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  Sylvester John Abbott (1852-1923) — also known as S. John Abbott — of Milford, Kent County, Del. Born in Milford, Kent County, Del., March 23, 1852. Republican. Fruit grower; organizer of the C. D. Abbott & Company department store; banker; member of Delaware state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1899-1902. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Died, from chronic nephritis and uremia, in Milford, Sussex County, Del., August 24, 1923 (age 71 years, 154 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
  Relatives: Son of William Wilson Abbott and Mary Catherine (Purnell) Abbott; married, October 20, 1887, to Rosalie Nicholls.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, New Castle, Del.
  Relatives: Married 1785 to Mary Enos.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of William Allmond and Phebe (Jefferis) Allmond; married, June 24, 1856, to Sarah Martin Palmer; father of Charles Musgrove Allmond.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ernest Victor Blendt (1903-1953) — also known as Ernest V. Blendt — of Smyrna, Kent County, Del. Born in Delaware, May 18, 1903. Democrat. Farmer; bank director; member of Delaware state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District, 1941-42, 1953; died in office 1953; candidate for Delaware state senate from Kent County 1st District, 1942. Methodist. Member, Lions; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died, in Delaware Hospital, Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., August 4, 1953 (age 50 years, 78 days).e. Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Harry George Blendt and Mary Jane (Workman) Blendt; brother of George Michael Blendt; married to Beulah Schneider; uncle of Carlton Blendt Jr..
  Political family: Blendt family of Smyrna, Delaware.
  Jacob Broom (1752-1810) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., October 17, 1752. Surveyor; postmaster at Wilmington, Del., 1776-92; member of Delaware state legislature, 1784-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; banker; cotton mill business. Lutheran. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 25, 1810 (age 57 years, 190 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of James Broom and Esther (Willis) Broom; married 1773 to Rachel Pierce; father of James Madison Broom; grandfather of Jacob Broom (1808-1864).
  Political family: Broom family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Odessa, Del.
  Relatives: Son of John Cowgill Corbit and Emily (Peterson) Corbit.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  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
  Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1921-1994) — also known as Eleuthere I. du Pont; "Brud" — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 21, 1921. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; banker; insurance executive; treasurer of Delaware Republican Party, 1956; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1956. Died, from a heart attack in his office, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., March 29, 1994 (age 72 years, 312 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Katherine (Clark) du Pont and Francis Victor du Pont; married to Arminda Dunning; grandson of Thomas Coleman du Pont; second great-grandson of Charles Irénée du Pont; second great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; third great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); fourth great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789); first cousin twice removed of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; second cousin once removed of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin twice removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard and Eugene Lammot; third cousin of Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin once removed of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; fourth cousin of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political family: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Francis Victor du Pont (1894-1962) — also known as Francis V. du Pont; Frank V. du Pont — of Greenville, New Castle County, Del.; Cambridge, Dorchester County, Md. Born in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., May 28, 1894. Republican. Engineer; member, Delaware State Highway Commission, 1922-49; president, Equitable Trust Company of Wilmington; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1944, 1948; member of Republican National Committee from Delaware, 1952; Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Public Roads, 1953-56. Died, from lung cancer, in University Hospital, Baltimore, Md., May 16, 1962 (age 67 years, 353 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Alice (du Pont) du Pont and Thomas Coleman du Pont; brother of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married Clayton Douglass Buck); married, June 16, 1917, to Katherine Clark; married 1932 to Janet M. Gram; father of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; great-grandson of Charles Irénée du Pont; great-grandnephew of Henry DuPont; second great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826); third great-grandson of Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789); first cousin once removed of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Henry Algernon du Pont; second cousin of Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; second cousin once removed of Francis Irenee du Pont, Edward Green Bradford Jr., Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard, Eugene Lammot and Pierre Samuel du Pont IV; third cousin of Thomas Francis Bayard III and Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin once removed of Richard Henry Bayard.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont; married, January 17, 1889, to Alice Elsie du Pont; father of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married Clayton Douglass Buck) and Francis Victor du Pont; grandfather of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont; grandnephew of Henry DuPont; first cousin of Alfred Irénée du Pont and Pierre Samuel du Pont; first cousin once removed of Henry Algernon du Pont, Henry Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot du Pont Copeland and Reynolds du Pont; first cousin twice removed of Charles Irénée 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 (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Seth Griffith Ellegood (d. 1945) — also known as Seth G. Ellegood — of Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, N.Y.; Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Seaford, Sussex County, Del. Democrat. Banker; candidate for village president of Sing Sing, New York, 1901. Died, from a heart attack, in Ossining, Westchester County, N.Y., December 28, 1945. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Virginia Cobb and Anna Lambert.
