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Politicians in Fruit, Produce, and Juices in Delaware

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   William Franklin Allen (1883-1946) — also known as William F. Allen; "Lovebird Allen" — of Seaford, Sussex County, Del. Born in Bridgeville, Sussex County, Del., January 19, 1883. Democrat. Telegrapher; railway station agent; fruit and produce dealer; real estate business; oil business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1920; member of Delaware state senate from Sussex County 2nd District, 1925-28; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1937-39; Liberal Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died in a hospital at Lewes, Sussex County, Del., June 14, 1946 (age 63 years, 146 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Del.   Relatives: Son of William Franklin 'Frank' Allen and Mollie (Smith) Allen; married, April 16, 1905, to Mary Addie Davis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Ralph Waldo Emerson (1892-1963) — also known as Ralph W. Emerson — of Wyoming, Kent County, Del. Born in Wyoming, Kent County, Del., March 6, 1892. Republican. Fruit broker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1940 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); Delaware state treasurer; elected 1950. Quaker. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Delaware, February 10, 1963 (age 70 years, 341 days). Interment at Camden Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Camden, Del.   Relatives: Son of Pennell Emerson and Martha Emma (Stevens) Emerson; married, September 12, 1915, to Mary Justine Chambers.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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