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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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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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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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John Biggs Jr. (1895-1979) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., October
6, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Delaware
Democratic state chair, 1930-36; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Delaware, 1932,
1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1937-65; took
senior status 1965.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., April
15, 1979 (age 83 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Biggs and Rachel Valentine (Massey) Biggs; married, April
16, 1925, to Anna Swift Rupert. |
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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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Thomas Richard Carper (b. 1947) —
also known as Thomas R. Carper —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va., January
23, 1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; Delaware
state treasurer, 1977-82; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1983-93; Governor of
Delaware, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Delaware, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 2001-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Thomas Clayton (1777-1854) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Massey, Kent
County, Md., July, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1802-06, 1810, 1812-13; member of
Delaware
state senate, 1808, 1808, 1821; secretary
of state of Delaware, 1808-10; Delaware
state attorney general, 1810-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1815-17; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1824-27, 1837-47; common pleas court judge
in Delaware, 1828; superior court judge in Delaware, 1832.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., August
21, 1854 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment at Old
Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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John Polk Cochran (1809-1898) —
also known as John P. Cochran —
of near Middletown, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Middletown, New Castle
County, Del., February
7, 1809.
Governor
of Delaware, 1875-79.
Presbyterian.
Died near Middletown, New Castle
County, Del., December
27, 1898 (age 89 years, 323
days).
Interment at Forest
Cemetery, Middletown, Del.
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Andrew Caldwell Gray (b. 1871) —
also known as Andrew C. Gray —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., October
13, 1871.
Democrat. Delaware
state attorney general, 1909-13; member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1921-29.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Gray and Harriet Lawrence (Black) Gray. |
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James R. Hurley (b. 1932) —
of Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J.
Born in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., January
29, 1932.
Republican. Public
relations and advertising business; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1968-81 (District 1 1968-73, 1st
District 1974-81); member of New
Jersey state senate 1st District; elected 1981, 1983.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1983.
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Kensey Johns Jr. (1791-1857) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., December
10, 1791.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1827-31; chancellor
of Delaware court of chancery, 1832-57; died in office 1857.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., March
28, 1857 (age 65 years, 108
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, New Castle, Del.
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Joseph Augustus Kellogg (1865-1929) —
also known as Joseph A. Kellogg —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Delaware City, New Castle
County, Del., May 13,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for New York; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 4th District, 1911; appointed 1911;
defeated, 1911; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1912,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); New York
Democratic state chair, 1918-19.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hospital
at Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., September
8, 1929 (age 64 years, 118
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Fort Edward, N.Y.
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Eugene Lammot (1899-1987) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 22,
1899.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1955-58; mayor
of Wilmington, Del., 1957-60; defeated in primary, 1964; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1961-65.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died, from heart
failure, in Wilmington Hospital,
Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 2,
1987 (age 87 years, 284
days).
Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park, New Castle, Del.
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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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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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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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Robert Pyle Robinson (1869-1939) —
also known as Robert P. Robinson —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March
28, 1869.
Republican. Banker; Governor of
Delaware, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1928,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., March 4,
1939 (age 69 years, 341
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Charles Thomas (1790-1848) —
of Delaware.
Born in Red Lion Hundred, New Castle
County, Del., June 23,
1790.
Lawyer;
Governor
of Delaware, 1823-24.
Presbyterian.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., February
8, 1848 (age 57 years, 230
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, New Castle, Del.
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Ebe Walter Tunnell (1844-1917) —
also known as E. W. Tunnell —
of Lewes, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Clarksville, Sussex
County, Del., December
31, 1844.
Democrat. Druggist; hardware
merchant; banker;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1871; Governor of
Delaware, 1897-1901; defeated, 1894.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lewes, Sussex
County, Del., December
13, 1917 (age 72 years, 347
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Church Cemetery, Lewes, Del.
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