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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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Wilbur Louis Adams (1884-1937) —
also known as Wilbur L. Adams —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., October
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Delaware
state attorney general, 1924; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1933-35; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1934.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died in Beebe Hospital,
Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., December
4, 1937 (age 53 years, 42
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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James Frank Allee (1857-1938) —
also known as J. Frank Allee —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., December
2, 1857.
Republican. Jeweler;
president, Bay State Gas
Company of Delaware; president, Staten Island Brick
Company; Delaware
Republican state chair, 1886-96; member of Delaware
state senate, 1899-1903 (Kent County 1st District 1899-1900, Kent
County 2nd District 1901-02, Kent County 3rd District 1903); resigned
1903; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., October
12, 1938 (age 80 years, 314
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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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.
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Charles Musgrove Allmond (1866-1945) —
also known as Charles M. Allmond —
of Carrcroft, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., February
20, 1866.
Physician;
mayor
of Newark, Del., 1895; president, Delaware Terra
Cotta Company.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
2, 1945 (age 79 years, 255
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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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.
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James Hall Anderson (1878-1936) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., November
12, 1878.
Lawyer;
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1936
(age about
57 years).
Interment at Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, Near Frederica, Kent County, Del.
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Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (1880-1962) —
also known as Walter W. Bacon —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., January
20, 1880.
Republican. Department head, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. chemical
firm, 1903-18; treasurer, Buick Motor
Company, 1918-30; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1935-40; Governor of
Delaware, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
18, 1962 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Old
Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard, Odessa, Del.
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Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., May 18,
1875.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer;
executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons chemical
manufacturing firm; director of railroads
and insurance
companies; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1924.
Quaker.
Member, American
Chemical Society; Theta
Xi; Freemasons; Elks.
Injured in a fall down
stairs, and died a few days later, from pneumonia,
in the Homeopathic Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 6,
1936 (age 60 years, 354
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) —
of Delaware.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., 1747.
Lawyer;
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85; Delaware
state attorney general, 1784-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; member
of Delaware
state senate, 1788; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Delaware; U.S.
District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
30, 1812 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Masonic
Home Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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Eugene Donald Bookhammer (1918-2013) —
also known as Eugene D. Bookhammer —
of Lewes, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Lingo Landing, Sussex
County, Del., June 14,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lumber mill
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Delaware, 1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate); member of Delaware
state senate, 1963-68 (Sussex County 5th District 1963-64, 18th
District 1965-68); Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1969-77.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., February
23, 2013 (age 94 years, 254
days).
Interment at Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hayes Bookhammer and Winifred Hopkins (Jenkins)
Bookhammer; married 1942 to Mary
Catherine 'Kitty' Williams. |
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memorial |
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Howard Wellington Bramhall (1895-1962) —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., November
18, 1895.
Lawyer;
justice
of Delaware state supreme court, 1954-57.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., July 7,
1962 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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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.
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David Penrose Buckson (b. 1920) —
also known as David P. Buckson —
of Camden, Kent
County, Del.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Townsend, New Castle
County, Del., July 25,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1956; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1957-60; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1960-61; defeated, 1964; Delaware
state attorney general, 1963-71.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Sigma
Nu.
Still living as of 2014.
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Elbert Nostrand Carvel (1910-2005) —
also known as Elbert N. Carvel; "Big
Bert" —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Shelter Island, Suffolk
County, N.Y., February
9, 1910.
Democrat. Fertilizer
manufacturer; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1945-49; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1946-47, 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Delaware, 1949-53, 1961-65; defeated, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1958, 1964; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions;
Grange;
Sigma
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Zeta.
Died in Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., February
6, 2005 (age 94 years, 363
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Queen Anne's County, Md.
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Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr. (1899-1971) —
also known as Jesse S. Cooper, Jr. —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March
13, 1899.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Delaware, 1928;
Delaware
state treasurer, 1945-46; defeated, 1946.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Sons of
the American Revolution.
