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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Christiana Masonic Home Cemetery
Faulkland Beth Emeth Memorial Park
Glasgow Pencader Cemetery
Greenville St. Joseph on the Brandywine
Cemetery
Middletown Forest Cemetery
Middletown Old St. Anne's Church
Cemetery
New Castle Glebe Cemetery
New Castle Gracelawn Memorial Park
New Castle Immanuel Churchyard
New Castle Presbyterian Cemetery
Newark Head of Christiana Church
Cemetery
Newark Welsh Tract Cemetery
Odessa Corbit Family Cemetery
Odessa Old Drawyer's Presbyterian
Churchyard
Owls Nest Lower Brandywine Presbyterian
Church Cemetery
St. Georges St. Georges Cemetery
Townsend Townsend Cemetery
Wilmington All Saints Cemetery
Wilmington Cathedral Cemetery
Wilmington Du Pont de Nemours
Cemetery
Wilmington First Presbyterian
Churchyard
Wilmington Friends Burial Ground
Wilmington Jewish Community
Cemetery
Wilmington Methodist Church
Cemetery
Wilmington Mt. Salem Cemetery
Wilmington Nemours Estate Carillon
Wilmington Old Swedes Church
Cemetery
Wilmington Presbyterian Cemetery
Wilmington Riverview Cemetery
Wilmington St. James Episcopal Church
Cemetery
Wilmington Silverbrook Cemetery and
Memorial Park
Wilmington Wilmington and Brandywine
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
New Castle County,
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Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) —
of Delaware.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., July 20,
1744.
Physician;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delaware
state treasurer, 1786-89; President
of Delaware, 1789-92; Governor of
Delaware, 1793-96; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
11, 1798 (age 54 years, 22
days).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Bethel
Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., September
25, 1738.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1777; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; President
of Delaware, 1783-86.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., February
19, 1789 (age 50 years, 147
days).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
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Masonic Home
Cemetery
Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware
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Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1747.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85; Delaware
state attorney general, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; member
of Delaware
state senate, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
30, 1812 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at First Presbyterian
Churchyard, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Masonic Home
Cemetery.
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Beth Emeth
Memorial Park
Faulkland, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
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Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 1,
1890.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1924;
Delaware state director, Works Progress Administration; member,
Delaware State Highway Commission.
Jewish.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
16, 1976 (age 85 years, 350
days).
Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park.
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Bertha Ableman (1890-1980) —
also known as Bertha Weinstein; Mrs. Benjamin
Ableman —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Russia,
April
14, 1890.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1936,
1964.
Female.
Jewish.
Died, in Memorial Division Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
16, 1980 (age 90 years, 216
days).
Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park.
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Pencader
Cemetery
Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware
St. Joseph on the
Brandywine Cemetery
10 Old Church Road
Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Joseph Robinette Biden III (1969-2015) —
also known as Beau Biden —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
3, 1969.
Democrat. Lawyer; Delaware
state attorney general, 2007-15; major in the U.S. Army during
the Iraq War; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from brain
cancer, in Walter
Reed Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 30,
2015 (age 46 years, 116
days).
Interment at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery.
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Forest
Cemetery
Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware
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John Polk Cochran (1809-1898) —
also known as John P. Cochran —
of near Middletown, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Middletown, New Castle
County, Del., February
7, 1809.
Governor
of Delaware, 1875-79.
Presbyterian.
Died near Middletown, New Castle
County, Del., December
27, 1898 (age 89 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest Cemetery.
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Old St. Anne's
Church Cemetery
Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware
Glebe
Cemetery
Glebe Lane
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1879-1945) —
also known as Bankson T. Holcomb —
of Pittstown, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.; Pompton Lakes, Passaic
County, N.J.; New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; near Frederica, Kent
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
20, 1879.
Democrat. Insurance
business; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware
state director, U.S. National Youth Administration; candidate for Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1942.
Died January
9, 1945 (age 65 years, 355
days).
Interment at Glebe Cemetery.
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Gracelawn
Memorial Park
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
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Eugene Lammot (1899-1987) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 22,
1899.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1955-58; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1957-60; defeated in primary, 1964; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1961-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from heart
failure, in Wilmington Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 2,
1987 (age 87 years, 284
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park.
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Calvin Robert McCullough (1902-1984) —
also known as Calvin R. McCullough —
of Holloway Terrace, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
29, 1902.
Democrat. Contractor;
bank
director; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 10th
District, 1949-50; member of Delaware
state senate, 1955-80 (New Castle County 5th District 1955-64,
11th District 1965-72, 12th District 1973-80); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1968.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose.
