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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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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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Benjamin Thomas Biggs (1821-1893) —
also known as Benjamin T. Biggs —
of Middletown, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Summit Bridge, New Castle
County, Del., October
1, 1821.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; farmer; delegate
to Delaware state constitutional convention, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1869-73; defeated, 1860;
president, Queen Anne and Kent Railroad, 1874; Governor of
Delaware, 1887-91.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Middletown, New Castle
County, Del., December
25, 1893 (age 72 years, 85
days).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.
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Alexander Peterson Corbit (1864-1923) —
also known as Alexander P. Corbit —
of Odessa, New Castle
County, Del.
Born February
20, 1864.
Republican. Member of Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 13th
District, 1907-08, 1919-22; member of Delaware
state senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1909-12;
president, New Castle County National Bank;
director, Delaware Railroad.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Odessa, New Castle
County, Del., February
18, 1923 (age 58 years, 363
days).
Interment at Corbit Family Cemetery, Odessa, Del.
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Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) —
also known as Charles I. du Pont —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
29, 1797.
Whig. Cloth
manufacturer; president, Farmers Bank of
Delaware; an organizer of the Delaware Railroad; member of Delaware
state senate, 1841-44, 1853-56.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
31, 1869 (age 71 years, 308
days).
Interment at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine de
la Fite=de Pelleport; married, October
8, 1824, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter of Nicholas
Van Dyke (1770-1826); granddaughter of Nicholas
Van Dyke (1738-1789)); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter of Henry
Moore Ridgely); great-grandfather of Francis
Victor du Pont; second great-grandfather of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont; first cousin of Henry
DuPont; first cousin once removed of Henry
Algernon du Pont; first cousin twice removed 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; first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin four times removed of Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) —
also known as Henry A. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.; Winterthur, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Eleutherian Mills, New Castle
County, Del., July 30,
1838.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received
the Medal
of Honor in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at the Battle of
Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; president, Wilmington and
Northern Railroad, 1879-1899; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1908,
1912;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1906-17; defeated, 1916; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Delaware.
Episcopalian.
Died in Winterthur, New Castle
County, Del., December
31, 1926 (age 88 years, 154
days).
Interment at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry
DuPont and Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont; married 1874 to Mary
Pauline Foster; first cousin once removed of Charles
Irénée du Pont, 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; first cousin twice removed of Francis
Victor du Pont, Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Lammot
du Pont Copeland, Thomas
Francis Bayard III, Ethel du Pont (who married Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.), Reynolds
du Pont and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed of Eleuthere
Irenee du Pont, Pierre
Samuel du Pont IV and Richard
Henry Bayard. |
| | | Political families: DuPont
family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) —
also known as Pierre S. du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., January
15, 1870.
President (1915-19) and director of the Du Pont chemical
company; chairman (1915-29) and president (1920-23) of General
Motors; director, Pennsylvania Railroad; member of Delaware
state board of education, 1919-21; delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delaware
Liquor Commissioner, 1933-38.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in 1954
(age about
84 years).
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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Joshua Taylor Heald (1821-1887) —
also known as Joshua T. Heald —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., May 26,
1821.
Republican. Bookbinder;
real
estate developer; bank
director; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Delaware, 1860,
1868;
President of the Wilmington City Railway Company, which built the
city's first trolley
line; later, he was president of the Wilmington and Western
Railroad; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware, 1870.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., July 23,
1887 (age 66 years, 58
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Bell Houston (1845-1907) —
also known as Charles B. Houston —
of Millsboro, Sussex
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., December
30, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; bank
director; director, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia
Railroad; member of Delaware
state senate from Sussex County, 1891-94.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., June 25,
1907 (age 61 years, 177
days).
Interment at Millsboro
Cemetery, Millsboro, Del.
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Preston Lea (1841-1916) —
of New Castle, New Castle
County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
12, 1841.
Republican. President, William Lea and Sons milling;
president, Union National Bank,
vice-president, Farmers Mutual Insurance
Company; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
Railroad; Governor of
Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Delaware, 1908.
Quaker.
Member, Union
League.
Died in New Castle, New Castle
County, Del., December
4, 1916 (age 75 years, 22
days).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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James Pennewill (b. 1854) —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Sussex
County, Del., June 16,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Delaware for Pennsylvania Railroad; justice of
Delaware state supreme court, 1897-1916; chief
justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1909-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Winfield Robison (1915-1987) —
also known as Howard W. Robison —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., October
30, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1958-75 (37th District 1958-63,
33rd District 1963-73, 27th District 1973-75); vice-president for
Congressional relations (lobbyist),
American Railroad Association, 1975-87.
Died, from heart
failure, in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex
County, Del., September
26, 1987 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
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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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Merrill Henry Tilghman (1875-1927) —
also known as Merrill H. Tilghman —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., February
9, 1875.
Democrat. Railway conductor; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1926.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Order
of Railway Conductors.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March 7,
1927 (age 52 years, 26
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park, Wilmington, Del.
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William Wintrup (c.1863-1946) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born about 1863.
Republican. Shop foreman for Pennsylvania Railroad; member of
Delaware
state house of representatives from New Castle County 2nd
District, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1927.
Died in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., April
18, 1946 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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