In 1950, he quietly helped Sen. John
J. Williams to expose corruption in the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service, but his role was not disclosed until after his death.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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William Du Hamel Denney (1873-1953) —
also known as William D. Denney —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born near Dover, Kent
County, Del., March
31, 1873.
Republican. Insurance
business; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District,
1905-06; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; Governor of
Delaware, 1921-25; Delaware
Republican state chair, 1926-28.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Elsmere, New Castle
County, Del., November
21, 1953 (age 80 years, 235
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Howard Hamilton Dickerson (1884-1966) —
also known as Howard H. Dickerson —
of Laurel, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in 1884.
Democrat. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 5th District,
1925-26; member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County 3rd District, 1947-50; Delaware
state treasurer, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Grange.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon after, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital,
Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., October
20, 1966 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Levin Newton Dickerson and Levica Ann (Owens) Dickerson; married
to Mary Alice Phillips. |
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memorial |
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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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Elisha Dukes (b. 1913) —
of Selbyville, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Frankford, Sussex
County, Del., February
28, 1913.
Secretary
of state of Delaware, 1961-69.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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James S. Evans (1873-1950) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Joanna Heights, Berks
County, Pa., February
25, 1873.
Republican. Railway
freight agent; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1927-28, 1935-38; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; died
in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
24, 1950 (age 77 years, 27
days).
Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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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.
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Percy Warren Green (b. 1889) —
also known as P. Warren Green —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Booth's Corner, Delaware
County, Pa., August
18, 1889.
Republican. College
professor; lawyer; Delaware
state attorney general, 1933-39; appointed 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Green and Elizabeth Ellen (Talley) Green; married, December
17, 1931, to Maria Ellen Reynolds. |
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Leonard G. Hagner (b. 1894) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
19, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Delaware, 1953-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Albert Hagner and Eva Boyer (Hoopes) Hagner; married, September
3, 1955, to Wilhelmina S. Syfrit. |
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Daniel Oren Hastings (1874-1966) —
also known as Daniel O. Hastings —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Centerville, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., March 5,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1909; appointed 1909; resigned 1909; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909; resigned
1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, 1920
(alternate), 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1944
(alternate), 1952;
member, Credentials Committee, 1928,
1952;
speaker, 1928;
member, Resolutions Committee, 1936;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1936;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1937-40.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 9,
1966 (age 92 years, 65
days).
Interment at Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.
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Burton S. Heal (1884-1979) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Holly Oak, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., May 2,
1884.
Republican. Clerk of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1925;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 6th
District, 1935-36; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 3rd District, 1939-42; New
Castle County Recorder of Deeds, 1943-54.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Introduced the bill to designate the Blue Hen as the Delaware state
bird.
Died, in Memorial Division hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
17, 1979 (age 95 years, 107
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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William B. Huston (1879-1948) —
of Seaford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born January
31, 1879.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Delaware, 1936;
member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County 2nd District, 1941-44.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
11, 1948 (age 69 years, 193
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Seaford, Del.
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Ralph S. Keenan (1903-1982) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 13,
1903.
Republican. Painting
contractor; police
officer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 3rd
District, 1943-48, 1961-64; member of Delaware
state senate 4th District, 1967-68.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Shriners.
Died, in the Delaware Division hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 23,
1982 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Del.
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John Alvin Lingo Jr. (1873-1925) —
also known as John A. Lingo —
of Rehoboth, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in 1873.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 10th District,
1925; died in office 1925.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Accidentally swallowed poisonous
Lysol disinfectant, and died en route to a hospital, in his doctor's
car,
near Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., December
14, 1925 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Isaac James MacCollum (b. 1889) —
also known as Isaac J. MacCollum —
of Wyoming, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Fenwick Island, Sussex
County, Del., August
18, 1889.
Democrat. Physician;
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1944.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; American Medical
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Nutter David Marvel, Sr. (1902-1988) —
also known as Nutter D. Marvel —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del., June 30,
1902.