Died, from cancer,
in Holloway Terrace, New Castle
County, Del., October
8, 1984 (age 82 years, 9
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park.
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Herman M. Holloway (1922-1994) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in 1922.
Democrat. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 1st
District, 1964; member of Delaware
state senate 2nd District, 1965-93; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1968.
Died in 1994
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park.
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Ralph S. Keenan (1903-1982) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 13,
1903.
Republican. Painting
contractor; police
officer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1943-48, 1961-64; member of Delaware
state senate 4th District, 1967-68.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Shriners.
Died, in the Delaware Division hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 23,
1982 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park.
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Immanuel
Churchyard
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
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George Read (1733-1798) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near North East, Cecil
County, Md., September
18, 1733.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-77; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-79,
1782-83; President
of Delaware, 1777-78; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1779-80; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1793-98.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1798 (age 65 years, 3
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., September
25, 1738.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1777; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; President
of Delaware, 1783-86.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., February
19, 1789 (age 50 years, 147
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Immanuel
Churchyard.
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Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., December
20, 1770.
Member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1799; Delaware
state attorney general, 1801-06; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1807-11; member of Delaware
state senate, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1817-26; died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 21,
1826 (age 55 years, 152
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) —
also known as C. Douglass Buck —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., March
21, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
Governor
of Delaware, 1929-37; member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1932; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1936,
1940
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1944,
1948;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1943-49; defeated, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Died near New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
27, 1965 (age 74 years, 312
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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Gunning Bedford (1742-1797) —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 7,
1742.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1786; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Delaware; Governor of
Delaware, 1796-97; died in office 1797.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., September
30, 1797 (age 55 years, 176
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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Daniel Fooks Wolcott (1910-1973) —
also known as Daniel F. Wolcott —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
29, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for Delaware
state attorney general, 1946; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1948;
superior court judge in Delaware, 1949; chair of
New Castle County Democratic Party, 1950; chancellor
of Delaware court of chancery, 1950-51; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1951-64; chief
justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1964-73.
Episcopalian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Lost
his right leg during World War II, while commanding a combat
demolition unit.
Died July 10,
1973 (age 63 years, 162
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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Thomas Stockton (1781-1846) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle
County, Del., April 1,
1781.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839 (member, Balloting
Committee); Governor of
Delaware, 1845-46; died in office 1846.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, of heart
disease, in New Castle
County, Del., March 1,
1846 (age 64 years, 334
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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George Brydges Rodney (1803-1883) —
also known as George B. Rodney —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., April 2,
1803.
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1841-45.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., June 18,
1883 (age 80 years, 77
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; physician;
banker;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800;
candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1795; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1795; New
Castle County Prothonotary, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in New Castle
County, Del., September
12, 1822 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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John Henry Rodney (1839-1913) —
also known as John H. Rodney —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., June 18,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1888.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
13, 1913 (age 74 years, 56
days).
Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
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Presbyterian
Cemetery
Gray Street
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Kensey Johns Jr. (1791-1857) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., December
10, 1791.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1827-31; chancellor
of Delaware court of chancery, 1832-57; died in office 1857.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., March
28, 1857 (age 65 years, 108
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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George Gray (1840-1925) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 4,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1880,
1884;
Delaware
state attorney general, 1879-85; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1885-99; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1899-1914;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1904;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
7, 1925 (age 85 years, 95
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Charles Thomas (1790-1848) —
of Delaware.
Born in Red Lion Hundred, New Castle
County, Del., June 23,
1790.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Delaware, 1823-24.
Presbyterian.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., February
8, 1848 (age 57 years, 230
days).
Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Head of
Christiana Church Cemetery
1100 Church Road
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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John Pilling (1830-1900) —
of Newark, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Chowbent, Lancashire (now Atherton, Greater Manchester), England,
March
6, 1830.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 9th
District, 1899-1900; died in office 1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1884,
1896;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1891-94.
English
ancestry.
Died in Newark, New Castle
County, Del., November
8, 1900 (age 70 years, 247
days).
Interment at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Pilling and Susan (Bradshaw) Pilling; married 1851 to
Elizabeth B. Kelley; married 1877 to Ellen
Glenn. |
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Jacob A. Correll (1896-1968) —
of Newark, New Castle
County, Del.
Born April
29, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1957-60; member
of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 11th
District, 1963-64.
Member, Lions; Grange.
Died February
8, 1968 (age 71 years, 285
days).
Interment at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery.
