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Henry DuPont (1812-1889) —
Born in New Castle
County, Del., August
8, 1812.
Republican. Adjutant
General of Delaware, 1846-61; head of the E. I. du Pont de
Nemours gunpowder
manufacturing firm; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware.
French ancestry.
Died in New Castle
County, Del., August
8, 1889 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleuthere Irenee DuPont and Sophia Madeline (Dalmas) DuPont;
married to Louisa Gebhard; father of Henry
Algernon du Pont; granduncle 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; great-granduncle of Francis
Victor du Pont, Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; second great-granduncle of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard; first cousin of Charles
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Joshua Hopkins Marvil (1825-1895) —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., September
3, 1825.
Governor
of Delaware, 1895; died in office 1895.
Methodist.
English
and French ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease and erysipelas,
in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., April 8,
1895 (age 69 years, 217
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Laurel, Del.
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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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