Paul Bremond

Paul Bremond (October 11, 1810 – May 8, 1885) was an American businessman. He was a hatter, doing business in New York City and Philadelphia, and from 1840, a commission merchant in Galveston, in the Republic of Texas. From the 1850s until 1885, Bremond was a railroad entrepreneur. He co-founded the Galveston and Red River Railroad, later known as the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, and he served as the company's top executive until 1858. Bremond believed that Moseley Baker was his "spirit guide," and led him to establish the Houston, East and West Railway. He was the president and principal of this railroad until his death in 1885. Early life Paul Bremond was born 11 October 1810 in New York City to Dr. Paul Barlie Bremond and Catherine (Green) Bremond. When Paul was born, his father was still a recent emigrant from France, while his mother hailed from nearby Fishkill, New York. He was already working for a hat maker at the age of twelve, and was the co-owner of his own shop in New York City seven years later. He left the partnership the next year, and arrived in Philadelphia at the age of twenty. Career