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Welsh Tract
Cemetery
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
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Edward Webb Cooch —
also known as Edward W. Cooch —
of Delaware.
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1937-41.
Interment at Welsh Tract Cemetery.
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Corbit Family
Cemetery
Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware
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Alexander Peterson Corbit (1864-1923) —
also known as Alexander P. Corbit —
of Odessa, New Castle
County, Del.
Born February
20, 1864.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 13th
District, 1907-08, 1919-22; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1909-12;
president, New Castle County National Bank;
director, Delaware Railroad.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., February
18, 1923 (age 58 years, 363
days).
Interment at Corbit Family Cemetery.
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Old Drawyer's
Presbyterian Churchyard
U.S. 13
Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
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Arnold Naudain (1790-1872) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born near Dover, Kent
County, Del., January
6, 1790.
Physician;
surgeon general of the Delaware militia in the War of 1812;
postmaster at Dover,
Del., 1816-18; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1823-27; Speaker of
the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1826; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1830-36; resigned 1836; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1832; member of Delaware
state senate, 1836-39; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1841-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., January
4, 1872 (age 81 years, 363
days).
Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (1880-1962) —
also known as Walter W. Bacon —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
20, 1880.
Republican. Department head, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. chemical
firm, 1903-18; treasurer, Buick Motor
Company, 1918-30; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1935-40; Governor of
Delaware, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
18, 1962 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Sherman Willard Tribbitt (1922-2010) —
also known as Sherman W. Tribbitt —
of Odessa, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Denton, Caroline
County, Md., November
9, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1957-64, 1971-72 (New Castle
County 13th District 1957-64, 27th District 1971-72); Speaker of
the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1958-64; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1965-69; Governor of
Delaware, 1973-77; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware.
Methodist.
Died in Milford, Kent
County, Del., August
14, 2010 (age 87 years, 278
days).
Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Leonard Vandegrift Aspril Jr. (1850-1934) —
also known as Leonard V. Aspril, Jr. —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born March
11, 1850.
Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 13th
District, 1903-04.
Died February
24, 1934 (age 83 years, 350
days).
Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (McMurphy) Aspril and Leonard Vandegrift Aspril; married to
Lydia Williams. |
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memorial |
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Lower Brandywine
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
117 Old Kennett Road
Owls Nest, New Castle County, Delaware
Founded 1720
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Daniel Oren Hastings (1874-1966) —
also known as Daniel O. Hastings —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Centerville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., March 5,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1909; appointed 1909; resigned 1909; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909; resigned
1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1920
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1944
(alternate), 1952;
member, Credentials Committee, 1928,
1952;
speaker, 1928;
member, Resolutions Committee, 1936;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1937-40.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 9,
1966 (age 92 years, 65
days).
Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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John Percy Nields (1868-1943) —
also known as John P. Nields —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
7, 1868.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1902, 1903-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1930-41; took senior status 1941;
senior judge, 1941-43.
Died in Nahant, Essex
County, Mass., August
26, 1943 (age 75 years, 19
days).
Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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John George Stewart (1890-1970) —
also known as J. George Stewart —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 2,
1890.
Republican. Civil
engineer; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1935-37; defeated, 1936;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 24,
1970 (age 79 years, 356
days).
Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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William A. Simonton (1871-1951) —
also known as "Cap" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., September
28, 1871.
Republican. Executive at Du Pont chemical
company; director of Delaware Maryland Virginia Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
9, 1951 (age 80 years, 11
days).
Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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St. Georges
Cemetery
St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
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Anthony Higgins (1840-1912) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Red Lion Hundred, New Castle
County, Del., October
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1869-76; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1884; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1889-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1896;
one of the attorneys for U.S. District Judge Charles
Swayne during his impeachment proceedings, 1904-05.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 26,
1912 (age 71 years, 269
days).
Interment at St. Georges Cemetery.
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Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908-1987) —
also known as Homer M. Byington, Jr. —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Naples, Italy
of American parents, May 31,
1908.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Naples, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador to Malaya, 1957-61; U.S. Consul General in Naples, 1963-73.
Protestant.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946.
Died, of a heart
attack, aboard
the Vista Fjord, a Norwegian cruise ship, in the North
Atlantic Ocean, November
2, 1987 (age 79 years, 155
days).
Interment at St. Georges Cemetery.
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John L. Deputy (1854-1937) —
of Porter's Station (now Porter), New Castle
County, Del.
Born in 1854.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 11th
District, 1925-26.
Died, from a heart
condition, in Porter, New Castle
County, Del., February
25, 1937 (age about 82
years).
