| | 
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, Faulkland, Del.
|
| |
William H. Baggs (1827-1908) —
of Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Maryland, March 3,
1827.
Tailor; postmaster at Smyrna,
Del., 1852-53, 1875-85; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1905-08; died in office 1908.
Methodist.
Died in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., January
5, 1908 (age 80 years, 308
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
|
| |
Hiram Rodney Burton (1841-1927) —
also known as Hiram R. Burton —
of Lewes, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., November
13, 1841.
Republican. Dry goods merchant; physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1884
(alternate), 1900,
1908;
candidate for Delaware
state senate, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1905-09.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., June 17,
1927 (age 85 years, 216
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Georgetown, Del.
|
| |
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 |
|
| |
Russell Wilber Peterson (1916-2011) —
also known as Russell W. Peterson —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Portage, Columbia
County, Wis., October
3, 1916.
Republican. Textile researcher
for du Pont chemical
company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1964
(alternate), 1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Delaware, 1969-73; defeated, 1972.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Phi
Eta Sigma.
Died February
21, 2011 (age 94 years, 141
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
|
![[Amazon.com]](https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/a150X70b.gif)