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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: New Castle County, Del.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Salem Cemetery</a> <li>Wilmington <a href=" ">Nemours Estate Carillon</a> <li>Wilmington <a href="cms05754">Old Swedes Church Cemetery</a> <li>Wilmington <a href="cms02512">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> <li>Wilmington <a href="cms05139">Riverview Cemetery</a> <li>Wilmington <a href=" ">St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> <li>Wilmington <a href=" ">Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park</a> <li>Wilmington <a href="cms00436">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a> </ul> <hr> <a name="cms07156">Private or family graveyard</a> New Castle County, <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> Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/07-20.html">July 20, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1786-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1789-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1793-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1798; died in office 1798. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/08-11.html">August 11, 1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 22 days</a>). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-buried.html#cms00017">Bethel Cemetery</a>, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00277">Old Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Dover, 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">Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Edinfield) Clayton and James Clayton; married to Rachel (McCleary) Bassett (adoptive daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#514.51.50">John Middleton Clayton</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</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/10001-1240.html">Clayton family</a> of Dover, 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=C000497">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402634">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/joshua-clayton/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua Clayton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7412969">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> Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/09-25.html">September 25, 1738</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from New Castle County, 1776-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Articles of Confederation</a>, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1783-86. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/02-19.html">February 19, 1789</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 147 days</a>). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment at <a href="#cms00783">Immanuel Churchyard</a>, New Castle, 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">Relatives: Son of Nicholas Van Dyke and Rachael (Alee) Van Dyke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/">1766</a> to Elizabeth Nixon; married to Charlotte Stanley; father of Nancy Ann Van Dyke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#575.87.37">Kensey Johns Sr.</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#635.31.97">Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#772.96.41">Kensey Johns Jr.</a> and Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>); third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</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/10001-1566.html">VanDyke-Johns family</a> of New Castle, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=V000036">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411081">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/nicholas-van-dyke/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03451">Masonic Home Cemetery</a> Christiana, New Castle 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> Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1747/index.html">1747</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1783-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1784-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1788; Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1789-meeting.html">1789</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Delaware</a>, 1789-1812; died in office 1812. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. 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/1812/03-30.html">March 30, 1812</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms02512">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Masonic Home 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 Gunning Bedford (1720-1802) and Susannah (Jacquett) Bedford; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/">1770</a> to Jane Ballareau Parker; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#643.07.28">Gunning Bedford (1742-1797)</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/10001-1090.html">Biddle 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=B000300">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401293">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=139&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Beth Emeth Memorial Park</a> Faulkland, New Castle 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> Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-01.html">April 1, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing merchant</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DE.html">1924</a>; Delaware state director, Works Progress Administration; member, Delaware State Highway Commission. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</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/1976/03-16.html">March 16, 1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park. <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 Abel Ableman and Fannie Ableman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/03-29.html">March 29, 1908</a>, to Bertha Weinstein (1890-1980) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#860.32.08">Bertha Weinstein (1890-1980)</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/153852313">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> Bertha Ableman (1890-1980) — also known as Bertha Weinstein; Mrs. Benjamin Ableman — of Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/SU-lived.html">Sussex County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/RU-born.html">Russia</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/04-14.html">April 14, 1890</a>. Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/DE.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/DE.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rebekah.html">Rebekah</a>. Died, in Memorial Division <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1980/11-16.html">November 16, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park. <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/1908/03-29.html">March 29, 1908</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/abbra-abzug.html#122.40.01">Benjamin Ableman</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/153852289">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Pencader Cemetery</a> Glasgow, New Castle 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> Jacob Faris (1784-1858) — also known as Jacob Ferris — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/01-05.html">January 5, 1784</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Justice of the Peace</a>, 1816-34, 1844-45; delegate to Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1849-51. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/02-22.html">February 22, 1858</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at Pencader 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 Jacob Faris and Kazia (Sharp) Faris.</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/8142540">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery</a> 10 Old Church Road Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1255338&">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> Joseph Robinette Biden III (1969-2015) — also known as Beau Biden — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1969/02-03.html">February 3, 1969</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 2007-15; major in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008 /speakers.html">speaker</a>, Democratic National Convention, 2008. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/psi-upsilon.html">Psi Upsilon</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain cancer</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Walter Reed Medical Center</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2015/05-30.html">May 30, 2015</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">46 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at St. Joseph on the Brandywine 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: Step-son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#480.20.91">Jill Biden</a>; son of Neilia (Hunter) Biden and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biden-biged.html#109.77.03">Joseph Robinette Biden 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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/16190.html">Biden family</a> of Wilmington, 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kaufman.html#988.88.39">Edward E. Kaufman</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beau Biden">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/004/000225326">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/147215315">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=55045">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05144">Forest Cemetery</a> Middletown, New Castle 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 Polk Cochran (1809-1898) — also known as John P. Cochran — of near Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/02-07.html">February 7, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1875-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died near Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-27.html">December 27, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at Forest 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/john-polk-cochran/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Old St. Anne's Church Cemetery</a> Middletown, New Castle 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> Marie T. Lockwood (1872-1956) — of Middletown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-28.html">February 28, 1872</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DE.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/DE.html">1944</a> (alternate; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/10-01.html">October 1, 1956</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 216 days</a>). Interment at Old St. Anne's 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/66374088">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Glebe Cemetery</a> Glebe Lane New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=104371&">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> Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1879-1945) — also known as Bankson T. Holcomb — of Pittstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RE-lived.html">Rensselaer County</a>, N.Y.; Pompton Lakes, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J.; New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; near Frederica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/01-20.html">January 20, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; Delaware state director, U.S. National Youth Administration; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from Kent County 5th District, 1942. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/01-09.html">January 9, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 355 days</a>). Interment at Glebe 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 Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1839-1912) and Edith Merritt (Driver) Holcomb; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Julia Hurlock Newton; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#547.67.79">Thomas Holcomb Jr.</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#669.66.02">Oliver Owen Forward</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#373.23.51">Walter Forward</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fort-fossum.html#346.43.04">Chauncey Forward</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#896.34.14">Augustus Pettibone</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#064.94.72">Rufus Pettibone</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#162.55.81">Amos Pettibone</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#929.47.54">Noah Phelps</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#371.27.67">Chauncey Forward Black</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#554.77.78">Augustus Herman Pettibone</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#592.31.91">Marcus Hensey Holcomb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#292.83.71">Joseph Wells Holcomb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hortsman-hostler.html#479.41.13">Burton Everett Hoskins</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: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/95751637">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Gracelawn Memorial Park</a> New Castle, New Castle 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 Lammot (1899-1987) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Germantown, Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/05-22.html">May 22, 1899</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance broker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1955-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1957-60; defeated in primary, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1961-65. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart failure</a>, in Wilmington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/03-02.html">March 2, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 284 days</a>). Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. <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 Eugene Lammot (1859-1928) and Lullie (Holmes) Lammot; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/134918503">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> Calvin Robert McCullough (1902-1984) — also known as Calvin R. McCullough — of Holloway Terrace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/09-29.html">September 29, 1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 10th District, 1949-50; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1955-80 (New Castle County 5th District 1955-64, 11th District 1965-72, 12th District 1973-80); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/DE.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Holloway Terrace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/10-08.html">October 8, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. <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 Charlotte Virginia Brown.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Calvin R. McCullough <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Elementary School</a> (now Calvin R. McCullough <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</a>), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-names.html">New Castle, Delaware</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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/134000822">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> Herman M. Holloway (1922-1994) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/index.html">1922</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1964; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> 2nd District, 1965-93; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/DE.html">1968</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/index.html">1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">about 72 years</a>). Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. <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/133677505">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 S. Keenan (1903-1982) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-13.html">June 13, 1903</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/paint-decor.html">Painting contractor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police officer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 3rd District, 1943-48, 1961-64; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> 4th District, 1967-68. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</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>. Died, in the Delaware Division <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/06-23.html">June 23, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. <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/134998694">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00783">Immanuel Churchyard</a> New Castle, New Castle 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> George Read (1733-1798) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near North East, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1733/09-18.html">September 18, 1733</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1774-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from New Castle County, 1776-79, 1782-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1777-78; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1779-80; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1789-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1793-98. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/09-21.html">September 21, 1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 3 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel Churchyard; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <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 Read and Mary (Howell) Read; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/">1763</a> to Gertrude (Ross) Till (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ross.html#651.43.18">George Ross</a>); father of Mary Read (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#643.07.28">Gunning Bedford</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#723.51.91">George Read II</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#462.57.15">John Read (1769-1854)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#828.67.00">George Read III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#847.18.13">John Meredith Read</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#200.81.14">John Meredith Read 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"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1090.html">Biddle 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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS George Read (built 1942 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1971) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=R000091">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409071">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-read/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Read (American politician, born 1733)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/757/000206139">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/2777">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> Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Delaware City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1738/09-25.html">September 25, 1738</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1776; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from New Castle County, 1776-78; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Articles of Confederation</a>, 1777; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1783-86. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/02-19.html">February 19, 1789</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">50 years, 147 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms07156">a private or family graveyard</a>, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Immanuel 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 Nicholas Van Dyke and Rachael (Alee) Van Dyke; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1766/">1766</a> to Elizabeth Nixon; married to Charlotte Stanley; father of Nancy Ann Van Dyke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#575.87.37">Kensey Johns Sr.</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#635.31.97">Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#772.96.41">Kensey Johns Jr.</a> and Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>); third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</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/10001-1566.html">VanDyke-Johns family</a> of New Castle, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=V000036">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411081">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/nicholas-van-dyke/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)">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> Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/12-20.html">December 20, 1770</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1799; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1801-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1807-11; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1815-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1817-26; died in office 1826. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/05-21.html">May 21, 1826</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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/vandyke.html#766.88.23">Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789)</a> and Elizabeth (Nixon) Van Dyke; married to Mary Van Leuvenigh; father of Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>); second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=V000037">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411082">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas Van Dyke (senator)">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> Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) — also known as C. Douglass Buck — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-21.html">March 21, 1890</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1929-37; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/DE.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/DE.html">1940</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/speakers.html">speaker</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>; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1940-election.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1943-49; defeated, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died near New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/01-27.html">January 27, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 312 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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 Francis Nixon Buck and Margaret (Douglass) Buck; married to Alice Hounsfield (du Pont) Wilson (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>); great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#514.51.50">John Middleton Clayton</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#620.16.33">Joshua Clayton</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=B001013">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401963">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/clayton-douglass-buck/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C. Douglass Buck">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6659655">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> Gunning Bedford (1742-1797) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1742/04-07.html">April 7, 1742</a>. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1784; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1786; Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1789-meeting.html">1789</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1796-97; died in office 1797. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/09-30.html">September 30, 1797</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 176 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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 William Bedford and Catherine (Jacquett) Bedford; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1769/">1769</a> to Mary Read (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/read.html#246.02.01">George Read</a>); first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#375.91.15">Gunning Bedford 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"> Political families: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=B000299">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401292">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/gunning-bedford/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7423702">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> Daniel Fooks Wolcott (1910-1973) — also known as Daniel F. Wolcott — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-29.html">January 29, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a>; superior court judge in Delaware, 1949; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-parties.html">chair of New Castle County Democratic Party</a>, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/chan.html">chancellor of Delaware court of chancery</a>, 1950-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1951-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1964-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-colonial-wars.html">Society of Colonial Wars</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">Lost his right leg</a> during World War II, while commanding a combat demolition unit. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1973/07-10.html">July 10, 1973</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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/witherspoon-woldanski.html#003.13.43">Josiah Oliver Wolcott (1877-1938)</a> and Mary Rebecca (Fooks) Wolcott; brother of Josiah Oliver Wolcott (1912-1944; First Officer with the Merchant Marine during World War II, lost at sea when his tugboat capsized); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/03-31.html">March 31, 1941</a>, to Eliza Rodney; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#522.31.73">James Lister Wolcott</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/35341.html">Wolcott family</a> of Dover, 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/14106236">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> Thomas Stockton (1781-1846) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/04-01.html">April 1, 1781</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Whig National Convention from Delaware, 1839 (member, Balloting Committee); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1845-46; died in office 1846. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/03-01.html">March 1, 1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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: Second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stockton.html#738.68.05">John Stockton</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/thomas-stockton/">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> George Brydges Rodney (1803-1883) — also known as George B. Rodney — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle 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/1803/04-02.html">April 2, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1841-45. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-18.html">June 18, 1883</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 77 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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/rodgers-rodriguez.html#748.87.16">Daniel Rodney</a> and Sarah (Fisher) Rodney; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/06-22.html">June 22, 1829</a>, to Mary Jane Duvall; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#366.79.90">John Henry Rodney</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#353.98.71">Caleb Rodney</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#451.32.49">Caesar Rodney</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#883.76.62">Thomas Rodney</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#760.59.60">Caleb Rodney Layton</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#986.89.46">Caesar Augustus Rodney</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#829.34.98">Reynolds Clough</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#087.68.52">Thomas McKean 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 families: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=R000379">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409349">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> Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AG-born.html">Augusta County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/index.html">1755</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</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 New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1795; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1795; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Prothonotary</a>, 1801-05. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/09-12.html">September 12, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/">1785</a> to Mary Enos.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald Alexander (politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11377581">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 Henry Rodney (1839-1913) — also known as John H. Rodney — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/06-18.html">June 18, 1839</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Democratic National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1888. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/08-13.html">August 13, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at Immanuel 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/rodgers-rodriguez.html#370.66.49">George Brydges Rodney</a> and Mary Jane (Duvall) Rodney; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#748.87.16">Daniel Rodney</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#353.98.71">Caleb Rodney</a>; first cousin thrice 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/laxalt-leadbetter.html#760.59.60">Caleb Rodney Layton</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#986.89.46">Caesar Augustus Rodney</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers-rodriguez.html#087.68.52">Thomas McKean Rodney</a> and <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 families: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/74986156">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02180">Presbyterian Cemetery</a> Gray Street New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1846498&">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> Kensey Johns Jr. (1791-1857) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/12-10.html">December 10, 1791</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1827-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/chan.html">chancellor of Delaware court of chancery</a>, 1832-57; died in office 1857. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/03-28.html">March 28, 1857</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnathan-johnsen.html#575.87.37">Kensey Johns Sr.</a> and Nancy Ann (Van Dyke) Johns; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#766.88.23">Nicholas Van Dyke</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/10001-1566.html">VanDyke-Johns family</a> of New Castle, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=J000112">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406013">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensey Johns, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7105399">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/3572529690/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/361/94.72.jpg" width=70 height=80 border=0 alt="George Gray"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> George Gray (1840-1925) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/05-04.html">May 4, 1840</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/1876/DE.html">1876</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/DE.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/DE.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1879-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1885-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1899-1914; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/index.html">1904</a>; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1920-election.html">1920</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/1925/08-07.html">August 7, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 95 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 Andrew C. Gray and Elizabeth Gray; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/">1870</a> to Harriet L. Black; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/">1882</a> to Margaret J. Black.