Interment at St. Georges Cemetery.
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Townsend
Cemetery
Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Elmer Sherman Webb (1889-1954) —
also known as E. Sherman Webb —
of Odessa, New Castle
County, Del.
Born May 7,
1889.
Democrat. Farmer; hardware
and feed
business; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 13th
District, 1931-32; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1949-52.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Tall
Cedars of Lebanon.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., February
12, 1954 (age 64 years, 281
days).
Interment at Townsend Cemetery.
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Sudler H. King (1896-1968) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in 1896.
Democrat. Poultry
farmer; police
officer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 13th
District, 1949-50.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in Kent General
Hospital, Dover, Kent
County, Del., February
19, 1968 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Townsend Cemetery.
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All Saints
Cemetery
6001 Kirkwood Highway
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Clair John Killoran (1905-1975) —
also known as Clair J. Killoran —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Weiser, Washington
County, Idaho, April
12, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Delaware
state attorney general, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Delaware
Republican state chair, 1950; member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Elks.
Died October
29, 1975 (age 70 years, 200
days).
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
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Cathedral
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Philip Andrew Traynor (1874-1962) —
also known as Philip A. Traynor —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 31,
1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1941-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946; candidate for mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1949.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December
5, 1962 (age 88 years, 188
days).
Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
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John Edward Babiarz (1915-2004) —
also known as John E. Babiarz —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 6,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; New
Castle County Register in Chancery, 1949-53; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1961-69.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus; Polish
National Alliance.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 5,
2004 (age 88 years, 365
days).
Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
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Eugene Ennalls Berl (1889-1954) —
also known as E. Ennalls Berl —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 2,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1940,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died April 1,
1954 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
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John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) —
also known as John J. Raskob —
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., March
19, 1879.
Democrat. Executive at General
Motors and DuPont;
Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1928-32.
Catholic.
German
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Centreville, Queen
Anne's County, Md., October
15, 1950 (age 71 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Raskob and Anna Frances (Moran) Raskob; married 1906 to Helena
Springer Green. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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John Edward Reilly Sr. (1893-1963) —
also known as John E. Reilly, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 27,
1893.
Democrat. Machinist;
fire
fighter; cafe
manager; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 1st
District, 1945-46; defeated, 1946; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 2nd District, 1949-63; died
in office 1963.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles.
Died, from cancer,
in St. Francis Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
26, 1963 (age 69 years, 214
days).
Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary (Canavan) Reilly and James P. Reilly; married 1917 to Alice
Magdala Scanlan. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
Du Pont de
Nemours Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Republican. Engineer;
president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co.,
and other mining firms; director, Union National Bank;
owner of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) —
also known as Henry A. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Winterthur, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Eleutherian Mills, New Castle
County, Del., July 30,
1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at the Battle of
Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; president, Wilmington and
Northern Railroad,
1879-1899; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1906-17; defeated, 1916; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Died in Winterthur, New Castle
County, Del., December
31, 1926 (age 88 years, 154
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
DuPont and Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont; married 1874 to Mary
Pauline Foster; first cousin once removed of Charles
Irénée du Pont, Thomas
Coleman du Pont, Alfred
Irénée du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont, Francis
Irenee du Pont, Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Victor du Pont, Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Ethel du Pont (who married Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.), Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Green Bradford II (1848-1928) —
also known as Edward G. Bradford II —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
12, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1880-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1888,
1916
(alternate); delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1897; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1897-1918; retired 1918.
Died in Clifton Heights, Delaware
County, Pa., March
30, 1928 (age 80 years, 18
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward
Green Bradford and Mary Alicia (Heyward) Bradford; married, September
18, 1872, to Eleuthera Paulina du Pont; father of Edward
Green Bradford Jr.; uncle of Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; grandfather of Henry
Belin du Pont Jr.; granduncle of Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle of Richard
Henry Bayard; sixth great-grandson of George
Wyllys and John
Haynes; second cousin thrice removed of Timothy
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Abraham
Davenport and Robert
Treat Paine; third cousin once removed of Bailey
Frye Adams; third cousin twice removed of Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kitchell, Enoch
Woodbridge, John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Ephraim
Safford and Isaiah
Kidder; fourth cousin of Clayton
Hyde Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed of Ira
Chandler Backus, Joshua
Perkins, Julius
Levi Strong, Henry
Sabin, Lee
Randall Sanborn and Clayton
Huntington Lathrop. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry DuPont (1812-1889) —
Born in New Castle
County, Del., August
8, 1812.
