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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, Wilmington, Del.
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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, Wilmington, Del.
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John Biggs Jr. (1895-1979) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
6, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1930-36; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1932,
1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1937-65; took
senior status 1965.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., April
15, 1979 (age 83 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Biggs and Rachel Valentine (Massey) Biggs; married, April
16, 1925, to Anna Swift Rupert. |
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James Caleb Boggs (1909-1993) —
also known as J. Caleb Boggs —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Cheswold, Kent
County, Del., May 15,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1947-53; Governor of
Delaware, 1953-60; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1960;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1961-73; defeated, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
26, 1993 (age 83 years, 315
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Howard Wellington Bramhall (1895-1962) —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., November
18, 1895.
Lawyer;
justice
of Delaware state supreme court, 1954-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons.
Died in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., July 7,
1962 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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David Penrose Buckson (b. 1920) —
also known as David P. Buckson —
of Camden, Kent
County, Del.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Townsend, New Castle
County, Del., July 25,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1956; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1957-60; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1960-61; defeated, 1964; Delaware
state attorney general, 1963-71.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sigma
Nu.
Still living as of 2014.
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Michael Newbold Castle (b. 1939) —
also known as Michael N. Castle —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 2,
1939.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1967-68; member of Delaware
state senate 1st District, 1969-76; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1981-85; Governor of
Delaware, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1993-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Delaware, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2010.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Leonard G. Hagner (b. 1894) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
19, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1953-61.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Albert Hagner and Eva Boyer (Hoopes) Hagner; married, September
3, 1955, to Wilhelmina S. Syfrit. |
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Joseph Augustus Kellogg (1865-1929) —
also known as Joseph A. Kellogg —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., May 13,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1911; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); New York
Democratic state chair, 1918-19.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hospital
at Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., September
8, 1929 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Fort Edward, N.Y.
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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, Wilmington, Del.
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Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) —
also known as Henry J. Ridgely —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Camden, Kent
County, Del., November
17, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate).
Member, Sigma
Nu; American
Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney
failure, in Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
10, 1990 (age 76 years, 297
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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Clarence Andrew Southerland (b. 1889) —
also known as Clarence A. Southerland —
of Delaware.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April
10, 1889.
Lawyer;
Delaware
state attorney general, 1925-29; chief
justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1957.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clarence Southerland and Amey (Fairbank) Southerland; married, January
11, 1923, to Katharine Virden. |
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Luke Edward Terry (1916-1998) —
also known as Luke E. Terry —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Oneida, Scott
County, Tenn., August
21, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1957-58, 1971-76 (Berkeley
County 1957-58, 1st District 1971-74, 35th District 1975-76);
defeated, 1958.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., October
20, 1998 (age 82 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvin C. Terry and Nellie (Smith) Terry; married to Elizabeth
Johnson. |
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Ruby Ross Vale (1874-1961) —
also known as Ruby R. Vale —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., October
19, 1874.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916,
1948
(alternate).
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Historical Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died January
2, 1961 (age 86 years, 75
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Birchby Warburton (1916-1983) —
also known as Herbert B. Warburton —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
Delaware Republican Party, 1950; chairman, Young Republican
National Federation, 1952; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1953-55; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1954.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Optimist
Club.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., July 30,
1983 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Cremated.
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