  Joseph Allen Frear Jr. (1903-1993) — also known as J. Allen Frear, Jr. — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Rising Sun, Kent County, Del., March 7, 1903. Democrat. Banker; president, Kent General Hospital, 1947-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1948, 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1956, 1960; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1949-61; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1961-63; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Member, American Legion; Farm Bureau; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary; Sigma Nu. Died January 15, 1993 (age 89 years, 314 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Frear and Clara (Lowber) Frear; married, February 11, 1933, to Esther Viola Schauer.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  John W. Gibson (1910-1976) — of Michigan. Born in Harrisburg, Saline County, Ill., August 23, 1910. Democrat. Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1945-49;; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1948; chairman, U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, 1950-52; banker. In 1957, was one of the first owners of a McDonald's Hamburgers franchise in the Washington area. Died, following a heart attack, in a hospital at Lewes, Sussex County, Del., October 22, 1976 (age 66 years, 60 days). Interment at Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joshua Taylor Heald (1821-1887) — also known as Joshua T. Heald — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., May 26, 1821. Republican. Bookbinder; real estate developer; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1860, 1868; President of the Wilmington City Railway Company, which built the city's first trolley line; later, he was president of the Wilmington and Western Railroad; candidate for U.S. Representative from Delaware, 1870. Died, from typhoid fever, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., July 23, 1887 (age 66 years, 58 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Heald and Hannah (Mendenhall) Heald; married 1844 to Hannah Pusey; third cousin of Harmon Gregg Heald.
  Heald Street, in Wilmington, Delaware, is named for him.
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Clayton Horsey (1879-1949) — also known as T. Clayton Horsey — of Denton, Caroline County, Md. Born in Greensboro, Caroline County, Md., January 2, 1879. Democrat. Banker; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1928. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., November 10, 1949 (age 70 years, 312 days). Interment at Greensboro Cemetery, Greensboro, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Horsey and Sarah Comegys 'Sallie' (Sangston) Horsey; married, October 25, 1905, to Nellie Wilson Fisher; first cousin thrice removed of Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842); second cousin twice removed of Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902); fourth cousin of Outerbridge Horsey (1910-1983).
  Political family: Lee-Randolph family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Bell Houston (1845-1907) — also known as Charles B. Houston — of Millsboro, Sussex County, Del. Born in Sussex County, Del., December 30, 1845. Democrat. Lumber business; bank director; director, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia Railroad; member of Delaware state senate from Sussex County, 1891-94. Died, from a kidney ailment, in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., June 25, 1907 (age 61 years, 177 days). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of John Mitchell Houston and Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925); uncle of John Mitchell Moore Houston and Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979); first cousin once removed of John Wallace Houston; second cousin of Robert Griffith Houston.
  Political families: Houston family of Delaware; Maull family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas James Keating (1829-1898) — of Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md. Born in Smyrna, Kent County, Del., May 3, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Queen Anne's County State's Attorney, 1860-76; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; Maryland state comptroller, 1878-84; banker; chair of Queen Anne's County Democratic Party, 1893. Episcopalian. Died in Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Md., June 1, 1898 (age 69 years, 29 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Keating and Elizabeth Jane (Palmer) Keating; married 1862 to Sarah F. Webster.
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Son of William Lea and Jane Scott (Lovett) Lea; married, October 27, 1870, to Adalaide Moore; married, April 29, 1897, to Eliza Naudain Corbit; father of Claudia Wright Lea (who married Sheffield Phelps); second cousin once removed of Charles Corbit and William Webb Jr.; third cousin once removed of Joseph Rodman West; third cousin twice removed of Elsie Cryder Woodward.