</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=G000396">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404746">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George Gray (senator)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7105386">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: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1902</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 Thomas (1790-1848) — of Delaware. Born in Red Lion Hundred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/06-23.html">June 23, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1823-24. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/02-08.html">February 8, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 230 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 Charles Thomas and Susanna (McCallmont) Thomas; married to Eliza Stoops.</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/charles-thomas/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Thomas (governor)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7105392">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Head of Christiana Church Cemetery</a> 1100 Church Road Newark, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=191343&">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 Pilling (1830-1900) — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Chowbent, Lancashire (now Atherton, Greater Manchester), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/03-06.html">March 6, 1830</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">Woollen manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 9th District, 1899-1900; died in office 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/DE.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/DE.html">1896</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1891-94. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/11-08.html">November 8, 1900</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at Head of Christiana 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 Richard Pilling and Susan (Bradshaw) Pilling; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/">1851</a> to Elizabeth B. Kelley; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/">1877</a> to Ellen Glenn.</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> Jacob A. Correll (1896-1968) — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-29.html">April 29, 1896</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 6th District, 1957-60; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 11th District, 1963-64. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lions.html">Lions</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/02-08.html">February 8, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 285 days</a>). Interment at Head of Christiana 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/67380748">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05557">Welsh Tract Cemetery</a> Newark, New Castle 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> Edward Webb Cooch — also known as Edward W. Cooch — of Delaware. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1937-41. Interment at Welsh Tract Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Corbit Family Cemetery</a> Odessa, New Castle 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> Alexander Peterson Corbit (1864-1923) — also known as Alexander P. Corbit — of Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/02-20.html">February 20, 1864</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 13th District, 1907-08, 1919-22; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 6th District, 1909-12; president, New Castle County National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; director, Delaware <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/02-18.html">February 18, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Corbit 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 John Cowgill Corbit and Emily (Peterson) Corbit.</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/79920586">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02600">Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard</a> U.S. 13 Odessa, New Castle 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> Arnold Naudain (1790-1872) — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born near Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/01-06.html">January 6, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; surgeon general of the Delaware militia in the War of 1812; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/dover.html#2">Dover, Del.</a>, 1816-18; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1823-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Delaware State House of Representatives</a>, 1826; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1830-36; resigned 1836; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1832; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1836-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html#3">U.S. Collector of Customs at Wilmington, Del., Delaware</a>, 1841-45. Slaveowner. Died in Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-04.html">January 4, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at Old Drawyer's 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=N000010">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408104">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold Naudain">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> Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (1880-1962) — also known as Walter W. Bacon — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/01-20.html">January 20, 1880</a>. Republican. Department head, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical</a> firm, 1903-18; treasurer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">Buick Motor Company</a>, 1918-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1935-40; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <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/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. 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/1962/03-18.html">March 18, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Old Drawyer's 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">Relatives: Son of John G. Bacon and Margaret (Foster) Bacon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-28.html">November 28, 1906</a>, to Mabel H. McDaniel.</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/walter-wolfkiel-bacon/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7414741">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> Sherman Willard Tribbitt (1922-2010) — also known as Sherman W. Tribbitt — of Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Denton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CR-born.html">Caroline County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-09.html">November 9, 1922</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a>, 1957-64, 1971-72 (New Castle County 13th District 1957-64, 27th District 1971-72); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Delaware State House of Representatives</a>, 1958-64; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1965-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1973-77; Democratic Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1992-meeting.html">1992</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died in Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2010/08-14.html">August 14, 2010</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 278 days</a>). Interment at Old Drawyer's 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">Relatives: Son of Sherman L. Tribbitt; married to Jeanne Webb (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#632.46.73">Elmer Sherman Webb</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/sherman-w-tribbitt/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman W. Tribbitt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/877/000051724">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/57044735">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> Leonard Vandegrift Aspril Jr. (1850-1934) — also known as Leonard V. Aspril, Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/03-11.html">March 11, 1850</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 13th District, 1903-04. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/02-24.html">February 24, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 350 days</a>). Interment at Old Drawyer's 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">Relatives: Son of Mary (McMurphy) Aspril and Leonard Vandegrift Aspril; married to Lydia 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/111497802">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04448">Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> 117 Old Kennett Road Owls Nest, New Castle County, Delaware Founded 1720 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=289047&">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"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/536/62.01.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Daniel O. Hastings"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Daniel Oren Hastings (1874-1966) — also known as Daniel O. Hastings — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Centerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Princess Anne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/SO-born.html">Somerset County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-05.html">March 5, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1909; appointed 1909; resigned 1909; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1909-11; appointed 1909; resigned 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/DE.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/DE.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/DE.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/DE.html">1944</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/DE.html">1952</a>; member, Credentials Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">1952</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">1928</a>; member, Resolutions Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">1936</a>; member, Arrangements Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">1940</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1936; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1937-40. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. 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/1966/05-09.html">May 9, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at Lower Brandywine 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 Daniel H. Hastings and Amelia Ellen (Parsons) Hastings; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/04-19.html">April 19, 1898</a>, to Carrie L. Saxton.</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=H000325">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405196">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel O. Hastings">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12673857">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: Official Report of the 22nd Republican National Convention (1940)</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 Percy Nields (1868-1943) — also known as John P. Nields — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/08-07.html">August 7, 1868</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1902, 1903-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Delaware</a>, 1930-41; took senior status 1941; senior judge, 1941-43. Died in Nahant, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-died.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/08-26.html">August 26, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 19 days</a>). Interment at Lower Brandywine 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: Married to Mary Craven.</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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=1763&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Percy Nields">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90710913">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 George Stewart (1890-1970) — also known as J. George Stewart — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/06-02.html">June 2, 1890</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Civil engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1935-37; defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/DE.html">1936</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/05-24.html">May 24, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 356 days</a>). Interment at Lower Brandywine 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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000915">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410375">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/19309771">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 A. Simonton (1871-1951) — also known as "Cap" — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Peoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/PE-born.html">Peoria County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/09-28.html">September 28, 1871</a>. Republican. Executive at Du Pont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical</a> company; director of 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 New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at Delaware <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/10-09.html">October 9, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at Lower Brandywine 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 Jacob Richard Simonton and Lucy (Richardson) Simonton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/12-10.html">December 10, 1892</a>, to Hettie May Hull.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William A. Simonton">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90120086">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02490">St. Georges Cemetery</a> St. Georges, New Castle 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> Anthony Higgins (1840-1912) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Red Lion Hundred, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/10-01.html">October 1, 1840</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1869-76; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1884; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1889-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/DE.html">1896</a>; one of the attorneys for U.S. District Judge <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swanton-swede.html#863.98.90">Charles Swayne</a> during his impeachment proceedings, 1904-05. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-26.html">June 26, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 269 days</a>). Interment at St. Georges 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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#588.78.60">Ralph Stone</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=H000577">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405439">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony Higgins">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> Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908-1987) — also known as Homer M. Byington, Jr. — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-born.html">Italy</a> of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-31.html">May 31, 1908</a>. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Naples</a>, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MY-diplomats.html ">Malaya</a>, 1957-61; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/IT-consuls.html ">Naples</a>, 1963-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Medal of Freedom</a> in 1946. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/on-ships.html">aboard</a> the Vista Fjord, a Norwegian cruise ship, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/AT-died.html">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/11-02.html">November 2, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 155 days</a>). Interment at St. Georges 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/button-byrer.html#176.21.28">Homer Morrison Byington</a>; married to Jane Craven McHarg; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/button-byrer.html#479.73.25">Aaron Homer Byington</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/14290.html">Byington family</a> of Norwalk, Connecticut.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/byington-homer-morrison ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7745155">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 L. Deputy (1854-1937) — of Porter's Station (now Porter), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1854/index.html">1854</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 11th District, 1925-26. