Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsChristianaMasonic Home CemeteryFaulklandBeth Emeth Memorial ParkGlasgowPencader CemeteryGreenvilleSt. Joseph on theBrandywine CemeteryMiddletownForest CemeteryMiddletownOld St. Anne's ChurchCemeteryNew CastleGlebe CemeteryNew CastleGracelawn Memorial ParkNew CastleImmanuel ChurchyardNew CastlePresbyterian CemeteryNewarkHead of Christiana ChurchCemeteryNewarkWelsh Tract CemeteryOdessaCorbit Family CemeteryOdessaOld Drawyer's PresbyterianChurchyardOwls NestLower BrandywinePresbyterian Church CemeterySt. GeorgesSt. Georges CemeteryTownsendTownsend CemeteryWilmingtonAll Saints CemeteryWilmingtonCathedral CemeteryWilmingtonDu Pont de NemoursCemeteryWilmingtonFriends Burial GroundWilmingtonJewish CommunityCemeteryWilmingtonMethodist ChurchCemeteryWilmingtonMt. Salem CemeteryWilmingtonNemours Estate CarillonWilmingtonOld Swedes ChurchCemeteryWilmingtonPresbyterian ChurchCemeteryWilmingtonRiverview CemeteryWilmingtonSt. James Episcopal ChurchCemeteryWilmingtonSilverbrook Cemetery andMemorial ParkWilmingtonWilmington and BrandywineCemetery
Private or familygraveyard
New Castle County,
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | |  Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) — of Delaware. Born inCecilCounty, Md.,July 20,1744.Physician;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delawarestate treasurer, 1786-89;Presidentof Delaware, 1789-92;Governor ofDelaware, 1793-96;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August11, 1798 (age54 years, 22days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatBethelCemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.; cenotaph atOldPresbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del. | | Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Delaware City,New CastleCounty, Del.,September25, 1738.Lawyer;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-78;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1777;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;Presidentof Delaware, 1783-86.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,February19, 1789 (age50 years, 147days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentatImmanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.
Masonic HomeCemetery
Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1747.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85;Delawarestate attorney general, 1784-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; memberofDelawarestate senate, 1788; Presidential Elector for Delaware,1789;U.S.District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March30, 1812 (ageabout 64years).Original interment atPresbyterian ChurchCemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment at Masonic Home Cemetery.
Beth EmethMemorial Park
Faulkland, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Benjamin Ableman (1890-1976) — of Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 1,1890.Democrat.Clothingmerchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Delaware,1924;Delaware state director, Works Progress Administration; member,Delaware State Highway Commission.Jewish. Member,Rotary;OddFellows.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March16, 1976 (age85 years, 350days).Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park. | | Bertha Ableman (1890-1980) — also known asBertha Weinstein;Mrs. BenjaminAbleman —of Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inRussia,April14, 1890.Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1936,1964.Female.Jewish. Member,Rebekah.Died, in Memorial DivisionHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November16, 1980 (age90 years, 216days).Interment at Beth Emeth Memorial Park.
PencaderCemetery
Glasgow, New Castle County, Delaware
St. Joseph on theBrandywine Cemetery
10 Old Church Road
Greenville, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Joseph Robinette Biden III (1969-2015) — also known asBeau Biden — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February3, 1969.Democrat.Lawyer;Delawarestate attorney general, 2007-15; major in the U.S. Army duringthe Iraq War;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 2008.Catholic.Member,PsiUpsilon.Died, frombraincancer, inWalterReed Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 30,2015 (age46 years, 116days).Interment at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery.
ForestCemetery
Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Polk Cochran (1809-1898) — also known asJohn P. Cochran — of near Middletown,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Middletown,New CastleCounty, Del.,February7, 1809.Democrat.Governor ofDelaware, 1875-79.Presbyterian.Died near Middletown,New CastleCounty, Del.,December27, 1898 (age89 years, 323days).Interment at Forest Cemetery.
