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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.
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Elmer L. Betts (1914-1997) —
of Kent
County, Del.
Born in Farmington, Kent
County, Del., February
6, 1914.
Democrat. Farmer; deputy
sheriff; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 6th District,
1957-60.
Methodist.
Died April
12, 1997 (age 83 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Roy B. Betts and Manolia (Sullivan) Betts; married to Pearl Alice
Paskey. |
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Benjamin Thomas Biggs (1821-1893) —
also known as Benjamin T. Biggs —
of Middletown, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Summit Bridge, New Castle
County, Del., October
1, 1821.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
farmer; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1869-73; defeated, 1860;
president, Queen Anne and Kent Railroad,
1874; Governor of
Delaware, 1887-91.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Middletown, New Castle
County, Del., December
25, 1893 (age 72 years, 85
days).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.
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Carlton Blendt Jr. (1928-2005) —
of Townsend, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Powell, Park
County, Wyo., November
15, 1928.
Democrat. Dairy
farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 15th
District, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grange.
Died in Delaware, January
22, 2005 (age 76 years, 68
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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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.
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Thomas Collins (1732-1789) —
of Kent
County, Del.
Born in Duck Creek (now Smyrna), Kent
County, Del., 1732.
Planter; member of Delaware
state legislative council from Kent County, 1776-82; President
of Delaware, 1786-89; died in office 1789.
Episcopalian.
Died in Duck Creek (now Smyrna), Kent
County, Del., March
29, 1789 (age about 56
years).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Stephen A. Davis (b. 1946) —
also known as Stephen Davis —
of Tumacacori, Santa Cruz
County, Ariz.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
28, 1946.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; airline
pilot; member of Arizona
state senate 9th District, 1975-76; Commodore's Staff Aide to
Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard; Libertarian candidate
for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1984; horse
trainer; ranch manager; in his writings, he argues that
HIV "cannot" cause AIDS, that AIDS is not contagious, that people
tested as positive are perfectly healthy, and that the epidemic was
caused by drug companies.
Scientologist.
Still living as of 2012.
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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, Wilmington, Del.
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Manford Latimer Hudson (1924-2012) —
also known as Manford L. Hudson —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Frankford, Sussex
County, Del., April
14, 1924.
Republican. Farmer; candidate for Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 4th District,
1950.
Church
of Christ.
Died, in Peninsula Regional Medical
Center, Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., September
23, 2012 (age 88 years, 162
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel, Del.
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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, Townsend, Del.
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Alfred R. Layton (1856-1921) —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del., 1856.
Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 4th District,
1913-14.
Died in 1921
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Concord Church Cemetery, Concord, Del.
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John Alvin Lingo (1843-1900) —
also known as John A. Lingo —
of Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., June 11,
1843.
Farmer; merchant;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County, 1889-90; Delaware
state auditor, 1899-1900; died in office 1900.
Died in Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del., January
26, 1900 (age 56 years, 229
days).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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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.
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Simeon Selby Pennewill (1867-1935) —
also known as Simeon S. Pennewill —
of Greenwood, Sussex
County, Del.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born near Greenwood, Sussex
County, Del., July 23,
1867.
Republican. Farmer; member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County 1st District, 1899-1906; Governor of
Delaware, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
9, 1935 (age 68 years, 48
days).
Interment at Bridgeville
Cemetery, Bridgeville, Del.
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Eli P. Pepper (1848-1939) —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Born September
25, 1848.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 9th District,
1901-02.
Died, in Beebe Hospital,
Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., November
20, 1939 (age 91 years, 56
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of David Pepper and Naomi (Warrington) Pepper; married 1892 to Mary
Eugenia Burton. |
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Fred Pepper (1875-1953) —
of Selbyville, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Fenwick Island, Sussex
County, Del., July 24,
1875.
Republican. Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 7th District,
1939-40.
Died in Selbyville, Sussex
County, Del., September
27, 1953 (age 78 years, 65
days).
Interment at Selbyville
Redmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Del.
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Joseph W. Prettyman (1917-1995) —
of Lewes, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Delaware, August
7, 1917.
Grain
farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 8th District,
1953-54.
Methodist.
Died, in Lee Memorial Health Park medical
center, Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April 9,
1995 (age 77 years, 245
days).
Interment at Conleys Chapel Cemetery, Angola, Del.
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William Clifford Pryor (1894-1984) —
also known as Clifford Pryor —
of Blackbird, New Castle
County, Del.; Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Delaware, September
24, 1894.
Democrat. Carpenter;
farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 15th
District, 1933-34; defeated, 1942; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 7th District, 1955-58.
Died, from heart
disease, in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., May 29,
1984 (age 89 years, 248
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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Robert John Reynolds (1838-1909) —
also known as Robert J. Reynolds —
of near Petersburg, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Smyrna, Kent
County, Del., March
17, 1838.
Democrat. Farmer; Delaware
state treasurer, 1879-83; Governor of
Delaware, 1891-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1892.
Methodist.
Died near Petersburg, Kent
County, Del., June 10,
1909 (age 71 years, 85
days).
Interment at Loudon
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Daniel M. Ridgely (1854-1937) —
of Kent
County, Del.
Born in Delaware, October
3, 1854.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County, 1891-92.
Died near Dover, Kent
County, Del., July 20,
1937 (age 82 years, 290
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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William Henry Harrison Ross (1814-1887) —
also known as William H. H. Ross —
of West Seaford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., June 2,
1814.
Democrat. Farmer; Governor of
Delaware, 1851-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1860.
Methodist.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 29,
1887 (age 73 years, 27
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Churchyard, Seaford, Del.
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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.
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Charles Clark Stockley (1819-1901) —
also known as Charles C. Stockley —
of near Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., November
6, 1819.
Democrat. Farmer; Governor of
Delaware, 1883-87; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention
from Delaware, 1896.
Methodist.
Died in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., April
20, 1901 (age 81 years, 165
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Georgetown, Del.
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John Gillis Townsend Jr. (1871-1964) —
also known as John G. Townsend, Jr. —
of Selbyville, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Bishopville, Worcester
County, Md., May 31,
1871.
Republican. Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 7th District,
1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1904
(alternate), 1908,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1917-21; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1929-41; defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Eagles;
Junior
Order.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
10, 1964 (age 92 years, 315
days).
Interment at Selbyville
Redmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Del.
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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, Townsend, Del.
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Charles Turpin Wheatley (1868-1933) —
also known as Charles T. Wheatley —
of Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., January
20, 1868.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 4th District,
1923-24.
Died near Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., August
13, 1933 (age 65 years, 205
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Del.
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James Williams (1825-1899) —
of Kenton, Kent
County, Del.; Smyrna, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
4, 1825.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1856, 1862; member of Delaware
state senate, 1866, 1871, 1891-92; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1872,
1880
(Convention
Vice-President), 1884;
U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1875-79.
Died April
12, 1899 (age 73 years, 251
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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