Republican. Adjutant
General of Delaware, 1846-61; head of the E. I. du Pont de
Nemours gunpowder
manufacturing firm; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware.
French
ancestry.
Died in New Castle
County, Del., August
8, 1889 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleuthere Irenee DuPont and Sophia Madeline (Dalmas) DuPont;
married to Louisa Gebhard; father of Henry
Algernon du Pont; granduncle of Thomas
Coleman du Pont, Alfred
Irénée du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont, Francis
Irenee du Pont, Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle of Francis
Victor du Pont, Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-granduncle of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard; first cousin of Charles
Irénée du Pont. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
15, 1918.
Republican. Engineer;
chemical
manufacturer; member of Delaware
state senate, 1959-74 (New Castle County 3rd District 1959-64,
7th District 1965-68, 6th District 1969-72, 7th District 1973-74);
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
19, 1980 (age 61 years, 341
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) —
also known as Charles I. du Pont —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
29, 1797.
Whig. Cloth
manufacturer; president, Farmers Bank of
Delaware; an organizer of the Delaware Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate, 1841-44, 1853-56.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
31, 1869 (age 71 years, 308
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine de
la Fite=de Pelleport; married, October
8, 1824, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter of Nicholas
Van Dyke (1770-1826); granddaughter of Nicholas
Van Dyke (1738-1789)); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter of Henry
Moore Ridgely); great-grandfather of Francis
Victor du Pont; second great-grandfather of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont; first cousin of Henry
DuPont; first cousin once removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Thomas
Coleman du Pont, Alfred
Irénée du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont, Francis
Irenee du Pont, Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin four times removed of Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
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Francis Irenee du Pont (1873-1942) —
also known as Francis I. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December
3, 1873.
Progressive. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware;
candidate for mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1913.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1942 (age 68 years, 103
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Edward Green Bradford Jr. (1878-1927) —
also known as Edward G. Bradford, Jr. —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
11, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 7th
District, 1909-10, 1913-14.
Episcopalian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
3, 1927 (age 49 years, 83
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Ethel Hallock du Pont (1876-1951) —
also known as Ethel H. du Pont; Ethel Fleet Hallock;
Mrs. W. K. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Beirut, Syria (now Lebanon),
October
14, 1876.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1924.
Female.
Died in Singapore, Singapore,
March
2, 1951 (age 74 years, 139
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Henry Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970) —
also known as Henry B. du Pont —
of Greenville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1898.
Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPont chemical
company; director, North American Aviation
Corp. and General
Motors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,
1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., April
13, 1970 (age 71 years, 264
days).
Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Belin du Pont and Eluthera (Bradford) du Pont; married, October
24, 1928, to Margaret Wilson Lewis; married, February
24, 1949, to Emily Tybout (du Pont) Smith; nephew of Pierre
Samuel du Pont, William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel
Fleet Hallock) and Edward
Green Bradford Jr.; grandson of Edward
Green Bradford II; great-grandson of Edward
Green Bradford; great-grandnephew of Henry
DuPont; first cousin of Lammot
du Pont Copeland and Reynolds
du Pont; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Coleman du Pont, Alfred
Irénée du Pont, Francis
Irenee du Pont, Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard and Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Charles
Irénée du Pont; second cousin of Francis
Victor du Pont, Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin once removed of Eugene
Lammot, Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont and Richard
Henry Bayard; second cousin five times removed of Timothy
Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Bailey
Frye Adams; eighth great-grandson of George
Wyllys and John
Haynes. |
| | | Political family: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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First
Presbyterian Churchyard
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1747.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85; Delaware
state attorney general, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; member
of Delaware
state senate, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
30, 1812 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard; reinterment at
Masonic Home Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
|
Friends Burial
Ground
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Dickinson (1732-1808) —
also known as "Penman of the
Revolution" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Trappe, Talbot
County, Md., November
13, 1732.
Planter;
lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member of Delaware
state legislative council from New Castle County, 1781; President
of Delaware, 1781-83; President
of Pennsylvania, 1782-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
14, 1808 (age 75 years, 93
days).
Interment at Friends Burial Ground.
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Caleb Prew Bennett (1758-1836) —
of Delaware.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., November
11, 1758.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; New
Castle County Treasurer, 1807-33; Governor of
Delaware, 1833-36; died in office 1836.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 9,
1836 (age 77 years, 180
days).
Interment at Friends Burial Ground.
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Jewish Community
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) —
also known as George J. Feldman —
of New York.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., November
6, 1904.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to
Malta, 1965-67; Luxembourg, 1967-69.