Old St. Anne'sChurch Cemetery
Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware
GlebeCemetery
Glebe Lane
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Bankson Taylor Holcomb (1879-1945) — also known asBankson T. Holcomb — of Pittstown,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.; Pompton Lakes,PassaicCounty, N.J.; New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; near Frederica,KentCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,January20, 1879.Democrat.Insurancebusiness;delegateto Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Delawarestate director, U.S. National Youth Administration; candidate forDelawarestate senate from Kent County 5th District, 1942.DiedJanuary9, 1945 (age65 years, 355days).Interment at Glebe Cemetery.
GracelawnMemorial Park
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Eugene Lammot (1899-1987) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Germantown, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 22,1899.Democrat.Insurancebroker; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1955-58;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1957-60; defeated in primary, 1964; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1960;LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1961-65.Presbyterian.Member,Kiwanis;Elks;Eagles;Moose.Died, fromheartfailure, in WilmingtonHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March 2,1987 (age87 years, 284days).Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. | | Calvin Robert McCullough (1902-1984) — also known asCalvin R. McCullough — of Holloway Terrace,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September29, 1902.Democrat.Contractor;bankdirector; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 10thDistrict, 1949-50; member ofDelawarestate senate, 1955-80 (New Castle County 5th District 1955-64,11th District 1965-72, 12th District 1973-80); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Delaware,1968.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Moose.Died, fromcancer,in Holloway Terrace,New CastleCounty, Del.,October8, 1984 (age82 years, 9days).Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. | | Herman M. Holloway (1922-1994) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in1922.Democrat. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 1stDistrict, 1964; member ofDelawarestate senate 2nd District, 1965-93; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Delaware,1968.Died in1994(ageabout72 years).Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park. | | Ralph S. Keenan (1903-1982) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 13,1903.Republican.Paintingcontractor;policeofficer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 3rdDistrict, 1943-48, 1961-64; member ofDelawarestate senate 4th District, 1967-68.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;TallCedars of Lebanon;Shriners.Died, in the Delaware Divisionhospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 23,1982 (age79 years, 10days).Interment at Gracelawn Memorial Park.
ImmanuelChurchyard
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Read (1733-1798) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near North East,CecilCounty, Md.,September18, 1733.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-79,1782-83;Presidentof Delaware, 1777-78; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1779-80;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1789-93;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1793-98.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,September21, 1798 (age65 years, 3days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard; memorial monument atConstitutionGardens, Washington, D.C. | | Nicholas Van Dyke (1738-1789) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Delaware City,New CastleCounty, Del.,September25, 1738.Lawyer;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1776; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1776-78;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1777;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;Presidentof Delaware, 1783-86.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,February19, 1789 (age50 years, 147days).Original interment ata private or familygraveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at ImmanuelChurchyard. | | Nicholas Van Dyke (1770-1826) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,December20, 1770.Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1799;Delawarestate attorney general, 1801-06;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1807-11; member ofDelawarestate senate, 1815-16;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1817-26; died in office 1826.Slaveowner. Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 21,1826 (age55 years, 152days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | Clayton Douglass Buck (1890-1965) — also known asC. Douglass Buck — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,March21, 1890.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer;Governorof Delaware, 1929-37; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1932; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1936,1940(HonoraryVice-President;speaker),1944,1948;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware,1940;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1943-49; defeated, 1948.Episcopalian.Died near New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,January27, 1965 (age74 years, 312days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | Gunning Bedford (1742-1797) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 7,1742.Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1784;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1786; Presidential Electorfor Delaware,1789;Governorof Delaware, 1796-97; died in office 1797.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,September30, 1797 (age55 years, 176days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | Daniel Fooks Wolcott (1910-1973) — also known asDaniel F. Wolcott — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January29, 1910.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate forDelawarestate attorney general, 1946; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1948;superior court judge in Delaware, 1949;chair ofNew Castle County Democratic Party, 1950;chancellorof Delaware court of chancery, 1950-51;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1951-64;chiefjustice of Delaware state supreme court, 1964-73.Episcopalian.Member,BetaTheta Pi;Societyof Colonial Wars.Losthis right leg during World War II, while commanding a combatdemolition unit.DiedJuly 10,1973 (age63 years, 162days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | Thomas Stockton (1781-1846) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inNew CastleCounty, Del.,April 1,1781.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate toWhig National Convention from Delaware, 1839 (member, BallotingCommittee);Governor ofDelaware, 1845-46; died in office 1846.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, ofheartdisease, inNew CastleCounty, Del.,March 1,1846 (age64 years, 334days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | George Brydges Rodney (1803-1883) — also known asGeorge B. Rodney — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.,April 2,1803.U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1841-45.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 18,1883 (age80 years, 77days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) — ofNewCastle County, Del.Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,1755.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;physician;banker;member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800;candidate forGovernor ofDelaware, 1795; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1795;NewCastle County Prothonotary, 1801-05.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died inNew CastleCounty, Del.,September12, 1822 (ageabout 67years).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard. | | John Henry Rodney (1839-1913) — also known asJohn H. Rodney — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 18,1839.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Delaware, 1888.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August13, 1913 (age74 years, 56days).Interment at Immanuel Churchyard.