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart condition</a>, in Porter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/02-25.html">February 25, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at St. Georges 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 Solomon Deputy and Annie Mary (Gray) Deputy; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#388.16.91">Delmar E. Deputy</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/39637.html">Deputy family</a> of Milford, 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/35213558">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Townsend Cemetery</a> Townsend, New Castle 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> Elmer Sherman Webb (1889-1954) — also known as E. Sherman Webb — of Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/05-07.html">May 7, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">hardware</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmsupply.html">feed</a> business; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 13th District, 1931-32; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 6th District, 1949-52. <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/tall-cedars.html">Tall Cedars of Lebanon</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/02-12.html">February 12, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 281 days</a>). Interment at Townsend 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 Thomas Webb and Anne Elizabeth (Dockety) Webb; married to Edith Virginia Russell and Blanche M. Cleaver; father of Jeanne Webb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#366.68.59">Sherman Willard Tribbitt</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/29256477">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> Sudler H. King (1896-1968) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/index.html">1896</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Poultry farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">police officer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 13th District, 1949-50. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died, in Kent <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">General Hospital</a>, Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1968/02-19.html">February 19, 1968</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment at Townsend 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/153135089">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">All Saints Cemetery</a> 6001 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=104344&">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> Clair John Killoran (1905-1975) — also known as Clair J. Killoran — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Weiser, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Idaho, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/04-12.html">April 12, 1905</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/DE.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/DE.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/DE.html">1956</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/DE.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Delaware Republican state chair</a>, 1950; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1952. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/10-29.html">October 29, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 200 days</a>). Interment at All Saints 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 J. Killoran and Ada (Percifield) Killoran; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-30.html">November 30, 1935</a>, to Anne Regina Biggs.</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/33802975">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04333">Cathedral Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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> Philip Andrew Traynor (1874-1962) — also known as Philip A. Traynor — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/05-31.html">May 31, 1874</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1941-43, 1945-47; defeated, 1942, 1946; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1949. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/12-05.html">December 5, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 188 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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=T000357">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410927">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 Edward Babiarz (1915-2004) — also known as John E. Babiarz — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/06-06.html">June 6, 1915</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Register in Chancery</a>, 1949-53; 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>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/DE.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/DE.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1961-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish.html">Polish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/polish-nat-alliance.html">Polish National Alliance</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/2004/06-05.html">June 5, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 365 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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 Stanley Babiarz and Mary (Feret) Babiarz; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/06-04.html">June 4, 1939</a>, to Adele F. Barczuk.</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/16658465">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> Eugene Ennalls Berl (1889-1954) — also known as E. Ennalls Berl — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/03-02.html">March 2, 1889</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cr21.html">delegate to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment</a>, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/DE.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Democratic National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1948. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/04-01.html">April 1, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 30 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/504/66.38.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="John J. Raskob"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) — also known as John J. Raskob — Born in Lockport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-born.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/03-19.html">March 19, 1879</a>. Democrat. Executive at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">General Motors</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">DuPont</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Chairman of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1928-32. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Centreville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/QA-died.html">Queen Anne's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/10-15.html">October 15, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 210 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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 Raskob and Anna Frances (Moran) Raskob; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/">1906</a> to Helena Springer Green.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John J. Raskob">Wikipedia article</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: Library of Congress</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 Edward Reilly Sr. (1893-1963) — also known as John E. Reilly, Sr. — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/07-27.html">July 27, 1893</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/machinist.html">Machinist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawenforcement.html">fire fighter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/restaurant.html">cafe manager</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1945-46; defeated, 1946; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 2nd District, 1949-63; died in office 1963. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/holy-name-soc.html">Holy Name Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in St. Francis <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1963/02-26.html">February 26, 1963</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 214 days</a>). Interment at Cathedral 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 Mary (Canavan) Reilly and James P. Reilly; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/">1917</a> to Alice Magdala Scanlan.</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/112353317">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04670">Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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 Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known as T. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-11.html">December 11, 1863</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Powder</a> Co., 1902-15; president, Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/metal.html">Iron</a> Co., and other mining firms; director, Union National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; owner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hotel-biz.html">hotels</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Delaware Republican state chair</a>, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/DE.html">1920</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/speakers.html">speaker</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>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1908-30; candidate for Republican nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/index.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921; defeated, 1922; resigned 1928. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/throat-cancer.html">cancer of the larynx</a>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle 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/66.html">66 years, 335 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Antoine Bidermann du Pont and Ellen Susan (Coleman) du Pont; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/01-17.html">January 17, 1889</a>, to Alice Elsie du Pont; father of Alice Hounsfield du Pont (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buck.html#416.12.48">Clayton Douglass Buck</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=D000560">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403618">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T. Coleman du Pont">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6818530">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 Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) — also known as Henry A. du Pont — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Winterthur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Eleutherian Mills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/07-30.html">July 30, 1838</a>. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-honor.html">Medal of Honor</a> in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; president, Wilmington and Northern <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>, 1879-1899; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1892-election.html">1892</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/DE.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/DE.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1906-17; defeated, 1916; Republican Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1920-election.html">1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Winterthur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/12-31.html">December 31, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/88.html">88 years, 154 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a> and Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/">1874</a> to Mary Pauline Foster; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a>, Ethel du Pont (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roosevelt.html#128.53.81">Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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=D000559">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403616">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry A. du Pont">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6004368">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 Green Bradford II (1848-1928) — also known as Edward G. Bradford II — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/03-12.html">March 12, 1848</a>. Republican. <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>, 1880-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/DE.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/DE.html">1916</a> (alternate); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1897; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Delaware</a>, 1897-1918; retired 1918. Died in Clifton Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/03-30.html">March 30, 1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 18 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a> and Mary Alicia (Heyward) Bradford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/09-18.html">September 18, 1872</a>, to Eleuthera Paulina du Pont; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; sixth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#985.05.82">Enoch Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#380.89.20">Ephraim Safford</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#440.61.13">Clayton Hyde Lathrop</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#162.64.73">Henry Sabin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#385.50.86">Lee Randall Sanborn</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#156.69.37">Clayton Huntington Lathrop</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=236&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/125141226">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 DuPont (1812-1889) — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/08-08.html">August 8, 1812</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Delaware</a>, 1846-61; head of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">gunpowder manufacturing</a> firm; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1868-election.html">1868</a>; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1876-election.html">1876</a>; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1880-election.html">1880</a>; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1888-election.html">1888</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/08-08.html">August 8, 1889</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Eleuthere Irenee DuPont and Sophia Madeline (Dalmas) DuPont; married to Louisa Gebhard; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/58460236">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> Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/03-15.html">March 15, 1918</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">Engineer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1959-74 (New Castle County 3rd District 1959-64, 7th District 1965-68, 6th District 1969-72, 7th District 1973-74); delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/DE.html">1964</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/1980/02-19.html">February 19, 1980</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Natalie Driver (Wilson) du Pont and Lammot du Pont; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/06-29.html">June 29, 1942</a>, to Katharine Lewars; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a> and William Kemble du Pont (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#810.99.11">Ethel Fleet Hallock</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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/99332581">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 Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) — also known as Charles I. du Pont — Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/CH-born.html">Charleston County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1797/03-29.html">March 29, 1797</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Cloth manufacturer</a>; president, Farmers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Delaware; an organizer of the Delaware <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>, 1841-44, 1853-56. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/01-31.html">January 31, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 308 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine de la Fite=de Pelleport; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/10-08.html">October 8, 1824</a>, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#635.31.97">Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826)</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyke.html#766.88.23">Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789)</a>); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ridge-riggin.html#051.52.04">Henry Moore Ridgely</a>); great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles I. du Pont">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/91294282">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> Francis Irenee du Pont (1873-1942) — also known as Francis I. du Pont — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/12-03.html">December 3, 1873</a>. Progressive. Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1912-election.html">1912</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1913. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/03-16.html">March 16, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 103 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Gurney 'Frank' du Pont and Elisa Wigfall (Simons) du Pont; married to Marianna Rhett; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/widdis-wiggin.html#481.39.72">Louis Trezevant Wigfall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/77561082">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 Green Bradford Jr. (1878-1927) — also known as Edward G. Bradford, Jr. — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-11.html">September 11, 1878</a>. Republican. <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> from New Castle County 7th District, 1909-10, 1913-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/12-03.html">December 3, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">49 years, 83 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Eleuthera Paulina (du Pont) Bradford and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/">1923</a> to Helen Sergeant Adams; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; seventh great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>); first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#440.61.13">Clayton Hyde Lathrop</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/187510020">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> Ethel Hallock du Pont (1876-1951) — also known as Ethel H. du Pont; Ethel Fleet Hallock; Mrs. W. K. du Pont — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Beirut, Syria (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LN-born.html">Lebanon</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/10-14.html">October 14, 1876</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/DE.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in Singapore, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-died.html">Singapore</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/03-02.html">March 2, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 139 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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: Daughter of Samuel Hallock and Sara (Tabet) Hallock; married to William Kemble du Pont (brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/77559912">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 Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970) — also known as Henry B. du Pont — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-23.html">July 23, 1898</a>. Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical</a> company; director, North American <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/aviation.html">Aviation</a> Corp. and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/automfg.html">General Motors</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <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 Permanent Organization</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/1970/04-13.html">April 13, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 264 days</a>). Interment at Du Pont de Nemours 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 Belin du Pont and Eluthera (Bradford) du Pont; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/10-24.html">October 24, 1928</a>, to Margaret Wilson Lewis; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/02-24.html">February 24, 1949</a>, to Emily Tybout (du Pont) Smith; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>, William Kemble du Pont (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#810.99.11">Ethel Fleet Hallock</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; eighth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</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: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/77559994">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms03459">Friends Burial Ground</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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 Dickinson (1732-1808) — also known as "Penman of the Revolution" — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Trappe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/TA-born.html">Talbot County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1732/11-13.html">November 13, 1732</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania</a>, 1774-76; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1779; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from New Castle County, 1781; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1781-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pres.html">President of Pennsylvania</a>, 1782-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1793. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. 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/1808/02-14.html">February 14, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 93 days</a>). Interment at Friends Burial Ground. <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 Dickinson and Mary (Cadwalader) Dickinson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#317.97.45">Philemon Dickinson</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/07-19.html">July 19, 1770</a>, to Mary 'Polly' Norris.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS John Dickinson (built 1941-42 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-names.html">Portland, Oregon</a>; scrapped 1973) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=D000321">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403441">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-dickinson/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Dickinson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/217/000050067">NNDB dossier</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 Prew Bennett (1758-1836) — of Delaware. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1758/11-11.html">November 11, 1758</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Treasurer</a>, 1807-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1833-36; died in office 1836. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/05-09.html">May 9, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 180 days</a>). Interment at Friends Burial Ground. <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 Bennett and Elizabeth (Prew) Wiley Bennett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1792/04-05.html">April 5, 1792</a>, to Catherine Britton; grandnephew of Daniel Boone.</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-prew-bennett/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms08104">Jewish Community Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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> George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) — also known as George J. Feldman — of New York. Born in Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-born.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/11-06.html">November 6, 1904</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MT-diplomats.html ">Malta</a>, 1965-67; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LX-diplomats.html ">Luxembourg</a>, 1967-69. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation of NASA as a civilian space agency. Died in the Bryn Mawr Terrace <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Nursing Home</a>, Bryn Mawr, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/11-22.html">November 22, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 16 days</a>). Interment at Jewish Community 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 Marion Schulman.</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://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/feldman-george-joseph ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/5434992">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms04006">Methodist Church Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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 Brown Lore (1831-1911) — also known as Charles B. Lore — of Delaware. Born in Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/03-16.html">March 16, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1869-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1883-87; Democratic Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1892-election.html">1892</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1893-1909. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/03-06.html">March 6, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 355 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000443">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406934">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Mt. Salem Cemetery</a> 1709 Mount Salem Lane Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=967851&">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> James S. Evans (1873-1950) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Joanna Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-born.html">Berks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-25.html">February 25, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway freight agent</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 3rd District, 1927-28, 1935-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; died in office 1950. <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/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/03-24.html">March 24, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Salem 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 Martha Borem.</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/91099247">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Nemours Estate Carillon</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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 Irénée du Pont (1864-1935) — also known as Alfred I. du Pont — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-12.html">May 12, 1864</a>. Republican. Vice-president of the DuPont <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Powder</a> Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/DE.html">1916</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>. Died in Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/DU-died.html">Duval County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/04-28.html">April 28, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 351 days</a>). Entombed at Nemours Estate Carillon. <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 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II and Charlotte Shepard (Henderson) du Pont; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/">1887</a> to Bessie Gardner; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/">1907</a> to Mary Alicia Hayward Bradford; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/01-22.html">January 22, 1921</a>, to Jessie Dew Ball; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#567.45.47">Eugene Lammot</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred I. du Pont">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21024831">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05754">Old Swedes Church Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware Founded 1698 <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3GQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA128-IA3"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/827/27.04.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="Thomas F. Bayard, Sr."></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1828/10-29.html">October 29, 1828</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1853-55; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1869-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/index.html">1880</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/index.html">1884</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/DE.html">1892</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UK-diplomats.html ">Great Britain</a>, 1893-97. Died in Dedham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-died.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/09-28.html">September 28, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 334 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a> and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/">1856</a> to Louisa Lee; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/11-07.html">November 7, 1889</a>, to Mary W. Clymer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a>; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley5.html#464.26.01">Joseph Gardner Bradley</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707)</a>; fifth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#942.86.81">John Sluyter Wirt</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Bayard, on the border between <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-names.html">British Columbia, Canada</a>, and the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/PW-names.html">Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=B000253">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401247">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas F. Bayard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bayard-thomas-francis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/573/000168069">NNDB dossier</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: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)</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 Asheton Bayard Jr. (1799-1880) — also known as James A. Bayard — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/11-15.html">November 15, 1799</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1837-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1851-64, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/DE.html">1860</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/DE.html">1864</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1868/DE.html">1868</a>. Suffered an accidental <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a> while descending stairs, and died a few days later, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-13.html">June 13, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a> and Ann (Bassett) Bayard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/07-08.html">July 8, 1823</a>, to Ann Francis; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707)</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#942.86.81">John Sluyter Wirt</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802)</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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=B000248">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401242">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James A. Bayard, Jr.">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 White (1770-1809) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/index.html">1770</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1801-09; died in office 1809. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/11-04.html">November 4, 1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 Thomas White.