Democrat. Oil supply
business; owner of
gas stations; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Sussex County 9th District,
1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1960;
member, Delaware Public Service Commission, 1961-73.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Shriners.
Famed for his collection of horsedrawn carriages, which participated
in parades and were displayed in his private museum.
Died, following a stroke,
in Beebe Hospital,
Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., July 22,
1988 (age 86 years, 22
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Georgetown, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Marvel and Martha Rebecca (Hopkins) Marvel; married to
Willie F. Barr. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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H. Edward Maull Sr. (1914-1982) —
of Lewes, Sussex
County, Del.
Born January
3, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1968.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
26, 1982 (age 68 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
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Harry Ennis Mayhew (1906-1972) —
also known as Harry E. Mayhew —
of Milford, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., April
16, 1906.
Democrat. Trucking
business; coal and
ice dealer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 10th District,
1955-58; Speaker of
the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1957-58; member of
Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1959-62; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Tall
Cedars of Lebanon; Shriners;
Rotary.
Suffered a heart
attack while he and his wife were driving
home from Wilmington, and was dead on arrival at Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., July 21,
1972 (age 66 years, 96
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
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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.
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William Comegys Paradee (1883-1957) —
also known as William C. Paradee —
of Magnolia, Kent
County, Del.
Born July 9,
1883.
Democrat. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from Kent County 8th District,
1927-28, 1951-52; member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1955-57; died in
office 1957.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, the day after an emergency appendectomy,
in Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., January
11, 1957 (age 73 years, 186
days).
Interment at Lakeside
Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Richard Thomas Pilling (1864-1951) —
also known as Richard T. Pilling —
of Kiamensi, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kiamensi, New Castle
County, Del., 1864.
Republican. Woollen
manufacturer; member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 8th
District, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1912.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Towson, Baltimore
County, Md., April 1,
1951 (age about 86
years).
Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Henry Johnson Ridgely (1913-1990) —
also known as Henry J. Ridgely —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Camden, Kent
County, Del., November
17, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1956
(alternate).
Member, Sigma
Nu; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Odd
Fellows; Grange;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died, from kidney
failure, in Kent General Hospital,
Dover, Kent
County, Del., September
10, 1990 (age 76 years, 297
days).
Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
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William A. Simonton (1871-1951) —
also known as "Cap" —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., September
28, 1871.
Republican. Executive at Du Pont chemical
company; director of Delaware Maryland Virginia Railroad;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
9, 1951 (age 80 years, 11
days).
Interment at Lower
Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Owls Nest, Del.
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James T. Sloan (b. 1886) —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
17, 1886.
Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1941.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons; Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Luke Edward Terry (1916-1998) —
also known as Luke E. Terry —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born in Oneida, Scott
County, Tenn., August
21, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1957-58, 1971-76 (Berkeley
County 1957-58, 1st District 1971-74, 35th District 1975-76);
defeated, 1958.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; National Rifle
Association; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., October
20, 1998 (age 82 years, 60
days).
Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Alvin C. Terry and Nellie (Smith) Terry; married to Elizabeth
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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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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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Robert Rice Vandiver (1805-1885) —
also known as Robert R. Vandiver —
of Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md.
Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington), New Castle
County, Del., July 22,
1805.
Democrat. Contractor;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1868.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from dysentery,
in Havre de Grace, Harford
County, Md., September
4, 1885 (age 80 years, 44
days).
Interment at Angel
Hill Cemetery, Havre de Grace, Md.
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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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John James Williams (1904-1988) —
also known as John J. Williams —
of Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del.
Born near Frankford, Sussex
County, Del., May 17,
1904.
Republican. Feed
business; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1947-70; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1948,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., January
11, 1988 (age 83 years, 239
days).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Dale Edward Wolf (b. 1924) —
also known as Dale E. Wolf —
of near Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb., September
6, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president of pharmaceutical
business for the E. I. Du Pont chemical
company; Delaware Director of Development, 1987-88; Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1989-92; Governor of
Delaware, 1992-93.
Member, Freemasons; Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Zeta.
Still living as of 2014.
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