Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Littleton Dennis (1765-1833) — of Maryland. Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,July 21,1765.Federalist Presidential Elector for Maryland,1800(voted forJohnAdams andCharlesCotesworth Pinckney); Presidential Elector for Maryland,1812;Federalist Presidential Elector for Maryland,1816(did not vote); Presidential Elector for Maryland,1824;Presidential Elector for Maryland,1828.Died inWorcesterCounty, Md.,August16, 1833 (age68 years, 26days).Burial location unknown. | | John Dennis (1771-1806) — ofWorcesterCounty, Md.Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,December17, 1771.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1793-95;U.S.Representative from Maryland, 1797-1805 (8th District 1797-1801,at-large 1801-05).Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August17, 1806 (age34 years, 243days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Littleton Purnell Dennis (1786-1834) — of Maryland. Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,July 21,1786.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1810, 1815-16, 1819-21; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1826-33;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1833-34; died inoffice 1834.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April14, 1834 (age47 years, 267days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John Dennis (1807-1859) — of Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.Born near Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.,December7, 1807.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1835-36;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1837-41;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.Slaveowner. Died near Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.,November1, 1859 (age51 years, 329days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Southey White (1838-1899) — also known asEdward White — ofWorcesterCounty, Md.Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,September5, 1838.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1880, 1886.Died in Snow Hill,WorcesterCounty, Md.,July 29,1899 (age60 years, 327days).Burial location unknown. | | King Valentine Dennis White (1841-1917) — also known asKing V. White — of Powellville,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,January5, 1841.Democrat. Orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1870; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates from Wicomico County, 1882.Died in Powellville,WicomicoCounty, Md.,April17, 1917 (age76 years, 102days).Burial location unknown. | | Elijah Stanton Adkins (1849-1912) — also known asElijah S. Adkins — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Powellville,WicomicoCounty, Md.,June 25,1849.Republican.Lumbermerchant; postmaster atSalisbury,Md., 1898-1902.Died in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,November28, 1912 (age63 years, 156days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | William Sylvanus Allee (1852-1916) — also known asWilliam S. Allee — of High Point,MoniteauCounty, Mo.; Olean,MillerCounty, Mo.Born inMoniteauCounty, Mo.,January20, 1852.Democrat.Physician;banker;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1904;member ofMissouristate senate 27th District, 1909-16; died in office 1916.Died, following surgery forintestinalobstruction, in WesleyHospital,Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,October9, 1916 (age64 years, 263days).Interment atOlean Cemetery, Olean, Mo.  | William Joseph Allee (1860-1937) — also known asW. Joe Allee — of California,MoniteauCounty, Mo.Born near California,MoniteauCounty, Mo.,April 9,1860.Republican.Farmer;livestockraiser; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Moniteau County, 1917-20.Died in California,MoniteauCounty, Mo.,May 11,1937 (age77 years, 32days).Interment atCalifornia Masonic Cemetery, California, Mo. | | | John Edward White (b. 1867) — also known asNed White — of Snow Hill,WorcesterCounty, Md.Born in Maryland,1867.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1898.Burial location unknown. | | Merrill Henry Tilghman (1875-1927) — also known asMerrill H. Tilghman — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Snow Hill,WorcesterCounty, Md.,February9, 1875.Democrat.Railwayconductor; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1924; candidate forU.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1926.Member,Brotherhoodof Railroad Trainmen;Orderof Railway Conductors.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,March 7,1927 (age52 years, 26days).Interment atSilverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park, Wilmington, Del. | | Frederick Paul Adkins (1878-1963) — also known asFrederick P. Adkins — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born inWicomicoCounty, Md.,November9, 1878.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMaryland,1916.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Maryland,March 9,1963 (age84 years, 120days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | Henry Etna Allee (1880-1958) — of Clarksburg,MoniteauCounty, Mo.Born in Clarksburg,MoniteauCounty, Mo.,December3, 1880.Democrat.Dentist;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1924.Died in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,April 4,1958 (age77 years, 122days).Interment atHickman Cemetery, Clarksburg, Mo. | | Elijah Dale Adkins (1883-1951) — also known asE. Dale Adkins — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.; Easton,TalbotCounty, Md.Born inWorcesterCounty, Md.,August14, 1883.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1912(alternate),1948;member ofMarylandstate senate from Wicomico County, 1924.DiedSeptember25, 1951 (age68 years, 42days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | Elbert Spencer Miner (1885-1970) — also known asElbert S. Miner — of Ridgeway,HarrisonCounty, Mo.; Chillicothe,LivingstonCounty, Mo.; Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.Born in Ridgeway,HarrisonCounty, Mo.,September11, 1885.Republican.Lumberbusiness;automobiledealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1924;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Livingston County, 1935-36;defeated, 1936.Died in Columbia,BooneCounty, Mo.,November4, 1970 (age85 years, 54days).Interment atColumbiaCemetery, Columbia, Mo. | | Wallace Henry White (1887-1971) — also known asWallace H. White;William Henry WallaceWhite —of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born inWicomicoCounty, Md.,January15, 1887.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofMarylandstate senate from Wicomico County, 1947-50; appointed 1947.Died inPinellasCounty, Fla.,January3, 1971 (age83 years, 353days).Burial location unknown. | | Arthur Percival White (1889-1963) — also known asPercy White — ofWicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Powellville,WicomicoCounty, Md.,December27, 1889.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1927-30.Died in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,May 10,1963 (age73 years, 134days).Burial location unknown. | | Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906-1983) — also known asBertha S. Adkins — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,August24, 1906.Republican.Dean ofWomen, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1934-42;Dean ofResidence, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass., 1942-46;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maryland, 1948-58; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Maryland,1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960(alternate).Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;PiLambda Theta.Died in Oxford,TalbotCounty, Md.,January14, 1983 (age76 years, 143days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | Edward Homer White Jr. (1911-1998) — also known asE. Homer White, Jr. — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,April 5,1911.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;shoemerchant; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1947-69; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1968; member ofMarylandstate senate 36th District, 1975-78.Methodist.Member,Rotary.Died, in anursinghome, at Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,August9, 1998 (age87 years, 126days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | Elijah Dale Adkins Jr. (1915-1982) — also known asE. Dale Adkins, Jr. — ofWicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Maryland,December7, 1915.Republican. Member ofMarylandstate senate from Wicomico County, 1951-53; resigned 1953.Died in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,June 15,1982 (age66 years, 190days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md.
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