Jewish.
Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of
NASA as a civilian space agency.
Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace Nursing
Home, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., November
22, 1994 (age 90 years, 16
days).
Interment at Jewish Community Cemetery.
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Methodist Church
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Charles Brown Lore (1831-1911) —
also known as Charles B. Lore —
of Delaware.
Born in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., March
16, 1831.
Democrat. Delaware
state attorney general, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1883-87; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Delaware; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1893-1909.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 6,
1911 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Methodist Church Cemetery.
|
Mt. Salem
Cemetery
1709 Mount Salem Lane
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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James S. Evans (1873-1950) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Joanna Heights, Berks
County, Pa., February
25, 1873.
Republican. Railway
freight agent; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1927-28, 1935-38; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; died
in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1950 (age 77 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery.
|
Nemours Estate
Carillon
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Alfred Irénée du Pont (1864-1935) —
also known as Alfred I. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 12,
1864.
Republican. Vice-president of the DuPont Powder
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1916.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., April
28, 1935 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Entombed at Nemours Estate Carillon.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II and Charlotte
Shepard (Henderson) du Pont; married 1887 to Bessie
Gardner; married 1907 to Mary
Alicia Hayward Bradford; married, January
22, 1921, to Jessie Dew Ball; grandnephew of Henry
DuPont; first cousin of Thomas
Coleman du Pont and Pierre
Samuel du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont, Francis
Victor du Pont, Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland and Reynolds
du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles
Irénée du Pont, Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont and Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV; second cousin of Francis
Irenee du Pont, Edward
Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene
Lammot; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed of Richard
Henry Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
Old Swedes Church
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Founded 1698
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) —
also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
29, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1880,
1884;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1892;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1893-97.
Died in Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass., September
28, 1898 (age 69 years, 334
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of James
Asheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married 1856 to Louisa
Lee; married, November
7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father of Thomas
Francis Bayard Jr.; nephew of Richard
Henry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson of James
Asheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who
married Joseph
Gardner Bradley), Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson of Richard
Bassett; great-grandfather of Richard
Henry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew of John
Bubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Clayton and Littleton
Kirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus
Bayard; third cousin of Andrew
Kirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin of John
Sluyter Wirt. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Mount
Bayard, on the border between British
Columbia, Canada, and the Prince of
Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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James Asheton Bayard Jr. (1799-1880) —
also known as James A. Bayard —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
15, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1837-43; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1851-64, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1860,
1864,
1868.
Suffered an accidental fall while
descending stairs, and died a few days later, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 13,
1880 (age 80 years, 211
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Samuel White (1770-1809) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kent
County, Del., December, 1770.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1801-09; died in office 1809.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
4, 1809 (age 38 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (1868-1942) —
also known as Thomas F. Bayard —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 4,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1906-16; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1922-29; defeated, 1928, 1930; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Episcopalian.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 12,
1942 (age 74 years, 38
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Edward Green Bradford (1819-1884) —
also known as Edward G. Bradford —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., July 17,
1819.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1849-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1861-66; member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1868-70; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1871-84; died in office 1884.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
16, 1884 (age 64 years, 183
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses Bradford and Phebe (George) Bradford; married 1840 to Mary
Alicia Heyward; married, February
5, 1852, to Elizabeth Roberts Canby (fourth cousin *** of Elsie
Cryder Woodward); father of Edward
Green Bradford II; grandfather of Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; great-grandfather of Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-grandfather of Richard
Henry Bayard; fifth great-grandson of George
Wyllys and John
Haynes; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Davenport (1715-1789) and Robert
Treat Paine; third cousin of Bailey
Frye Adams; third cousin once removed of Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland and Clayton
Hyde Lathrop; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Kitchell, Enoch
Woodbridge, John
Davenport, James
Davenport, Ephraim
Safford, Isaiah
Kidder and Clayton
Huntington Lathrop; fourth cousin of Ira
Chandler Backus, Joshua
Perkins, Julius
Levi Strong, Henry
Sabin and Lee
Randall Sanborn; fourth cousin once removed of Abraham
Davenport (1767-1837), Jonathan
Usher, William
Woodbridge, Dudley
Woodbridge, Theodore
Davenport, Charles
Stetson, James
Safford, Luther
Kidder, Isaiah
Stetson, Chester
Dorman Hubbard, Delos
Fall and James
L. Sanborn. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
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Ignatius C. Grubb (1841-1927) —
of Delaware.
Born April
12, 1841.
Justice
of Delaware state supreme court, 1910.