PresbyterianCemetery
Gray Street
New Castle, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Kensey Johns Jr. (1791-1857) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,December10, 1791.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1827-31;chancellorof Delaware court of chancery, 1832-57; died in office 1857.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,March28, 1857 (age65 years, 108days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.  | George Gray (1840-1925) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 4,1840.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1880,1884;Delawarestate attorney general, 1879-85;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1885-99;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1899-1914;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1904;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware,1920.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August7, 1925 (age85 years, 95days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery. | | | Charles Thomas (1790-1848) — of Delaware. Born in Red Lion Hundred,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 23,1790.Lawyer;Governorof Delaware, 1823-24.Presbyterian.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,February8, 1848 (age57 years, 230days).Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery.
Head ofChristiana Church Cemetery
1100 Church Road
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Pilling (1830-1900) — of Newark,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Chowbent, Lancashire (now Atherton, Greater Manchester),England,March6, 1830.Republican.Woollenmanufacturer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 9thDistrict, 1899-1900; died in office 1900; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1884,1896;member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1891-94.Englishancestry.Died in Newark,New CastleCounty, Del.,November8, 1900 (age70 years, 247days).Interment at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Richard Pilling and Susan (Bradshaw) Pilling; married1851 toElizabeth B. Kelley; married1877 to EllenGlenn. |
| | Jacob A. Correll (1896-1968) — of Newark,New CastleCounty, Del.BornApril29, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1957-60; memberofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 11thDistrict, 1963-64.Member,Lions;Grange.DiedFebruary8, 1968 (age71 years, 285days).Interment at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery.
Welsh TractCemetery
Newark, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Webb Cooch — also known asEdward W. Cooch — of Delaware.LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1937-41.Interment at Welsh Tract Cemetery.
Corbit FamilyCemetery
Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Alexander Peterson Corbit (1864-1923) — also known asAlexander P. Corbit — of Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.BornFebruary20, 1864.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 13thDistrict, 1907-08, 1919-22; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1909-12;president, New Castle County NationalBank;director, DelawareRailroad.Died, ofpneumonia,in Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.,February18, 1923 (age58 years, 363days).Interment at Corbit Family Cemetery.
