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Cemetery</a> <li>Roxana <a href=" ">Roxana Cemetery</a> <li>Seaford <a href="cms00397">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> <li>Seaford <a href="cms04048">St. Luke's Episcopal Churchyard</a> <li>Selbyville <a href="cms04639">Selbyville Redmens Cemetery</a> <li>Whitesville <a href=" ">Oliphant Family Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms05504">Private or family graveyards</a> Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Collins (1776-1822) — of Delaware. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1776/03-01.html">March 1, 1776</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1821-22; died in office 1822. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/04-16.html">April 16, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 46 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-collins/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Cooper (1764-1829) — of Delaware. Born in Little Creek Hundred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/index.html">1764</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1803-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1813-17. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/index.html">1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000762">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402882">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Mitchell Houston (1832-1893) — also known as John M. Houston — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1832/04-26.html">April 26, 1832</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1883-87. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-25.html">December 25, 1893</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 243 days</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/">1855</a> to Nancy W. Hickman; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/">1868</a> to Addie L. Hickman; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/195612043">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Conleys Chapel Cemetery</a> Angola, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph W. Prettyman (1917-1995) — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/08-07.html">August 7, 1917</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">Grain</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 8th District, 1953-54. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, in Lee Memorial Health Park <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">medical center</a>, Fort Myers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LE-died.html">Lee County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/04-09.html">April 9, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Conleys Chapel Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Ethel M. (Joseph) Prettyman and Albert Henry Prettyman; married to Ethaleene Steele; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05141">Bridgeville Cemetery</a> Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Cannon (1809-1865) — of Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/03-15.html">March 15, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1851-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1863-65; died in office 1865. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Became ill helping to put out a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">fire</a>, and subsequently died, in Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-01.html">March 1, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 351 days</a>). Interment at Bridgeville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-cannon/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Simeon Selby Pennewill (1867-1935) — also known as Simeon S. Pennewill — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del.; Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born near Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/07-23.html">July 23, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 1st District, 1899-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/DE.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/DE.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/DE.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-09.html">September 9, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at Bridgeville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#134.34.02">Simeon Pennewill</a> and Anna E. (Curry) Pennewill; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html#560.41.01">James Pennewill</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17539.html">Pennewill family</a> of Dover and Greenwood, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/simeon-selby-pennewill/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harry West Viven (1854-1944) — also known as Harry W. Viven — of Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/05-14.html">May 14, 1854</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 1st District, 1923-26; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/DE.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/01-14.html">January 14, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 245 days</a>). Interment at Bridgeville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Lizzie Layton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62778344">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph M. Collison (1908-1975) — of Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-02.html">May 2, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Fertilizer dealer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1949-50. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/02-08.html">February 8, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at Bridgeville Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/64594315">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05168">Unknown Location</a> Cedar Creek, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Haslet (c.1769-1823) — of Delaware. Born about 1769. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1811-14, 1823; died in office 1823. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/06-20.html">June 20, 1823</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">about 54 years</a>). Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1916 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00243">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Milford, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-haslet/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7489295">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01292">Blackwater Church Cemetery</a> highway DE 54 Near Clarksville, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957) — also known as James M. Tunnell — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/08-02.html">August 2, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/DE.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/DE.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/DE.html">1944</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Delaware Democratic state chair</a>, 1929-30; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Democratic National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1937-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1941-47; defeated, 1924, 1946. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-14.html">November 14, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 104 days</a>). Interment at Blackwater Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Maull Tunnell and Rhoda Elizabeth (Bennett) Tunnell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/11-10.html">November 10, 1905</a>, to Sarah Ethel Dukes; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000409">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410978">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James M. Tunnell">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Concord Church Cemetery</a> Concord, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred R. Layton (1856-1921) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/index.html">1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1913-14. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/index.html">1921</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Interment at Concord Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Burton Layton and Lavenia E. (Mears) Layton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/12-26.html">December 26, 1877</a>, to Louisa C. Timmons; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-06.html">January 6, 1883</a>, to Sarah Ann 'Sallie Mitchell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/114864516">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01081">Prince Georges Churchyard</a> highway DE 26 Near Dagsboro, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Hill Wells (1769-1829) — of Delaware. Born in Burlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-born.