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Benjamin Helm Bristow (1832-1896) —
also known as Benjamin H. Bristow —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., June 20,
1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1866-70; law partner of John
M. Harlan, 1870; U.S. Solicitor General, 1870-72; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1876.
Member, American Bar
Association; Union League.
Died, from appendicitis,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1896 (age 64 years, 2
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Republican. Engineer;
president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co.,
and other mining firms; director, Union National Bank;
owner of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union League.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Wade
Hampton |
| | Relatives: Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate
(Blackburn) Ellis; married, October
3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase. |
| | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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