Old Drawyer'sPresbyterian Churchyard
U.S. 13
Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Arnold Naudain (1790-1872) — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born near Dover,KentCounty, Del.,January6, 1790.Physician;surgeon general of the Delaware militia in the War of 1812;postmaster atDover,Del., 1816-18; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1823-27;Speaker ofthe Delaware State House of Representatives, 1826;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1830-36; resigned 1836; candidate forGovernor ofDelaware, 1832; member ofDelawarestate senate, 1836-39;U.S.Collector of Customs at Wilmington, Del., Delaware, 1841-45.Slaveowner. Died in Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.,January4, 1872 (age81 years, 363days).Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard. | | Walter Wolfkiel Bacon (1880-1962) — also known asWalter W. Bacon — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,January20, 1880.Republican. Department head, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.chemicalfirm, 1903-18; treasurer,Buick MotorCompany, 1918-30;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1935-40;Governor ofDelaware, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Delaware,1944,1948.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March18, 1962 (age82 years, 57days).Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard. | | Sherman Willard Tribbitt (1922-2010) — also known asSherman W. Tribbitt — of Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Denton,CarolineCounty, Md.,November9, 1922.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1957-64, 1971-72 (New CastleCounty 13th District 1957-64, 27th District 1971-72);Speaker ofthe Delaware State House of Representatives, 1958-64;LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1965-69;Governor ofDelaware, 1973-77; Democratic Presidential Elector for Delaware,1992.Methodist.Died in Milford,KentCounty, Del.,August14, 2010 (age87 years, 278days).Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard. | | Leonard Vandegrift Aspril Jr. (1850-1934) — also known asLeonard V. Aspril, Jr. — ofNewCastle County, Del.BornMarch11, 1850.Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 13thDistrict, 1903-04.DiedFebruary24, 1934 (age83 years, 350days).Interment at Old Drawyer's Presbyterian Churchyard.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (McMurphy) Aspril and Leonard Vandegrift Aspril; married toLydia Williams. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Lower BrandywinePresbyterian Church Cemetery
117 Old Kennett Road
Owls Nest, New Castle County, Delaware
Founded 1720
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Daniel Oren Hastings (1874-1966) — also known asDaniel O. Hastings — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Centerville,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.,March 5,1874.Republican.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1909; appointed 1909; resigned 1909;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909; resigned1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1920(alternate),1928(alternate),1932,1936,1944(alternate),1952;member, Credentials Committee,1928,1952;speaker,1928;member, Resolutions Committee,1936;member, Arrangements Committee,1940;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated, 1936;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1937-40.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 9,1966 (age92 years, 65days).Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | John Percy Nields (1868-1943) — also known asJohn P. Nields — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August7, 1868.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1902, 1903-16; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I;U.S.District Judge for Delaware, 1930-41; took senior status 1941;senior judge, 1941-43.Died in Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.,August26, 1943 (age75 years, 19days).Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | John George Stewart (1890-1970) — also known asJ. George Stewart — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 2,1890.Republican.Civilengineer;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1935-37; defeated, 1936;delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee).Died inWashington,D.C.,May 24,1970 (age79 years, 356days).Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery. | | William A. Simonton (1871-1951) — also known as"Cap" — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,September28, 1871.Republican. Executive at Du Pontchemicalcompany; director of Delaware Maryland VirginiaRailroad;member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1923-38.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons;KnightsTemplar;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;Elks.Died, following aheartattack, at DelawareHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October9, 1951 (age80 years, 11days).Interment at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
St. GeorgesCemetery
St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Anthony Higgins (1840-1912) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Red Lion Hundred,New CastleCounty, Del.,October1, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1869-76; candidate forU.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1884;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1889-95; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1896;one of the attorneys for U.S. District JudgeCharlesSwayne during his impeachment proceedings, 1904-05.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 26,1912 (age71 years, 269days).Interment at St. Georges Cemetery. | | Homer Morrison Byington Jr. (1908-1987) — also known asHomer M. Byington, Jr. — of Norwalk,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Naples,Italyof American parents,May 31,1908.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul inNaples, 1938-39; U.S. Ambassador toMalaya, 1957-61; U.S. Consul General inNaples, 1963-73.Protestant.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1946.Died, of aheartattack,aboardtheVista Fjord, a Norwegian cruise ship, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,November2, 1987 (age79 years, 155days).Interment at St. Georges Cemetery. | | John L. Deputy (1854-1937) — of Porter's Station (now Porter),New CastleCounty, Del.Born in1854.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 11thDistrict, 1925-26.Died, from aheartcondition, in Porter,New CastleCounty, Del.,February25, 1937 (ageabout 82years).Interment at St. Georges Cemetery.
TownsendCemetery
Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Elmer Sherman Webb (1889-1954) — also known asE. Sherman Webb — of Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.BornMay 7,1889.Democrat.Farmer;hardwareandfeedbusiness; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 13thDistrict, 1931-32; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 6th District, 1949-52.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;TallCedars of Lebanon.Died, from aheartattack, in Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.,February12, 1954 (age64 years, 281days).Interment at Townsend Cemetery. | | Sudler H. King (1896-1968) — ofNewCastle County, Del.Born in1896.Democrat.Poultryfarmer;policeofficer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 13thDistrict, 1949-50.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, in KentGeneralHospital, Dover,KentCounty, Del.,February19, 1968 (ageabout 71years).Interment at Townsend Cemetery.
