and

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. Vermeule graduated from

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in 1878 and joined the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

. He married

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June 7, 1888, and they had two sons, Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule II and

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. He died on February 1, 1950, in

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, New Brunswick, New Jersey.http://www.digitalantiquaria.com/Free/V.pdf

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 The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Je ...

, Vermeule retired from his position and was succeeded by his son, Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule II. He was a member of the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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References

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