</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=W000392">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411552">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel White (U.S. politician)">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> Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (1868-1942) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/06-04.html">June 4, 1868</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/DE.html">Delaware Democratic state chair</a>, 1906-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1922-29; defeated, 1928, 1930; 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">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</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/1942/07-12.html">July 12, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 38 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a> and Louisa (Lee) Bayard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-03.html">October 3, 1908</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont</a> (first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; fifth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard</a>; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#942.86.81">John Sluyter Wirt</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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=B000252">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401246">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas F. Bayard">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> Edward Green Bradford (1819-1884) — also known as Edward G. Bradford — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/07-17.html">July 17, 1819</a>. Republican. <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>, 1849-50; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/DE.html">1856</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/committees.html">Platform Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1861-66; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/DE.html">Republican National Committee from Delaware</a>, 1868-70; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Delaware</a>, 1871-84; died in office 1884. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/01-16.html">January 16, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 183 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 Moses Bradford and Phebe (George) Bradford; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/">1840</a> to Mary Alicia Heyward; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/02-05.html">February 5, 1852</a>, to Elizabeth Roberts Canby (fourth cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#417.50.72">Elsie Cryder Woodward</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport (1715-1789)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#440.61.13">Clayton Hyde Lathrop</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#939.26.26">Aaron Kitchell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#985.05.82">Enoch Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#262.65.85">John Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#802.92.13">James Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#380.89.20">Ephraim Safford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#639.15.77">Isaiah Kidder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#156.69.37">Clayton Huntington Lathrop</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/backus.html#697.11.06">Ira Chandler Backus</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#166.95.51">Joshua Perkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#922.81.54">Julius Levi Strong</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#162.64.73">Henry Sabin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#385.50.86">Lee Randall Sanborn</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#570.26.19">Abraham Davenport (1767-1837)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/urbahns-uttley.html#322.93.90">Jonathan Usher</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#742.80.84">William Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodall-woodburn.html#701.34.45">Dudley Woodbridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#242.22.12">Theodore Davenport</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#191.43.20">Charles Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sacks-saintaubin.html#243.98.46">James Safford</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#399.01.14">Luther Kidder</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sternberg-steunenberg.html#416.90.03">Isaiah Stetson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#776.63.13">Chester Dorman Hubbard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#021.33.11">Delos Fall</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanborn.html#475.43.08">James L. Sanborn</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/10001-1458.html">Kidder family</a> of Bangor, Maine (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.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=235&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/27685447">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> Ignatius C. Grubb (1841-1927) — of Delaware. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/04-12.html">April 12, 1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1910. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-06.html">June 6, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985) — also known as Alexis I. du Pont Bayard — of Rockland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/02-11.html">February 11, 1918</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/DE.html">1948</a> (alternate; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/DE.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DE.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/DE.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1949-53; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1972-election.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</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/1985/09-03.html">September 3, 1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 204 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-24.html">April 24, 1944</a>, to Jane Brady Hildreth; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard</a>; seventh great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; eighth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/7561236">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 Roche (1754-1821) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in County Cork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1754/04-10.html">April 10, 1754</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1791; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County, 1798. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/04-06.html">April 6, 1821</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 361 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Roche (politician)">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> Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (1880-1975) — also known as Elizabeth Bradford du Pont; Mrs. Thomas Francis Bayard — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/01-23.html">January 23, 1880</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/DE.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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/1975/09-14.html">September 14, 1975</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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: Daughter of Alexis Irenee du Pont and Elizabeth Canby (Bradford) du Pont; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/10-03.html">October 3, 1908</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; grandmother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard</a>; grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; seventh great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davenport.html#600.87.10">Abraham Davenport</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paine.html#379.70.27">Robert Treat Paine</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#890.97.45">Chauncey Fitch Cleveland</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lathem-lathrop.html#440.61.13">Clayton Hyde Lathrop</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/10001-1051.html">Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoar family</a> of Massachusetts (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> Thomas Francis Bayard III (1911-1992) — also known as Thomas F. Bayard III — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/12-31.html">December 31, 1911</a>. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 7th District, 1956. Died in Palm Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PB-died.html">Palm Beach County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/02-09.html">February 9, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 40 days</a>). Interment at Old Swedes 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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#140.98.32">Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#885.50.11">Edward Green Bradford II</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#209.91.18">Edward Green Bradford</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#788.31.23">Henry DuPont</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard</a>; seventh great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#702.33.15">Francis Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#562.58.99">Edward Green Bradford Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#855.24.36">Henry Algernon du Pont</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#248.98.41">Charles Irénée du Pont</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#721.47.52">Henry Belin du Pont Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#611.99.88">Thomas Coleman du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#036.51.54">Alfred Irénée du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#411.73.99">Pierre Samuel du Pont</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#719.67.74">Francis Victor du Pont</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#860.40.34">Lammot du Pont Copeland</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#699.07.73">Reynolds du Pont</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#312.31.22">Eleuthere Irenee du Pont</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dupont.html#459.84.42">Pierre Samuel du Pont IV</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams1.html#598.26.24">Bailey Frye Adams</a>; eighth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wyche-wyvell.html#768.80.29">George Wyllys</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#862.54.10">John Haynes</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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/8912291">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02512">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a> 10th and Market Streets Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1962387&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <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> Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1747/index.html">1747</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1783-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/attygn.html">Delaware state attorney general</a>, 1784-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cnrt.html">delegate to Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution</a>, 1787; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1788; Presidential Elector for Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pr1789-meeting.html">1789</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Delaware</a>, 1789-1812; died in office 1812. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. 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/1812/03-30.html">March 30, 1812</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">about 64 years</a>). Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms03451">Masonic Home Cemetery</a>, Christiana, 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">Relatives: Son of Gunning Bedford (1720-1802) and Susannah (Jacquett) Bedford; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1770/">1770</a> to Jane Ballareau Parker; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bedelle-beebe.html#643.07.28">Gunning Bedford (1742-1797)</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/10001-1090.html">Biddle 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=B000300">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401293">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=139&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</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 Latimer (1752-1819) — of Delaware. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/04-24.html">April 24, 1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1787-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1794-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1795-1801. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/12-19.html">December 19, 1819</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 239 days</a>). Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="#cms00436">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a>. <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/latimer.html#322.89.63">James Latimer</a> and Susan (Geddes) Latimer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latimer.html#959.47.53">George Latimer</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/19129.html">Latimer family</a> of 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000115">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406621">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Latimer (senator)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7417422">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 McKinly (1721-1796) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1721/02-21.html">February 21, 1721</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Sheriff</a>, 1757; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/colasb.html">Delaware colonial Assembly</a>, 1771-76; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1776-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1777. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/08-21.html">August 21, 1796</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 182 days</a>). Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment in 1922 at <a href="#cms00436">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a>. <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/1761/">1761</a> to Jane 'Jenny' Richardson.</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/john-mckinly/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John McKinly">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> David C. Wilson (1789-1865) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1789/index.html">1789</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1843-45. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/03-30.html">March 30, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment to unknown location. <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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David C. Wilson (businessman)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/119147726">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms05139">Riverview Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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> Richard Cann McMullen (1868-1944) — also known as Richard C. McMullen — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-02.html">January 2, 1868</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/DE.html">1936</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1937-41. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</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/1944/02-18.html">February 18, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 47 days</a>). Interment at Riverview 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/richard-cann-mcmullen/">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> Manlove Howard Jester (1870-1932) — also known as M. Howard Jester — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/11-14.html">November 14, 1870</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 3rd District, 1905-06; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html#2">Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1909-13. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/11-14.html">November 14, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Riverview 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 Jester and Elizabeth A. (McDaniel) Jester; married to Florra Clayton.</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/126344486">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> Burton S. Heal (1884-1979) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Holly Oak, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-02.html">May 2, 1884</a>. Republican. Clerk of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1925; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 6th District, 1935-36; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 3rd District, 1939-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Recorder of Deeds</a>, 1943-54. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Introduced the bill to designate the Blue Hen as the Delaware state bird. Died, in Memorial Division <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1979/08-17.html">August 17, 1979</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/95.html">95 years, 107 days</a>). Interment at Riverview Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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> Lewis Heisler Ball (1861-1933) — also known as L. Heisler Ball — of Faulkland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Marshallton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born near Stanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/09-21.html">September 21, 1861</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/DE.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/DE.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1899-1901; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1901-03; defeated, 1902; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1903-05, 1919-25. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in Faulkland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/10-18.html">October 18, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 27 days</a>). Interment at St. James Episcopal 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 John Ball and Sarah Ann (Baldwin) Ball; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/11-14.html">November 14, 1893</a>, to Katherine Springer Justis.</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=B000100">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401102">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L. Heisler Ball">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7473032">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> Richard Thomas Pilling (1864-1951) — also known as Richard T. Pilling — of Kiamensi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Kiamensi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/index.html">1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/wool.html">Woollen manufacturer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 8th District, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/DE.html">1912</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Towson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-died.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/04-01.html">April 1, 1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</a>). Interment at St. James Episcopal 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 Thomas Pilling and Mary E. R. (Vandergrift) Pilling; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/11-26.html">November 26, 1888</a>, to Emily A. Miller.</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/45680745">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name=" ">Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park</a> Wilmington, New Castle 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> Merrill Henry Tilghman (1875-1927) — also known as Merrill H. Tilghman — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Snow Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WO-born.html">Worcester County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/02-09.html">February 9, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railway conductor</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Delaware</a>, 1924; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1926. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">Order of Railway Conductors</a>. Died in Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-died.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/03-07.html">March 7, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 26 days</a>). Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. <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 Peter Marion Tilghman and Martha Jane (Causey) Tilghman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/10-18.html">October 18, 1900</a>, to Nora Lowe; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#620.19.58">Frederick Paul Adkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#300.46.88">Elijah Dale Adkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white9.html#574.61.24">Wallace Henry White</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#924.76.92">Arthur Percival White</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#480.08.28">Bertha Sheppard Adkins</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white3.html#778.27.72">Edward Homer White Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#306.79.93">Elijah Dale Adkins Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#535.95.87">William Joseph Allee</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/10398.html">White-Adkins-Dennis-Tilghman family</a> of 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://findagrave.com/memorial/137029866">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> Alexander R. Abrahams (1888-1971) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/index.html">1888</a>. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html#2">Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1928-33 (acting, 1928); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 3rd District, 1934. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/index.html">1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">about 83 years</a>). Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. <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/139382920">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> Elwood Franklin Melson Jr. (1914-2001) — also known as Elwood F. Melson, Jr. — of Claymont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle 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/1914/03-12.html">March 12, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 3rd District, 1955-58; family court judge in Delaware, 1964-80. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Fought successfully to abolish the death penalty in Delaware (1958). Died, following a series of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes</a>, in Hockessin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/12-25.html">December 25, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 288 days</a>). Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. <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 Laura Montgomery (Buckson) Melson and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mellette-memorial.html#891.18.41">Elwood Franklin Melson Sr.</a>; married to Grace Elizabeth Vose.</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/58842236">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/275/50.87.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Jacob Scheifele"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jacob Scheifele (1858-1934) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/03-10.html">March 10, 1858</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1925-32. Suffered an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">infected</a> toe, which was amputated; soon after, the whole foot was amputated, and then his left leg; but within a few days, he died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/infection.html">gangrene</a>, in Delaware <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/02-22.html">February 22, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. <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/122363470">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, February 23, 1934</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms00436">Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery</a> 701 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware Founded 1843 See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=231650&">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> Richard Bassett (1745-1815) — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/04-02.html">April 2, 1745</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/lgcn.html">Delaware state legislative council</a> from Kent County, 1776-80, 1782-83; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1782; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1786; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1789-93; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1793-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1799-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit</a>, 1801-02. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-died.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-15.html">September 15, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 166 days</a>). Original interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-buried.html# ">somewhere</a> in Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1865 at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Arnold Bassett and Judith (Thompson) Bassett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/12-22.html">December 22, 1774</a>, to Ann Ennals; adoptive father of Rachel McCleary Bassett (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#620.16.33">Joshua Clayton</a>); father of Ann Nancy Bassett (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#942.86.81">John Sluyter Wirt</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/10001-1240.html">Clayton family</a> of Dover, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=B000226">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401222">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=113&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/richard-bassett/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/4720">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> Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) — also known as Richard H. Bayard — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/09-26.html">September 26, 1796</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">Mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1832-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1836-39, 1841-45; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/spju.html">justice of Delaware state supreme court</a>, 1839-41; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1851-53. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/03-04.html">March 4, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 160 days</a>). Entombed at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/bay-bazzle.html#367.01.69">James Asheton Bayard Sr.</a> and Ann (Bassett) Bayard; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a>; married to Mary Sophia Carroll (granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#667.25.10">Charles Carroll of Carrollton</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707)</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#942.86.81">John Sluyter Wirt</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802)</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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=B000251">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401245">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard H. Bayard">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bayard-richard-henry ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7504239">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> James Asheton Bayard Sr. (1767-1815) — also known as "The Chevalier"; "The Goliath of His Party"; "High Priest of the Constitution" — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/07-28.html">July 28, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1797-1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1804-13. Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/08-06.html">August 6, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">48 years, 9 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-buried.html#cms04860">a private or family graveyard</a>, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1842 at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Asheton Bayard and Agnes or Ann (Hodge) Bayard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/02-11.html">February 11, 1795</a>, to Ann Nancy Bassett (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#280.36.75">Richard Bassett</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#729.08.48">Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#459.41.40">James Asheton Bayard Jr.</a>; nephew and adoptive son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#311.28.60">John Bubenheim Bayard</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#827.27.04">Thomas Francis Bayard Sr.</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#814.07.63">Thomas Francis Bayard Jr.</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#449.01.75">Thomas Francis Bayard III</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#379.41.92">Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#400.94.04">Nicholas Bayard (c.1644-1707)</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#804.11.34">Richard Henry Bayard (born c.1949)</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#418.47.71">Pieter Stuyvesant</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#499.80.34">Littleton Kirkpatrick</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirkpatrick.html#962.83.32">Andrew Kirkpatrick</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#611.60.54">Nicholas Bayard (1736-1802)</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#402.77.44">James Adams Ekin</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/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1030.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS James A. Bayard (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scrapped 1963) was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </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=B000249">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401243">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James A. Bayard (elder)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7503341">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 Latimer (1752-1819) — of Delaware. Born in Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1752/04-24.html">April 24, 1752</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1787-91; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1794-95; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1795-1801. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-died.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/12-19.html">December 19, 1819</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 239 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms02512">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>; reinterment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/latimer.html#322.89.63">James Latimer</a> and Susan (Geddes) Latimer; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latimer.html#959.47.53">George Latimer</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/19129.html">Latimer family</a> of 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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000115">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406621">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Latimer (senator)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7417422">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 Read Riddle (1817-1867) — also known as George R. Riddle — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/index.html">1817</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1851-55; defeated, 1854; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1864-67; died in office 1867. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/03-29.html">March 29, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/49.html">about 49 years</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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=R000239">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409215">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George R. Riddle">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016857015/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/913/22.69.jpg" width=70 height=100 border=0 alt="Preston Lea"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/11-12.html">November 12, 1841</a>. Republican. President, William Lea and Sons <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/grain.html">milling</a>; president, Union National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, vice-president, Farmers Mutual <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> Company; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/DE.html">1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died in New Castle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/12-04.html">December 4, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 22 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Lea and Jane Scott (Lovett) Lea; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-27.html">October 27, 1870</a>, to Adalaide Moore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/04-29.html">April 29, 1897</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#729.06.30">Eliza Naudain Corbit</a>; father of Claudia Wright Lea (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#298.65.34">Sheffield Phelps</a>); second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#919.04.82">Charles Corbit</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#351.56.11">William Webb Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#777.34.21">Joseph Rodman West</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodward.html#417.50.72">Elsie Cryder Woodward</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/10001-1767.html">Phelps family</a> of Connecticut; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-2558.html">Lea family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1107.html">Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffield family</a> of Connecticut and Ohio; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-4186.html">VanBuren-Phelps family</a> of New York City, New York (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/preston-lea/">National Governors Association biography</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: Library of Congress</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 Robert Miller (1857-1927) — also known as Charles Miller — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/09-30.html">September 30, 1857</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> from New Castle County 1st District, 1911-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1913-17. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Berlin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-died.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/09-18.html">September 18, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 353 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller8.html#845.70.35">Thomas Woodnutt Miller</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller2.html#157.06.39">Clement Woodnutt Miller</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/10872.html">Miller family</a> of Wilmington, 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/charles-robert-miller/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles R. Miller">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> Robert Pyle Robinson (1869-1939) — also known as Robert P. Robinson — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/03-28.html">March 28, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/DE.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/DE.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</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/1939/03-04.html">March 4, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 341 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/robert-pyle-robinson/">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> John Wales (1783-1863) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-born.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/07-31.html">July 31, 1783</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1845-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1849-51; one of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/univfound.html">founders</a> of Newark College, now the University of Delaware. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/12-03.html">December 3, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 125 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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: Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/waldrop-waling.html#029.35.06">John Patten Wales</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=W000043">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411223">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Wales">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7525397">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 McKinly (1721-1796) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-born.html">Northern Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1721/02-21.html">February 21, 1721</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-officials.html">New Castle County Sheriff</a>, 1757; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/colasb.html">Delaware colonial Assembly</a>, 1771-76; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/hsas.html">Delaware house of assembly</a>, 1776-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/pres.html">President of Delaware</a>, 1777. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/08-21.html">August 21, 1796</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 182 days</a>). Original interment at <a href="#cms02512">Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/1761/">1761</a> to Jane 'Jenny' Richardson.</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/john-mckinly/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John McKinly">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> Eleazer McComb (1740-1798) — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Cumberland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-born.html">Allegany County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1740/08-11.html">August 11, 1740</a>. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware</a>, 1783-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/aud.html">Delaware state auditor</a>, 1787-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scotch-irish.html">Scotch-Irish</a> ancestry. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/yellow-fever.html">yellow fever</a>, in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., December, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1798/index.html">1798</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 0 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Lydia Irons; father of Jeannette McComb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clayton.html#406.70.80">Thomas Clayton</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/10001-1240.html">Clayton family</a> of Dover, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1063.html">DuPont-Bayard family</a> of Wilmington, 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=M000353">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412071">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazer McComb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22550780">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> James Tilton (1745-1822) — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del.; Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1745/06-01.html">June 1, 1745</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>, 1783-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/trea.html">Delaware state treasurer</a>, 1785-86. Died near Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/05-14.html">May 14, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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=T000280">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410853">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> Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) — also known as Henry W. Watson — of Langhorne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-born.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/06-24.html">June 24, 1856</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; director, Langhorne <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/utilities.html">Electric Light and Power</a> Co.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/PA.html">1908</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23, 9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/index.html">1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">about 77 years</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Mitchel Watson and Anna (Bacon) Watson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/09-07.html">September 7, 1897</a>, to Annie Masden Vaughan.</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=W000201">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411372">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> Willard Hall (1780-1875) — of Dover, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Born in Westford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-born.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/12-24.html">December 24, 1780</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1811; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1817-21; resigned 1821; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Delaware state constitutional convention</a>, 1821; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a>, 1822; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/judicial.html#z">federal judge</a>, 1823. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-10.html">May 10, 1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 137 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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=H000076">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404959">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 Jones Milligan (1795-1875) — also known as John J. Milligan — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/index.html">1795</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1831-39. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/index.html">1875</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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=M000767">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407745">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 Patten Wales (1831-1912) — also known as John P. Wales — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/01-02.html">January 2, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1882-85. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/06-24.html">June 24, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 174 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/waldrop-waling.html#487.00.91">John Wales</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/29700864">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 Peckworth Allmond (1835-1912) — also known as John P. Allmond — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/05-06.html">May 6, 1835</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">brick-making business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1878-82; vice-president, Peoples Railway Co. (Peoples <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/streetcars.html">Trolley</a>), 1901-12. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</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/1912/03-24.html">March 24, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 323 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Allmond and Phebe (Jefferis) Allmond; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/06-24.html">June 24, 1856</a>, to Sarah Martin Palmer; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#568.83.11">Charles Musgrove Allmond</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/74418854">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 Henry Heald (1864-1939) — also known as William H. Heald — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/08-27.html">August 27, 1864</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank examiner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html#2">Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1901-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1909-13; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</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/1939/06-03.html">June 3, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 280 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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=H000422">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405288">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66455489">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 Hepburn Armstrong (1824-1919) — also known as William H. Armstrong — of Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LY-lived.html">Lycoming County</a>, Pa.; Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Born in Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LY-born.html">Lycoming County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1824/09-07.html">September 7, 1824</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a> from Lycoming County, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 18th District, 1869-71. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-14.html">May 14, 1919</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/armstrong.html#774.62.86">James Armstrong</a> and Sarah (Hepburn) Armstrong; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/06-05.html">June 5, 1851</a>, to Annie Earp.</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=A000285">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400926">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7869063">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 Hemphill Jones (1811-1880) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/10-26.html">October 26, 1811</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Delaware</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/wilmington.html">mayor of Wilmington, Del.</a>, 1852-53. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/04-30.html">April 30, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 187 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Morgan Jones and Mary (Hemphill) Jones.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Hemphill Jones">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/116206319">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> Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/05-18.html">May 18, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>; executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sons <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">chemical</a> manufacturing firm; director of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">railroads</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> companies; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1924. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-chemical-soc.html">American Chemical Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-xi.html">Theta Xi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Injured in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall down stairs</a>, and died a few days later, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/pneumonia.html">pneumonia</a>, in the Homeopathic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1936/05-06.html">May 6, 1936</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Mary Askew (Richardson) Bancroft; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/10-29.html">October 29, 1902</a>, to Elizabeth Ann Howard.</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/91293876">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 Musgrove Allmond (1866-1945) — also known as Charles M. Allmond — of Carrcroft, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-born.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/02-20.html">February 20, 1866</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/newark.html">mayor of Newark, Del.</a>, 1895; president, Delaware <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">Terra Cotta</a> Company. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Woodmen of the World</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/1945/11-02.html">November 2, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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 Sarah Martin (Palmer) Allmond and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#665.36.71">John Peckworth Allmond</a>; married to Emma Delano Lobdell.</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/79519679">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> Samuel H. Baynard (1851-1925) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/01-19.html">January 19, 1851</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from New Castle County 2nd District, 1901-02; defeated, 1892. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-04.html">March 4, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine 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/129749631">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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