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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, Odessa, Del.   Relatives: Son of John G. Bacon and Margaret (Foster) Bacon; married, November 28, 1906, to Mabel H. McDaniel.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   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, Wilmington, Del.   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   Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) — also known as Pierre S. du Pont — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., January 15, 1870. President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad; member of Delaware state board of education, 1919-21; delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38. Member, American Philosophical Society; Phi Kappa Sigma. Died in 1954 (age about 84 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Lammot du Pont and Mary (Belin) du Pont; brother of William Kemble du Pont (who married Ethel Fleet Hallock); married, October 6, 1915, to Alice Belin (sister of Ferdinand Lammot Belin); uncle of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; granduncle of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; first cousin of Thomas Coleman du Pont and Alfred Irénée du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont and Francis Victor du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée du Pont and Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; 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 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, Wilmington, Del.   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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