Charles and frank duryea biography of abraham

          Charles had 20 siblings: Abraham Duryea, Elizabeth Duryea and 18 other siblings.

        1. Charles had 20 siblings: Abraham Duryea, Elizabeth Duryea and 18 other siblings.
        2. When Frank Eugene Duryea was born in , in New York, United States, his father, Dewitt Decker Duryea, was 39 and his mother, Rhoda Maria Horton, was
        3. Charles Duryea and his brother Frank were initially bicycle makers, but later became world-renowned as the inventors of the first American gasoline-powered car.
        4. “His character was almost faultless.
        5. Frank Duryea drove the first gasoline automobile in the United States—at Springfield, Mass.

          6. Charles Duryea and his brother Frank were initially bicycle makers, but later became world-renowned as the inventors of the first American gasoline-powered car..

          Charles Duryea

          American automobile manufacturer

          Charles Duryea

          Charles Duryea (left) with J.

          Frank Duryea

          Born(1861-12-15)December 15, 1861

          Canton, Illinois, U.S.

          DiedSeptember 28, 1938(1938-09-28) (aged 76)

          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

          Resting placeIvy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
          OccupationEngineer

          Charles Edgar Duryea (December 15, 1861 – September 28, 1938) was an American engineer.

          He was the engineer of the first working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company.[1] He was born near Canton, Illinois, a son of George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but spent most of his life working in Springfield, Massachusetts.

          It was in Springfield that Charles and his brother, Frank, produced and road-tested America’s first gasoline-powered car.[2][page needed]

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