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/01-07.html">January 7, 1769</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1795-99, 1811-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1799-1804, 1813-17; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1819. Slaveowner. Died near Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/03-11.html">March 11, 1829</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at Prince Georges Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard Wells and Rachel (Hill) Wells; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/">1790</a> to Elizabeth Aydelott Dagworthy; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#769.86.48">Alfred Wells</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0039.html">Biddle-Randolph family</a> of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000287">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411452">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William H. Wells">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7561206">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Curtis Washington Steen (1908-1977) — also known as Curtis W. Steen — of Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-03.html">December 3, 1908</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1951-68 (Sussex County 3rd District 1951-64, 17th District 1965-68); defeated, 1970. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/12-08.html">December 8, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at Prince Georges Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Arlie Curtis Steen and Annie Mary (Hickman) Steen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/150955111">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01931">Old Cemetery of St. George's Chapel</a> Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Robinson Jr. (1800-1843) — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/index.html">1800</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1839-41. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/index.html">1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">about 43 years</a>). Interment at Old Cemetery of St. George's Chapel. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000353">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409324">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00309">St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard</a> Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Clark Stockley (1819-1901) — also known as Charles C. Stockley — of near Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/11-06.html">November 6, 1819</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1883-87; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Delaware, 1896. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-20.html">April 20, 1901</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 165 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-clark-stockley/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Caleb Rodney Layton (1851-1930) — also known as Caleb R. Layton — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Frankford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/09-08.html">September 8, 1851</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/DE.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1919-23; defeated, 1922. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/11-11.html">November 11, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 64 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Samuel Henry Layton and Elizabeth A. Layton; married to Annie Elizabeth Sipple; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#353.98.71">Caleb Rodney</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#748.87.16">Daniel Rodney</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#370.66.49">George Brydges Rodney</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#451.32.49">Caesar Rodney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#883.76.62">Thomas Rodney</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#366.79.90">John Henry Rodney</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#986.89.46">Caesar Augustus Rodney</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#087.68.52">Thomas McKean Rodney</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudson.html#190.42.22">Manford Latimer Hudson</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#829.34.98">Reynolds Clough</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0102.html">Rodney family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406656">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7537321">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hiram Rodney Burton (1841-1927) — also known as Hiram R. Burton — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/11-13.html">November 13, 1841</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Dry goods merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/DE.html">1884</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/DE.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1898; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1905-09. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-17.html">June 17, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402093">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Moore Richardson (1858-1930) — also known as John M. Richardson — of Delaware. Born in Snow Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/02-10.html">February 10, 1858</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-04.html">August 4, 1930</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 175 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lyons-lytle.html#848.15.20">Henry Virden Lyons</a>; great-grandson-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#353.98.71">Caleb Rodney</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0102.html">Rodney family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Henry Richards (1827-1899) — also known as Charles H. Richards — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/11-22.html">November 22, 1827</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/DE.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/01-10.html">January 10, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 49 days</a>). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Richards and Martha (Hammond) Richards; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/">1875</a> to Elizabeth Anderson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/117137182">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00321">Union Cemetery</a> Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Wilbur Louis Adams (1884-1937) — also known as Wilbur L. Adams — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/10-23.html">October 23, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1933-35; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1934. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Beebe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/12-04.html">December 4, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Dunning Adams and Sarah Lavinia (Thompson) Adams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000050">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400711">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur L. Adams">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9789239">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard Wellington Bramhall (1895-1962) — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/11-18.html">November 18, 1895</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1954-57. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/07-07.html">July 7, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 231 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Wellington Bramhall and Nancy Jane 'Jennie' (Bradley) Bramhall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/08-27.html">August 27, 1923</a>, to Margaret Purnell Townsend.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134952333">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Short Williams (1877-1961) — also known as George S. Williams — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Ocean View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/10-21.html">October 21, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1929-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1939-41; defeated, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/DE.