Background
Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule was born at Raritan Landing, New Jersey, on September 5, 1858, the son of Adrian Vermuele and Maria Vechte.
Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule was born at Raritan Landing, New Jersey, on September 5, 1858, the son of Adrian Vermuele and Maria Vechte.
Vermeule graduated from Rutgers College in 1878 and joined the United States Geological Survey.
He died on February 1, 1950, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. After graduating from Rutgers College in 1878, Vermeule joined the United States Geological Survey. During his work with the United States Geological Survey, 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.