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Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware

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  Charles Henry Maull (1842-1925) — also known as Charles H. Maull — of Lewes, Sussex County, Del. Born in Delaware, April 16, 1842. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1888; member of Delaware state house of representatives from Sussex County, 1889-90. Died, from chronic cardiac disease, in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., December 13, 1925 (age 83 years, 241 days). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of George Hickman Maull and Hannah West (Clifton) Maull; married to Fannie E. Allen and Sarah Cranston Ross; father of George Clifton Maull; grandnephew of Joseph Maull; first cousin of Franklin Charles Maull; first cousin once removed of James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957); first cousin twice removed of James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986); second cousin twice removed of H. Edward Maull Sr. and Harold Vincent Maull.
  Political families: Maull family of Lewes, Delaware; Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Ebe W. Tunnell Ebe Walter Tunnell (1844-1917) — also known as Ebe W. Tunnell; E. W. Tunnell — of Lewes, Sussex County, Del. Born in Blackwater (now Ocean View), Sussex County, Del., December 31, 1844. Democrat. Druggist; hardware merchant; newspaper publisher; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1871-72; Governor of Delaware, 1897-1901; defeated, 1894; banker; director, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad. Presbyterian. Died in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., December 18, 1917 (age 72 years, 352 days). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel T. Tunnell and Maria (Walter) Tunnell; first cousin once removed of Robert Griffith Houston and James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957); first cousin twice removed of James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986).
  Political families: Houston family of Delaware; Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Image source: State of Delaware
  Franklin Charles Maull (1844-1912) — also known as Franklin C. Maull — of Lewes, Sussex County, Del. Born in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., March 15, 1844. Merchant; member of Delaware state senate from Sussex County 5th District, 1899-1902. Died in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., December 5, 1912 (age 68 years, 265 days). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Maull and Mary Catharine (Marshall) Maull; married to Victoria West; grandnephew of Joseph Maull; first cousin of Charles Henry Maull; first cousin once removed of James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957) and George Clifton Maull; first cousin twice removed of James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986); second cousin twice removed of H. Edward Maull Sr. and Harold Vincent Maull.
  Political families: Maull family of Lewes, Delaware; Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Griffith Houston (1867-1946) — also known as Robert G. Houston — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Milton, Sussex County, Del., October 13, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Delaware state house of representatives from Sussex County, 1892; newspaper publisher; banker; U.S. Collector of Customs at Wilmington, Del., Delaware, 1903-05; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1925-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1928 (member, Resolutions Committee); Independent Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1936. Died in a hospital at Lewes, Sussex County, Del., January 29, 1946 (age 78 years, 108 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of David Henry Houston and Comfort Tingle (Hitchens) Houston; nephew of John Wallace Houston; first cousin once removed of Ebe Walter Tunnell; second cousin of John Mitchell Houston, Charles Bell Houston, Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925) and James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957); second cousin once removed of John Mitchell Moore Houston, Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979) and James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986).
  Political families: Houston family of Delaware; Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957) — also known as James M. Tunnell — of Georgetown, Sussex County, Del. Born in Clarksville, Sussex County, Del., August 2, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1916 (member, Credentials Committee), 1940, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1948, 1952 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1956; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1929-30; member of Democratic National Committee from Delaware, 1937-47; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1941-47; defeated, 1924, 1946. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 14, 1957 (age 78 years, 104 days). Interment at Blackwater Church Cemetery, Near Clarksville, Sussex County, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Maull Tunnell and Rhoda Elizabeth (Bennett) Tunnell; married, November 10, 1905, to Sarah Ethel Dukes; father of James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986); great-grandnephew of Joseph Maull; first cousin once removed of Charles Henry Maull, Ebe Walter Tunnell and Franklin Charles Maull; second cousin of Robert Griffith Houston and George Clifton Maull; third cousin once removed of H. Edward Maull Sr. and Harold Vincent Maull.
  Political families: Maull family of Lewes, Delaware; Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986) — also known as James M. Tunnell — of Delaware. Born in Frankford, Sussex County, Del., June 18, 1910. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1966. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., June 6, 1986 (age 75 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957) and Sarah Ethel (Dukes) Tunnell; second great-grandnephew of Joseph Maull; first cousin twice removed of Charles Henry Maull, Franklin Charles Maull and Ebe Walter Tunnell; second cousin once removed of Robert Griffith Houston and George Clifton Maull; fourth cousin of H. Edward Maull Sr. and Harold Vincent Maull.
  Political family: Tunnell family of Lewes, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).

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