David C. Wilson (1789 – March 30, 1865) was an American banker, businessman and railroad executive; and the third mayor of Wilmington, Delaware.
Wilson helped organize the First Board of Trade of Wilmington, which was created "for the better organization and regulation of the trade and business of Wilmington", and whose founders included such local business leaders as Charles I. du Pont, Mahlon Betts, James Canby, William P. Brobson, and Jonas Pusey.
In 1848, he was appointed by Wilmington's mayor to an 8-member board to examine the condition of the municipal Water Works.
[2] Wilson, a member of the Whig Party, served as an alderman of Wilmington in 1841[1] and as the city's mayor from 1843 to 1845.
[3] Wilson died in Wilmington on March 30, 1865, and was buried in Presbyterian Church Cemetery.