All SaintsCemetery
6001 Kirkwood Highway
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Clair John Killoran (1905-1975) — also known asClair J. Killoran — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Weiser,WashingtonCounty, Idaho,April12, 1905.Republican.Lawyer;Delawarestate attorney general, 1943-47; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1948(alternate),1952,1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee);DelawareRepublican state chair, 1950; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1952.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;KappaSigma;Elks.DiedOctober29, 1975 (age70 years, 200days).Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
CathedralCemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Philip Andrew Traynor (1874-1962) — also known asPhilip A. Traynor — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 31,1874.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1941-43, 1945-47;defeated, 1942, 1946; candidate formayorof Wilmington, Del., 1949.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,December5, 1962 (age88 years, 188days).Interment at Cathedral Cemetery. | | John Edward Babiarz (1915-2004) — also known asJohn E. Babiarz — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 6,1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;NewCastle County Register in Chancery, 1949-53; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Delaware,1956,1960,1964,1968;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1961-69.Catholic.Polishancestry. Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Kiwanis;Eagles;Knightsof Columbus;PolishNational Alliance.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 5,2004 (age88 years, 365days).Interment at Cathedral Cemetery. | | Eugene Ennalls Berl (1889-1954) — also known asE. Ennalls Berl — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March 2,1889.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;delegateto Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1940,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee); candidate forU.S.Senator from Delaware, 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Delaware, 1948.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedApril 1,1954 (age65 years, 30days).Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.  | John Jacob Raskob (1879-1950) — also known asJohn J. Raskob — Born in Lockport,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1879.Democrat. Executive atGeneralMotors andDuPont;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1928-32.Catholic.GermanandIrishancestry.Died in Centreville,QueenAnne's County, Md.,October15, 1950 (age71 years, 210days).Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Raskob and Anna Frances (Moran) Raskob; married1906 to HelenaSpringer Green. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | John Edward Reilly Sr. (1893-1963) — also known asJohn E. Reilly, Sr. — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 27,1893.Democrat.Machinist;firefighter;cafemanager; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 1stDistrict, 1945-46; defeated, 1946; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 2nd District, 1949-63; diedin office 1963.Catholic.Member,HolyName Society;Knightsof Columbus;Moose;Eagles.Died, fromcancer,in St. FrancisHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February26, 1963 (age69 years, 214days).Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Canavan) Reilly and James P. Reilly; married1917 to AliceMagdala Scanlan. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Du Pont deNemours Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) — also known asT. Coleman du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December11, 1863.Republican.Engineer;president, E.I. Du Pont de NemoursPowderCo., 1902-15; president, CentralCoal andIron Co.,and other mining firms; director, Union NationalBank;owner ofhotels;DelawareRepublican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1908(alternate),1920(speaker),1924,1928;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1916;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.Member,AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;UnionLeague.Died, fromcancerof the larynx, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November11, 1930 (age66 years, 335days).Cremated;ashes interred at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery. | | Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) — also known asHenry A. du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Winterthur,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Eleutherian Mills,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 30,1838.Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; receivedtheMedalof Honor in 1898 for his handling of the retreat at the Battle ofCedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864; president, Wilmington andNorthernRailroad,1879-1899; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forDelaware,1892;delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1908,1912;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1906-17; defeated, 1916; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Delaware,1920.Episcopalian.Died in Winterthur,New CastleCounty, Del.,December31, 1926 (age88 years, 154days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofHenryDuPont and Louisa (Gerhard) du Pont; married1874 to MaryPauline Foster; first cousin once removed ofCharlesIrénée du Pont,ThomasColeman du Pont,AlfredIrénée du Pont,PierreSamuel du Pont,FrancisIrenee du Pont,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin twice removed ofFrancisVictor du Pont,HenryBelin du Pont Jr.,Lammotdu Pont Copeland,ThomasFrancis Bayard III, Ethel du Pont (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.),Reynoldsdu Pont andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed ofEleuthereIrenee du Pont,PierreSamuel du Pont IV andRichardHenry Bayard. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Green Bradford II (1848-1928) — also known asEdward G. Bradford II — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March12, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1880-81; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1888,1916(alternate);delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1897;U.S.District Judge for Delaware, 1897-1918; retired 1918.Died in Clifton Heights,DelawareCounty, Pa.,March30, 1928 (age80 years, 18days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardGreen Bradford and Mary Alicia (Heyward) Bradford; married,September18, 1872, to Eleuthera Paulina du Pont; father ofEdwardGreen Bradford Jr.; uncle ofElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; grandfather ofHenryBelin du Pont Jr.; granduncle ofThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle ofRichardHenry Bayard; sixth great-grandson ofGeorgeWyllys andJohnHaynes; second cousin thrice removed ofTimothyPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofAbrahamDavenport andRobertTreat Paine; third cousin once removed ofBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin twice removed ofChaunceyFitch Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed ofAaronKitchell,EnochWoodbridge,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,EphraimSafford andIsaiahKidder; fourth cousin ofClaytonHyde Lathrop; fourth cousin once removed ofIraChandler Backus,JoshuaPerkins,JuliusLevi Strong,HenrySabin,LeeRandall Sanborn andClaytonHuntington Lathrop. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry DuPont (1812-1889) — Born inNew CastleCounty, Del.,August8, 1812.Republican.AdjutantGeneral of Delaware, 1846-61; head of the E. I. du Pont deNemoursgunpowdermanufacturing firm; Republican candidate for Presidential Electorfor Delaware,1868;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware,1876;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware,1880;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Delaware,1888.Frenchancestry.Died inNew CastleCounty, Del.,August8, 1889 (age77 years, 0days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Eleuthere Irenee DuPont and Sophia Madeline (Dalmas) DuPont;married to Louisa Gebhard; father ofHenryAlgernon du Pont; granduncle ofThomasColeman du Pont,AlfredIrénée du Pont,PierreSamuel du Pont,FrancisIrenee du Pont,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; great-granduncle ofFrancisVictor du Pont,HenryBelin du Pont Jr.,Lammotdu Pont Copeland,ThomasFrancis Bayard III,Reynoldsdu Pont andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; second great-granduncle ofEleuthereIrenee du Pont,PierreSamuel du Pont IV andRichardHenry Bayard; first cousin ofCharlesIrénée du Pont. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Reynolds du Pont (1918-1980) — of Greenville,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March15, 1918.Republican.Engineer;chemicalmanufacturer; member ofDelawarestate senate, 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,1964.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February19, 1980 (age61 years, 341days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery. | | Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869) — also known asCharles I. du Pont — Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March29, 1797.Whig.Clothmanufacturer; president, FarmersBank ofDelaware; an organizer of the DelawareRailroad;member ofDelawarestate senate, 1841-44, 1853-56.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January31, 1869 (age71 years, 308days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Victor Marie du Pont=de Nemours and Gabrielle Joséphine dela Fite=de Pelleport; married,October8, 1824, to Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (daughter ofNicholasVan Dyke (1770-1826); granddaughter ofNicholasVan Dyke (1738-1789)); married to Anne Ridgely (daughter ofHenryMoore Ridgely); great-grandfather ofFrancisVictor du Pont; second great-grandfather ofEleuthereIrenee du Pont; first cousin ofHenryDuPont; first cousin once removed ofHenryAlgernon du Pont; first cousin twice removed ofThomasColeman du Pont,AlfredIrénée du Pont,PierreSamuel du Pont,FrancisIrenee du Pont,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryBelin du Pont Jr.,Lammotdu Pont Copeland,ThomasFrancis Bayard III,Reynoldsdu Pont andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; first cousin four times removed ofPierreSamuel du Pont IV andRichardHenry Bayard. | | | | Political families:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Ridgelyfamily of Dover, Delaware;VanDyke-Johnsfamily of New Castle, Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Francis Irenee du Pont (1873-1942) — also known asFrancis I. du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,December3, 1873.Progressive. Progressive candidate for Presidential Elector forDelaware,1912;candidate formayorof Wilmington, Del., 1913.