Died June 6,
1927 (age 86 years, 55
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985) —
also known as Alexis I. du Pont Bayard —
of Rockland, New Castle
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
11, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948
(alternate; member, Credentials
Committee), 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1960,
1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1949-53; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jaycees.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
3, 1985 (age 67 years, 204
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Edward Roche (1754-1821) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in County Cork, Ireland,
April
10, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1791; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1798.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died April 6,
1821 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (1880-1975) —
also known as Elizabeth Bradford du Pont; Mrs. Thomas
Francis Bayard —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
23, 1880.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Delaware, 1944.
Female.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
14, 1975 (age 95 years, 234
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Thomas Francis Bayard III (1911-1992) —
also known as Thomas F. Bayard III —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December
31, 1911.
Democrat. Candidate for Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 7th
District, 1956.
Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
9, 1992 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
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Presbyterian
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Henry Latimer (1752-1819) —
of Delaware.
Born in Newport, New Castle
County, Del., April
24, 1752.
Physician;
member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1787-91; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1819 (age 67 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery; reinterment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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John McKinly (1721-1796) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Northern
Ireland, February
21, 1721.
Physician;
New
Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1776-77; President
of Delaware, 1777.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery; reinterment in 1922 at
Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Riverview
Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Richard Cann McMullen (1868-1944) —
also known as Richard C. McMullen —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Glasgow, New Castle
County, Del., January
2, 1868.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Delaware, 1936;
Governor
of Delaware, 1937-41.
Methodist.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
18, 1944 (age 76 years, 47
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Manlove Howard Jester (1870-1932) —
also known as M. Howard Jester —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born November
14, 1870.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1905-06; postmaster at Wilmington,
Del., 1909-13.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
14, 1932 (age 62 years, 0
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Jester and Elizabeth A. (McDaniel) Jester; married to
Florra Clayton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Burton S. Heal (1884-1979) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Holly Oak, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 2,
1884.
Republican. Clerk of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1925;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 6th
District, 1935-36; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 3rd District, 1939-42; New
Castle County Recorder of Deeds, 1943-54.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Introduced the bill to designate the Blue Hen as the Delaware state
bird.
Died, in Memorial Division hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
17, 1979 (age 95 years, 107
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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St. James
Episcopal Church Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Lewis Heisler Ball (1861-1933) —
also known as L. Heisler Ball —
of Faulkland, New Castle
County, Del.; Marshallton, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Stanton, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1861.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1896,
1908
(alternate), 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Delaware
state treasurer, 1899-1901; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1901-03; defeated, 1902;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1903-05, 1919-25.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Faulkland, New Castle
County, Del., October
18, 1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Richard Thomas Pilling (1864-1951) —
also known as Richard T. Pilling —
of Kiamensi, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kiamensi, New Castle
County, Del., 1864.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 8th
District, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., April 1,
1951 (age about 86
years).
Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery.
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Silverbrook
Cemetery and Memorial Park
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Merrill Henry Tilghman (1875-1927) —
also known as Merrill H. Tilghman —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., February
9, 1875.
Democrat. Railway
conductor; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1926.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Order
of Railway Conductors.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March 7,
1927 (age 52 years, 26
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park.
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Alexander R. Abrahams (1888-1971) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in 1888.
Republican. Postmaster at Wilmington,
Del., 1928-33 (acting, 1928); member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1934.
Died in 1971
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park.
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Elwood Franklin Melson Jr. (1914-2001) —
also known as Elwood F. Melson, Jr. —
of Claymont, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Frankford, Sussex
County, Del., March
12, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 3rd District, 1955-58; family
court judge in Delaware, 1964-80.
Methodist.
Fought successfully to abolish the death penalty in Delaware (1958).
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Hockessin, New Castle
County, Del., December
25, 2001 (age 87 years, 288
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park.
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Jacob Scheifele (1858-1934) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Pennsylvania, March
10, 1858.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 1st
District, 1925-32.
Suffered an infected
toe, which was amputated; soon after, the whole foot was amputated,
and then his left leg; but within a few days, he died from gangrene,
in Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
22, 1934 (age 75 years, 349
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park.
|
Wilmington and
Brandywine Cemetery
701 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Founded 1843
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Richard Bassett (1745-1815) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., April 2,
1745.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state legislative council from Kent County, 1776-80, 1782-83;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Delaware
state senate, 1782; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1786; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; common pleas court judge in
Delaware, 1793-99; Governor of
Delaware, 1799-1801; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Cecil
County, Md., September
15, 1815 (age 70 years, 166
days).