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/11-22.html">November 22, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000500">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411657">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Albert Fawcett Polk (1869-1955) — of Delaware. Born in Frederica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/10-11.html">October 11, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1917-19. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/02-14.html">February 14, 1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 126 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Theodore Albert Polk and Sallie E. (Fawcett) Polk; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#359.50.76">Charles Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#210.42.53">James Knox Polk</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#067.26.29">William Hawkins Polk</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0044.html">Polk family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408800">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Fleming Richards (1846-1905) — also known as Charles F. Richards — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/DE.html">1872</a> (delegation secretary). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">about 59 years</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Catherine Sudler.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86749160">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eli P. Pepper (1848-1939) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/09-25.html">September 25, 1848</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 9th District, 1901-02. Died, in Beebe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/11-20.html">November 20, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Pepper and Naomi (Warrington) Pepper; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/">1892</a> to Mary Eugenia Burton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96420007">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nutter David Marvel, Sr. (1902-1988) — also known as Nutter D. Marvel — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/06-30.html">June 30, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">Oil supply business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autoservice.html">owner of gas stations</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 9th District, 1949-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; member, Delaware Public Service Commission, 1961-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Famed for his collection of horsedrawn carriages, which participated in parades and were displayed in his private museum. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke</a>, in Beebe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/07-22.html">July 22, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at Union Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles H. Marvel and Martha Rebecca (Hopkins) Marvel; married to Willie F. Barr.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/207414573">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01004">St. Johnstown Cemetery</a> Greenwood, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Earle Dukes Willey (1889-1950) — also known as Earle D. Willey — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/index.html">1889</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1941-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1943-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/DE.html">1944</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at St. Johnstown Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000483">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411640">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/165/19.91.jpg" width=70 height=106 border=0 alt="Ralph E. Willey"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ralph Emory Willey (1888-1951) — also known as Ralph E. Willey — of Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Greenwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-21.html">December 21, 1888</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1937-38. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Milford Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/07-20.html">July 20, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at St. Johnstown Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Mary Nancy Russell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9006323">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, December 12, 1936</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Henry Annett (1903-1976) — also known as John Annett — of Staytonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-15.html">December 15, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/taxicab.html">school and charter bus contractor</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1961-64; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/DE.html">1972</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and was dead on arrival at Milford Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/08-26.html">August 26, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at St. Johnstown Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Annett and Blanche H. Annett.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/74282760">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms07210">Unknown Location</a> Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833-1880) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/index.html">1833</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EL-diplomats.html ">Salvador</a>, 1869. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/index.html">1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Interment somewhere. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/torbert-alfred-thomas-archimedes ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05143">Laurel Hill Cemetery</a> Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joshua Hopkins Marvil (1825-1895) — of Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/09-03.html">September 3, 1825</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1895; died in office 1895. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">erysipelas</a>, in Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-08.html">April 8, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Marvil; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/">1849</a> to Sarah M. Sirman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joshua-hopkins-marvil/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howard Hamilton Dickerson (1884-1966) — also known as Howard H. Dickerson — of Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/index.html">1884</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 5th District, 1925-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 3rd District, 1947-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1955-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died soon after, at Nanticoke Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/10-20.html">October 20, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Levin Newton Dickerson and Levica Ann (Owens) Dickerson; married to Mary Alice Phillips.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/110963261">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Manford Latimer Hudson (1924-2012) — also known as Manford L. Hudson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Frankford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-14.html">April 14, 1924</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1950. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/church-of-christ.html">Church of Christ</a>. Died, in Peninsula Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-died.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2012/09-23.html">September 23, 2012</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Latimer Hudson and Sarah Edna (Dingle) Hudson; married to Jane Gray; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#760.59.60">Caleb Rodney Layton</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0102.html">Rodney family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/97747269">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05138">Old Methodist Cemetery</a> Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Barkley Cooper (1771-1849) — also known as William B. Cooper — of Delaware. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/12-16.html">December 16, 1771</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1841-45. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/04-27.html">April 27, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 132 days</a>). Interment at Old Methodist Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-barkley-cooper/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05088">Broad Creek Episcopal Graveyard</a> Near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nathaniel Mitchell (1753-1814) — of Delaware. Born near Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1753/index.html">1753</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1787-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1805-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1808; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1810-12. Died in Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/02-21.html">February 21, 1814</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at Broad Creek Episcopal Graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000825">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407800">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/nathaniel-mitchell/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Bethel Methodist Cemetery</a> Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugene Donald Bookhammer (1918-2013) — also known as Eugene D. Bookhammer — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Lingo Landing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/06-14.html">June 14, 1918</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber mill business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/DE.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/DE.html">1960</a> (alternate); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1963-68 (Sussex County 5th District 1963-64, 18th District 1965-68); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1969-77. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/02-23.html">February 23, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 254 days</a>). Interment at Bethel Methodist Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Hayes Bookhammer and Winifred Hopkins (Jenkins) Bookhammer; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Mary Catherine 'Kitty' Williams.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/119797288">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> H. Edward Maull Sr. (1914-1982) — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-03.html">January 3, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/DE.html">1968</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/03-26.html">March 26, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 82 days</a>). Interment at Bethel Methodist Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Harry Marriner Maull and Lida Emerson (Burton) Maull; married to Irene Turner; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Epitaph: "I've had a wonderful life."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/110803615">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03591">Presbyterian Cemetery</a> Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Griffith Houston (1867-1946) — also known as Robert G. Houston — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/10-13.html">October 13, 1867</a>. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County, 1892; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1925-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); Independent Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1936. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/01-29.html">January 29, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of David Henry Houston and Comfort Tingle (Hitchens) Houston; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000826">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405673">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Wallace Houston (1814-1896) — also known as John W. Houston — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Concord, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/05-04.html">May 4, 1814</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1845-51; state court judge in Delaware, 1855. Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-26.html">April 26, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 358 days</a>). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Houston and Elizabeth (Wiltbank) Houston; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000825">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405672">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10985424">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05135">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Hall (1752-1817) — of Delaware. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/01-04.html">January 4, 1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1802-05; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1813-17. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/09-18.html">September 18, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 257 days</a>). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Grandfather of Hannah White (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#799.54.91">Francis Philo Phelps</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/17421.html">Phelps-White-Hall family</a> of Cambridge, Maryland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-hall/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ebe Walter Tunnell (1844-1917) — also known as E. W. Tunnell — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Clarksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/12-31.html">December 31, 1844</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1871; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1897-1901; defeated, 1894. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/12-13.html">December 13, 1917</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Nathaniel Tunnell and Maria (Walter) Tunnell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ebe-walter-tunnell/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00640">Presbyterian Churchyard</a> Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elisha Dickerson Cullen (1799-1862) — of Delaware. Born in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/04-23.html">April 23, 1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1855-57. Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/02-08.html">February 8, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at Presbyterian Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000969">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403080">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01922">St. Peter's Churchyard</a> Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Rodney (1764-1846) — of Delaware. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/09-10.html">September 10, 1764</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1814-17; received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp-1820.html">1820</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1822-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1826-27. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/09-02.html">September 2, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 357 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John R. Rodney and Ruth (Hunn) Rodney; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#353.98.71">Caleb Rodney</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/03-05.html">March 5, 1788</a>, to Sarah Fisher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/08-03.html">August 3, 1837</a>, to Jane W. Riggin; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#370.66.49">George Brydges Rodney</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#366.79.90">John Henry Rodney</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#760.59.60">Caleb Rodney Layton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#451.32.49">Caesar Rodney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#883.76.62">Thomas Rodney</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#829.34.98">Reynolds Clough</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#986.89.46">Caesar Augustus Rodney</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#087.68.52">Thomas McKean Rodney</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#840.76.90">Roger Alfred Davis</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andochick-andrew.html#967.44.14">John Albion Andrew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0102.html">Rodney family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000378">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409348">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/daniel-rodney/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel Rodney">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Samuel Paynter (1768-1845) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/08-24.html">August 24, 1768</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County, 1807-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1813-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1824-27. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/10-02.html">October 2, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 39 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/samuel-paynter/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel Paynter">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Maull (1781-1846) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/09-06.html">September 6, 1781</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1846; died in office 1846. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/05-03.html">May 3, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Maull and Mary (Marsh) Maull; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/">1802</a> to Penelope Shields; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/">1820</a> to Sarah Davis Watson; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#149.68.95">Thomas Beale Dorsey</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#937.03.47">Trusten Polk</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dorsey.html#284.23.04">Caleb Dorsey</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0149.html">Dorsey-Poffenbarger family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joseph-maull/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Maull">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7498940">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Caleb Rodney (1767-1840) — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/04-29.html">April 29, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County, 1806-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1822-23. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/04-29.html">April 29, 1840</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John R. Rodney and Ruth (Hunn) Rodney; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#748.87.16">Daniel Rodney</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/11-30.html">November 30, 1796</a>, to Elizabeth West; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#370.66.49">George Brydges Rodney</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#366.79.90">John Henry Rodney</a>; great-grandfather-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#629.84.42">John Moore Richardson</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#760.59.60">Caleb Rodney Layton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#451.32.49">Caesar Rodney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#883.76.62">Thomas Rodney</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#829.34.98">Reynolds Clough</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#986.89.46">Caesar Augustus Rodney</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#087.68.52">Thomas McKean Rodney</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#840.76.90">Roger Alfred Davis</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andochick-andrew.html#967.44.14">John Albion Andrew</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0102.html">Rodney family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/caleb-rodney/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Franklin Charles Maull (1844-1912) — also known as Franklin C. Maull — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/03-15.html">March 15, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 5th District, 1899-1902. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/12-05.html">December 5, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 265 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Maull and Mary Catharine (Marshall) Maull; married to Victoria West; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7718422">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Clifton Maull (1888-1953) — also known as G. Clifton Maull — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/12-27.html">December 27, 1888</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 5th District, 1931-34; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/DE.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/DE.html">1948</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/05-20.html">May 20, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#493.60.94">Charles Henry Maull</a> and Sarah Cranston (Ross) Maull; married to Jennie Grier Stanton; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7719340">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Virden Lyons (1866-1945) — also known as Harry V. Lyons — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/04-09.html">April 9, 1866</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 10th District, 1905-06, 1935-36; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/DE.html">1912</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/DE.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/DE.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-29.html">October 29, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 203 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Joseph Burton Lyons and Margaret C. (Virden) Lyons; brother-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#629.84.42">John Moore Richardson</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/">1896</a> to Elizabeth Rowland Chambers.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0102.html">Rodney family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7717506">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Henry Maull (1842-1925) — also known as Charles H. Maull — of Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/04-16.html">April 16, 1842</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/DE.html">1888</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County, 1889-90. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">chronic cardiac disease</a>, in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-13.html">December 13, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 241 days</a>). Interment at St. Peter's Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of George Hickman Maull and Hannah West (Clifton) Maull; married to Fannie E. Allen and Sarah Cranston Ross; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#463.58.42">George Clifton Maull</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#255.22.16">Joseph Maull</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#954.14.48">Franklin Charles Maull</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#661.07.83">James Miller Tunnell (1879-1957)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#538.40.97">James Miller Tunnell (1910-1986)</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#223.59.35">H. Edward Maull Sr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#559.90.63">Harold Vincent Maull</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7717593">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02565">Cool Spring Presbyterian Churchyard</a> State Route 247 Near Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Peery (d. 1800) — of Delaware. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1782-84, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1786; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1793-94. Died in Cool Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1800/12-17.html">December 17, 1800</a>. Interment at Cool Spring Presbyterian Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000187">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408591">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04649">Millsboro Cemetery</a> Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1535377&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John James Williams (1904-1988) — also known as John J. Williams — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Frankford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/05-17.html">May 17, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Feed business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1947-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/DE.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/01-11.html">January 11, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/">1924</a> to Elsie Steele.