  Political families: 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 National Governors Association biography
  Rufus D. Lingo Jr. (1867-1923) — of Sussex County, Del. Born in Delaware, June 2, 1867. Republican. Poultry farmer; lumber and timber business; member of Delaware state house of representatives from Sussex County 6th District, 1903-06; bank director. Died, from interstitial nephritis, in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Del., May 11, 1923 (age 55 years, 343 days). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
  Relatives: Son of John Alvin Lingo and Hettie Jane (Baker) Lingo; brother of Archibald B. Lingo, John Alvin Lingo Jr. and Charles Dale Lingo; second cousin of Asher H. Lingo; second cousin once removed of Carlton Leroy Lingo and Joseph W. Prettyman.
  Political family: Lingo family of Millsboro, Delaware.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jack Alan Markell (b. 1960) — also known as Jack Markell — of Newark, New Castle County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Newark, New Castle County, Del., November 26, 1960. Democrat. Telecommunications executive; banker; Delaware state treasurer, 1999-2009; Governor of Delaware, 2009-. Jewish. Still living as of 2016.
  Relatives: Son of William Markell and Elaine 'Leni' Markell; married to Carla Smathers.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Married to Lydia Irons; father of Jeannette McComb (who married Thomas Clayton).
  Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, New Castle, Del.
  Relatives: Married to Charlotte Virginia Brown.
  Calvin R. McCullough Elementary School (now Calvin R. McCullough Middle School), in New Castle, Delaware, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Moore Ridgely (1779-1847) — also known as Henry M. Ridgely — of Dover, Kent County, Del. Born in Dover, Kent County, Del., August 6, 1779. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1811-15; secretary of state of Delaware, 1817-27; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1827-29. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., August 6, 1847 (age 68 years, 0 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Ann (Moore) Ridgely and Dr. Charles Greenberry Ridgely; brother of Nicholas Greenberry Ridgely; married to Sarah 'Sally' Banning; married 1842 to Sarah Ann Comegys; father of Ann Ridgely (who married Charles Irénée du Pont); grandfather of Daniel M. Ridgely; great-grandfather of Charles du Pont Ridgely; second great-grandfather of Henry Johnson Ridgely.
  Political family: Ridgely family of Dover, Delaware (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Willard Saulsbury Jr. (1861-1927) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Georgetown, Sussex County, Del., April 17, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Delaware Democratic state chair, 1900-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1908, 1912; member of Democratic National Committee from Delaware, 1908-20; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1913-19; defeated, 1918. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., February 20, 1927 (age 65 years, 309 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Willard Saulsbury Sr.; nephew of Gove Saulsbury and Eli May Saulsbury.
  Political family: Saulsbury family of Dover, Delaware.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
David W. Steele David Wilmer Steele (1899-1940) — also known as David W. Steele — of Ocean View, Sussex County, Del. Born in Sussex County, Del., 1899. Republican. Poultry raiser; banker; member of Delaware state senate from Sussex County 4th District, 1937-40; died in office 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Tall Cedars of Lebanon. While fishing off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, he and his wife were killed in an explosion and fire aboard their cruiser, the Lure, in the North Atlantic Ocean, October 7, 1940 (age about 41 years). Interment at Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ocean View, Del.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, October 8, 1940
Ralph Stone Ralph Stone (b. 1868) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 20, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; studied law under U.S. Sen. Anthony Higgins; practiced law with former U.S. Rep. Byron M. Cutcheon; private and military secretary to Gov. Hazen S. Pingree; banker; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1924-31. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1927
  Ebe Walter Tunnell (1844-1917) — also known as E. W. Tunnell — of Lewes, Sussex County, Del. Born in Clarksville, Sussex County, Del., December 31, 1844. Democrat. Druggist; hardware merchant; banker; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1871; Governor of Delaware, 1897-1901; defeated, 1894. Presbyterian. Died in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., December 13, 1917 (age 72 years, 347 days). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
  Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Tunnell and Maria (Walter) Tunnell.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  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, Wilmington, Del.
  Relatives: Father of John Patten Wales.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Tharp Watson (1849-1917) — also known as William T. Watson — of Milford, Sussex County, Del. Born in Milford, Sussex County, Del., June 22, 1849. Democrat. Banker; member of Delaware state senate from Kent County, 1893-95; Governor of Delaware, 1895-97. Episcopalian. Died in Milford, Sussex County, Del., April 14, 1917 (age 67 years, 296 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
  Relatives: Grandson of William Tharp.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
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