Original interment somewhere in Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1865 at
Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) —
also known as Richard H. Bayard —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
26, 1796.
Whig. Mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1832-34; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1836-39, 1841-45; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1839-41; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Belgium, 1851-53.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March 4,
1868 (age 71 years, 160
days).
Entombed at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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James Asheton Bayard Sr. (1767-1815) —
also known as "The Chevalier"; "The Goliath
of His Party"; "High Priest of the
Constitution" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 28,
1767.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1804-13.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
6, 1815 (age 48 years, 9
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in
1842 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Henry Latimer (1752-1819) —
of Delaware.
Born in Newport, New Castle
County, Del., April
24, 1752.
Physician;
member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1787-91; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1819 (age 67 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery;
reinterment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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George Read Riddle (1817-1867) —
also known as George R. Riddle —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., 1817.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1851-55; defeated, 1854;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1864-67; died in office 1867.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
29, 1867 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Preston Lea (1841-1916) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
12, 1841.
Republican. President, William Lea and Sons milling;
president, Union National Bank,
vice-president, Farmers Mutual Insurance
Company; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad;
Governor
of Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1908.
Quaker.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., December
4, 1916 (age 75 years, 22
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Charles Robert Miller (1857-1927) —
also known as Charles Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
30, 1857.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1911-12; Governor of
Delaware, 1913-17.
Episcopalian.
Died in Berlin, Camden
County, N.J., September
18, 1927 (age 69 years, 353
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Robert Pyle Robinson (1869-1939) —
also known as Robert P. Robinson —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
28, 1869.
Republican. Banker; Governor of
Delaware, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1928,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 4,
1939 (age 69 years, 341
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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John Wales (1783-1863) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 31,
1783.
Lawyer;
banker;
secretary
of state of Delaware, 1845-49; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1849-51; one of the founders
of Newark College, now the University of Delaware.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December
3, 1863 (age 80 years, 125
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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John McKinly (1721-1796) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Northern
Ireland, February
21, 1721.
Physician;
New
Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1776-77; President
of Delaware, 1777.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery;
reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Eleazer McComb (1740-1798) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., August
11, 1740.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84; Delaware
state auditor, 1787-93; bank
director.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died, from yellow
fever, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., December, 1798
(age 58
years, 0 days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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James Tilton (1745-1822) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kent
County, Del., June 1,
1745.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84; Delaware
state treasurer, 1785-86.
Died near Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 14,
1822 (age 76 years, 347
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry W. Watson —
of Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Langhorne Electric
Light and Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,
9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Willard Hall (1780-1875) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Westford, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
24, 1780.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Delaware, 1811; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1817-21; resigned 1821; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1821; member of Delaware
state senate, 1822; federal
judge, 1823.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 10,
1875 (age 94 years, 137
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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John Jones Milligan (1795-1875) —
also known as John J. Milligan —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Maryland, 1795.
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1831-39.
Died in 1875
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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John Patten Wales (1831-1912) —
also known as John P. Wales —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born January
2, 1831.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1882-85.
Died June 24,
1912 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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John Peckworth Allmond (1835-1912) —
also known as John P. Allmond —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 6,
1835.
Democrat. Grocer; bank
director; brick-making
business; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1878-82; vice-president, Peoples Railway Co.
(Peoples Trolley),
1901-12.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1912 (age 76 years, 323
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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William Henry Heald (1864-1939) —
also known as William H. Heald —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
27, 1864.
Republican. Bank
examiner; lawyer;
postmaster at Wilmington,
Del., 1901-06; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1909-13; banker.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 3,
1939 (age 74 years, 280
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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William Hepburn Armstrong (1824-1919) —
also known as William H. Armstrong —
of Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Williamsport, Lycoming
County, Pa., September
7, 1824.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Lycoming County, 1861-62; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1869-71.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 14,
1919 (age 94 years, 249
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 18,
1875.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer;
executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical
manufacturing firm; director of railroads
and insurance
companies; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1924.
Quaker.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Theta
Xi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Injured in a fall down
stairs, and died a few days later, from pneumonia,
in the Homeopathic Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 6,
1936 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Charles Musgrove Allmond (1866-1945) —
also known as Charles M. Allmond —
of Carrcroft, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
20, 1866.
Physician;
mayor
of Newark, Del., 1895; president, Delaware Terra
Cotta Company.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
2, 1945 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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Samuel H. Baynard (1851-1925) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born January
19, 1851.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 2nd
District, 1901-02; defeated, 1892.
Died March 4,
1925 (age 74 years, 44
days).
Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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