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#820.02.47">Jesse S. Cooper, Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000518">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411675">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John J. Williams (senator)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/675/000121312">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7473088">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=29117">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925) — also known as Henry A. Houston — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/07-10.html">July 10, 1847</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1903-05. Died in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-05.html">April 5, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#084.46.35">Charles Bell Houston</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/10-05.html">October 5, 1882</a>, to Eva Hickman; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000823">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405670">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7871746">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Alvin Lingo (1843-1900) — also known as John A. Lingo — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/06-11.html">June 11, 1843</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County, 1889-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/aud.html">Delaware state auditor</a>, 1899-1900; died in office 1900. Died in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-26.html">January 26, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 229 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel B. Lingo and Catharine (Barker) Lingo; married to Hettie Jane Baker; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134764153">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harvey Harrison Lawson (1890-1975) — also known as Harvey H. Lawson — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/05-10.html">May 10, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Carpenter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 8th District, 1943-44, 1949-52; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1945-48; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Beebe <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/03-17.html">March 17, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 311 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry James Lawson and Annie E. (Coffin) Lawson; married to Blanch May Phillips.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/121703211">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Bell Houston (1845-1907) — also known as Charles B. Houston — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/12-30.html">December 30, 1845</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">Lumber business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; director, Delaware, Maryland & Virginia <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County, 1891-94. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">kidney ailment</a>, in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/06-25.html">June 25, 1907</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Robert Bell Houston and Lydia (Wharton) Houston; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#984.76.21">John Mitchell Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#518.56.09">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1847-1925)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#455.61.59">John Mitchell Moore Houston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#188.73.63">Henry Aydelotte Houston (1890-1979)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#225.82.42">John Wallace Houston</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/houston.html#314.20.39">Robert Griffith Houston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0132.html">Houston family</a> of Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0151.html">Maull family</a> of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134760641">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Archibald B. Lingo (1871-1912) — also known as Archie B. Lingo — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/03-06.html">March 6, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1905-08. Killed by accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in Trinity, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/07-13.html">July 13, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a> and Hettie Jane (Baker) Lingo; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137464034">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rufus D. Lingo Jr. (1867-1923) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-02.html">June 2, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Poultry farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber and timber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 6th District, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">interstitial nephritis</a>, in Dagsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/05-11.html">May 11, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 343 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a> and Hettie Jane (Baker) Lingo; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134764248">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Alvin Lingo Jr. (1873-1925) — also known as John A. Lingo — of Rehoboth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/index.html">1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">Merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 10th District, 1925; died in office 1925. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Accidentally swallowed <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/poison.html">poisonous</a> Lysol disinfectant, and died en route to a hospital, in his doctor's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">car</a>, near Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/12-14.html">December 14, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a> and Hettie Jane (Baker) Lingo; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/134764201">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asher H. Lingo (1866-1938) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, May, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/index.html">1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 8th District, 1913-14. Died in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Lacey Lingo and Elizabeth E. (Wilson) Lingo; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/">1892</a> to Amanda E. Steen; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68499793">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Dale Lingo (1884-1949) — also known as Charles D. Lingo — Born in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/06-16.html">June 16, 1884</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 6th District, 1915-16. Died in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/03-24.html">March 24, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a> and Hettie Jane (Baker) Lingo; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/">1914</a> to Catherine Hudson; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#032.14.85">Carlton Leroy Lingo</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/196634840">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred J. Brittingham (1894-1962) — of Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del.; Gumboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/07-26.html">July 26, 1894</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">Feed dealer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 6th District, 1951-52. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, in Maple Grove <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Home</a>, Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/02-05.html">February 5, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 194 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Sylvester O. Brittingham and Mary Elizabeth (Andrews) Brittingham; married to Ethel M. Parsons.