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Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) —
of New
Castle County, Del.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
physician; banker;
member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800;
candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1795; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1795; New
Castle County Prothonotary, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in New Castle
County, Del., September
12, 1822 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Immanuel
Churchyard, New Castle, 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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Lewis Heisler Ball (1861-1933) —
also known as L. Heisler Ball —
of Faulkland, New Castle
County, Del.; Marshallton, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Stanton, New Castle
County, Del., September
21, 1861.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1896,
1908
(alternate), 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Delaware
state treasurer, 1899-1901; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1901-03; defeated, 1902;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1903-05, 1919-25.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Faulkland, New Castle
County, Del., October
18, 1933 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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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.
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William Burton (1789-1866) —
of Milford, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., October
16, 1789.
Democrat. Physician; Sussex
County Sheriff, 1830-34; Governor of
Delaware, 1859-63; defeated, 1854.
Episcopalian.
Died in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., August
5, 1866 (age 76 years, 293
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Churchyard, Milford, Del.
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Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) —
of Delaware.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., July 20,
1744.
Physician; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Delaware
state treasurer, 1786-89; President
of Delaware, 1789-92; Governor of
Delaware, 1793-96; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
11, 1798 (age 54 years, 22
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment
at Bethel
Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Harrison W. Howell (c.1872-1935) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., about 1872.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1911-15; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I.
Died, of heart
disease, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 13,
1935 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Latimer (1752-1819) —
of Delaware.
Born in Newport, New Castle
County, Del., April
24, 1752.
Physician; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1787-91; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.
Presbyterian.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
19, 1819 (age 67 years, 239
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, 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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George William Marshall (1854-1915) —
also known as George W. Marshall —
of Milford, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., August
31, 1854.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1904
(alternate), 1912;
member of Delaware
state senate from Kent County 5th District, 1911-14.
Died, from diabetes
and interstitial
nephritis, in Milford, Kent
County, Del., April
18, 1915 (age 60 years, 230
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of William Marshall and Hester Angelina (McColley) Marshall; married
to Mary Louise Donnell. |
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Joseph Maull (1781-1846) —
of Delaware.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., September
6, 1781.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; physician; Governor of
Delaware, 1846; died in office 1846.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., May 3,
1846 (age 64 years, 239
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Lewes, Del.
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John McKinly (1721-1796) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Northern
Ireland, February
21, 1721.
Physician; New
Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware
colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware
house of assembly, 1776-77; President
of Delaware, 1777.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Henry Molleston (1762-1819) —
Born in Kent
County, Del., January
1, 1762.
Physician; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1792; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1799-1808, 1813; Delaware
state treasurer, 1808-13; member of Delaware
state senate, 1814-19; elected (Federalist) Governor of
Delaware 1819, but died before taking office.
Methodist.
Died November
11, 1819 (age 57 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Married to Mary Combs. |
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Arnold Naudain (1790-1872) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born near Dover, Kent
County, Del., January
6, 1790.
Physician; surgeon general of the Delaware militia in the War
of 1812; postmaster at Dover,
Del., 1816-18; member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1823-27; Speaker of
the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1826; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1830-36; resigned 1836; candidate for Governor of
Delaware, 1832; member of Delaware
state senate, 1836-39; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1841-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., January
4, 1872 (age 81 years, 363
days).
Interment at Old
Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard, Odessa, Del.
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Francis Philo Phelps (1799-1886) —
also known as Francis P. Phelps —
of Dorchester
County, Md.
Born in Milford, Sussex
County, Del., January
31, 1799.
Physician; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Dorchester County, 1828, 1839,
1842-43, 1861-62, 1867-68; member of Maryland
state senate from Dorchester County, 1844-47, 1849, 1874-76; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Died in Cambridge, Dorchester
County, Md., November
18, 1886 (age 87 years, 291
days).
Interment at Cambridge
Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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Charles Henry Richards (1827-1899) —
also known as Charles H. Richards —
of Georgetown, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., November
22, 1827.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Delaware, January
10, 1899 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Georgetown, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of John Richards and Martha (Hammond) Richards; married 1875 to
Elizabeth Anderson. |
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Gove Saulsbury (1815-1881) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born May 29,
1815.
Democrat. Physician; Governor of
Delaware, 1865-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1876,
1880.
Methodist.
Died July 31,
1881 (age 66 years, 63
days).
Interment at Old
Methodist or Whatcoat Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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John Patten Wales (1831-1912) —
also known as John P. Wales —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born January
2, 1831.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1882-85.
Died June 24,
1912 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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