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/137745204">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carlton Leroy Lingo (1894-1980) — also known as Carlton L. Lingo — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/01-31.html">January 31, 1894</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 8th District, 1929-32. Died in Millsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/01-25.html">January 25, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 359 days</a>). Interment at Millsboro Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#756.54.64">Asher H. Lingo</a> and Amanda E. (Steen) Lingo; married to Willa Messick; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#147.86.39">John Alvin Lingo</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#532.59.06">Rufus D. Lingo Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#055.58.78">Archibald B. Lingo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#089.36.71">John Alvin Lingo Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lineberger-linligthgow.html#680.83.92">Charles Dale Lingo</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#571.04.99">Joseph W. Prettyman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/39650.html">Lingo family</a> of Millsboro, Delaware.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68500501">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05137">Methodist Episcopal Cemetery</a> Milton, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Hazzard (1781-1864) — of Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/05-18.html">May 18, 1781</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1830-33; delegate to Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839 (Convention Vice-President). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/07-18.html">July 18, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 61 days</a>). Interment at Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/david-hazzard/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Ponder (1819-1897) — of Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/10-31.html">October 31, 1819</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/DE.html">1868</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1871-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Milton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/11-05.html">November 5, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 5 days</a>). Interment at Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-ponder/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery</a> Ocean View, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/531/31.20.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="David W. Steele"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> David Wilmer Steele (1899-1940) — also known as David W. Steele — of Ocean View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/index.html">1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Poultry raiser</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1937-40; died in office 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>. While <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">fishing</a> off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, he and his wife were killed in an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/fire.html">explosion and fire</a> aboard their <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">cruiser</a>, the Lure, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/10-07.html">October 7, 1940</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">about 41 years</a>). Interment at Mariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/26935062">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Wilmington (Del.) Morning News, October 8, 1940</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Old Ebenezer Church M.E. Cemetery</a> Savannah Road Quakertown, Sussex County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2439654&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Asbury Wooley Prettyman (1808-1885) — also known as Asbury W. Prettyman — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/04-18.html">April 18, 1808</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Preacher</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/seaford.html#2">Seaford, Del.</a>, 1842-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/01-20.html">January 20, 1885</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 277 days</a>). Interment at Old Ebenezer Church M.E. Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Shepard Prettyman and Sarah (King) Prettyman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/03-21.html">March 21, 1830</a>, to Elizabeth Bradley Little.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86011824">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Roxana Cemetery</a> Roxana, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James J. Eashum (1872-1951) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/index.html">1872</a>. . Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">about 79 years</a>). Interment at Roxana Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Tilghman S. Johnson (1894-1966) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/index.html">1894</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 7th District, 1955-56, 1959-60. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/index.html">1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Roxana Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Henry Benjamin Johnson and Mary A. (Selby) Johnson; married to Roxie May Buting.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/41376834">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00397">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a> Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Franklin Allen (1883-1946) — also known as William F. Allen; "Lovebird Allen" — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Bridgeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/01-19.html">January 19, 1883</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/telephone.html">Telegrapher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railway station agent</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/fruit-produce.html">fruit and produce dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil business</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/DE.html">1920</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1925-28; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1937-39; Liberal Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Lewes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/06-14.html">June 14, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 146 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Franklin 'Frank' Allen and Mollie (Smith) Allen; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/04-16.html">April 16, 1905</a>, to Mary Addie Davis.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000151">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400806">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12644907">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William B. Huston (1879-1948) — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-31.html">January 31, 1879</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/DE.html">1936</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1941-44. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/08-11.html">August 11, 1948</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/92573560">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jennings Hamilton Moore (1897-1969) — also known as Jennings H. Moore — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/10-28.html">October 28, 1897</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1937-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1961-62. Died in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/09-02.html">September 2, 1969</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Luther Hamilton Moore and Orrellie James (Mills) Moore; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/">1919</a> to Mary Madelyn McCue.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/127799753">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Isaac S. Giles (1853-1933) — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/02-20.html">February 20, 1853</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DE.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/DE.html">1928</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-07.html">September 7, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Giles and Sarah (Hosea) Giles; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-22.html">December 22, 1892</a>, to Lula G. Rawlins.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/120138825">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charles Turpin Wheatley (1868-1933) — also known as Charles T. Wheatley — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born near Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-20.html">January 20, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 4th District, 1923-24. Died near Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-13.html">August 13, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Bayard Wheatley and Katherine Jane (Lank) Wheatley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/12-06.html">December 6, 1893</a>, to Mary Emma Sedgwick; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whatley-wheelan.html#728.28.29">Charlie Hitch Wheatley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/86149425">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charlie Hitch Wheatley (1888-1953) — also known as Charles H. Wheatley — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-12.html">November 12, 1888</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 3rd District, 1933-34. Died in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/10-05.html">October 5, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Francis Willard Wheatley and Annie (Spicer) Wheatley; married to Rachel L. Boyce; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/">1928</a> to Blanche J. Culver; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whatley-wheelan.html#195.14.52">Charles Turpin Wheatley</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/127799826">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Leon F. Trivits (1910-2009) — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Cannon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/03-28.html">March 28, 1910</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1951-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/DE.html">1964</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2009/10-16.html">October 16, 2009</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/99.html">99 years, 202 days</a>). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Charles Ellsworth Trivits and Annie (Priestly) Trivits; married to Ethel Short.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/43288486">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04048">St. Luke's Episcopal Churchyard</a> Front Street Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware Founded 1838 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1963822&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Henry Harrison Ross (1814-1887) — also known as William H. H. Ross — of West Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/06-02.html">June 2, 1814</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1851-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/DE.html">1860</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-29.html">June 29, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Caleb Ross and Letitia (Lofland) Ross; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/">1840</a> to Elizabeth Emeline Hall.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Campaign slogan (1850): "Ross, Riddle, and Reform."</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/william-henry-harrison-ross/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William H. H. Ross">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7498948">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edward Livingston Martin (1837-1897) — also known as Edward L. Martin — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/03-29.html">March 29, 1837</a>. Democrat. Clerk, Delaware State Senate, 1863-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/DE.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1872/DE.html">1872</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/DE.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/DE.html">1880</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/DE.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1879-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/01-22.html">January 22, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/59.html">59 years, 299 days</a>). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000178">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407200">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward L. Martin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7537066">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Roy Allen Cannon (1910-1963) — of Seaford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/index.html">1910</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1945-46, 1959-60 (Sussex County 3rd District 1945-46, Sussex County 4th District 1959-60); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Sussex County 2nd District, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a> (alternate). Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/04-04.html">April 4, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Churchyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Bessie S. Cannon and John Roy Cannon; married to Mary Catherine Ricards.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28976471">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04639">Selbyville Redmens Cemetery</a> Selbyville, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Gillis Townsend Jr. (1871-1964) — also known as John G. Townsend, Jr. — of Selbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Bishopville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/05-31.html">May 31, 1871</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 7th District, 1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/DE.html">1904</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/DE.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/officers.html">Convention Vice-President</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/DE.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/DE.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/DE.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/DE.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/DE.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/DE.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1917-21; candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1929-41; defeated, 1940. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/redmen.html">Redmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/04-10.html">April 10, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at Selbyville Redmens Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Gillis Townsend and Mariedth (Dukes) Townsend; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/">1890</a> to Jeannette L. Collins.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000335">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410906">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-gillis-townsend/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John G. Townsend, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7417356">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Fred Pepper (1875-1953) — of Selbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Fenwick Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/07-24.html">July 24, 1875</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 7th District, 1939-40. Died in Selbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/09-27.html">September 27, 1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Selbyville Redmens Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Edward Pepper and Mary Elizabeth (Warrington) Pepper; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/08-06.html">August 6, 1905</a>, to Cora M. Layton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/111255916">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Oliphant Family Cemetery</a> Whitesville, Sussex County, Delaware <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elder Franklin LeCates (1876-1947) — also known as E. Frank LeCates — of Delmar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del.; Pocomoke City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WO-lived.html">Worcester County</a>, Md.; Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del.; Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del. Born in Delmar, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/05-31.html">May 31, 1876</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Sussex County 5th District, 1911-12; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DE.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-parties.html">chair of Sussex County Democratic Party</a>, 1927-33. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-died.html">Sussex County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/09-27.html">September 27, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at Oliphant Family Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Perry D. 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