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March16, 1942 (age68 years, 103days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery. | | Edward Green Bradford Jr. (1878-1927) — also known asEdward G. Bradford, Jr. — ofNewCastle County, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September11, 1878.Republican.Lawyer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 7thDistrict, 1909-10, 1913-14.Episcopalian.Died inBaltimore,Md.,December3, 1927 (age49 years, 83days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery. | | Ethel Hallock du Pont (1876-1951) — also known asEthel H. du Pont;Ethel Fleet Hallock;Mrs. W. K. du Pont —of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Beirut, Syria (nowLebanon),October14, 1876.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1924,1928;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1924.Female.Died in Singapore,Singapore,March2, 1951 (age74 years, 139days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery. | | Henry Belin du Pont Jr. (1898-1970) — also known asHenry B. du Pont — of Greenville,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 23,1898.Republican. Vice-president, director, DuPontchemicalcompany; director, North AmericanAviationCorp. andGeneralMotors; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1936(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,April13, 1970 (age71 years, 264days).Interment at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Belin du Pont and Eluthera (Bradford) du Pont; married,October24, 1928, to Margaret Wilson Lewis; married,February24, 1949, to Emily Tybout (du Pont) Smith; nephew ofPierreSamuel du Pont, William Kemble du Pont (who marriedEthelFleet Hallock) andEdwardGreen Bradford Jr.; grandson ofEdwardGreen Bradford II; great-grandson ofEdwardGreen Bradford; great-grandnephew ofHenryDuPont; first cousin ofLammotdu Pont Copeland andReynoldsdu Pont; first cousin once removed ofThomasColeman du Pont,AlfredIrénée du Pont,FrancisIrenee du Pont,ElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard andPierreSamuel du Pont IV; first cousin twice removed ofHenryAlgernon du Pont; first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesIrénée du Pont; second cousin ofFrancisVictor du Pont,ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin once removed ofEugeneLammot,EleuthereIrenee du Pont andRichardHenry Bayard; second cousin five times removed ofTimothyPitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofBaileyFrye Adams; eighth great-grandson ofGeorgeWyllys andJohnHaynes. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Friends BurialGround
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Dickinson (1732-1808) — also known as"Penman of theRevolution" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Trappe,TalbotCounty, Md.,November13, 1732.Planter;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-76;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1779; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from New Castle County, 1781;Presidentof Delaware, 1781-83;Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1782-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1793.Quaker;laterEpiscopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February14, 1808 (age75 years, 93days).Interment at Friends Burial Ground. | | Caleb Prew Bennett (1758-1836) — of Delaware. Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,November11, 1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;NewCastle County Treasurer, 1807-33;Governor ofDelaware, 1833-36; died in office 1836.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 9,1836 (age77 years, 180days).Interment at Friends Burial Ground.
Jewish CommunityCemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Joseph Feldman (1904-1994) — also known asGeorge J. Feldman — of New York. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November6, 1904.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador toMalta, 1965-67;Luxembourg, 1967-69.Jewish.Chief author of a Congressional study which led to the creation ofNASA as a civilian space agency.Died in the Bryn Mawr TerraceNursingHome, Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,November22, 1994 (age90 years, 16days).Interment at Jewish Community Cemetery.
Methodist ChurchCemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Charles Brown Lore (1831-1911) — also known asCharles B. Lore — of Delaware. Born in Odessa,New CastleCounty, Del.,March16, 1831.Democrat.Delawarestate attorney general, 1869-74;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1883-87; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Delaware,1892;justiceof Delaware state supreme court, 1893-1909.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March 6,1911 (age79 years, 355days).Cremated;ashes interred at Methodist Church Cemetery.
Mt. SalemCemetery
1709 Mount Salem Lane
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James S. Evans (1873-1950) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Joanna Heights,BerksCounty, Pa.,February25, 1873.Republican.Railwayfreight agent; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 3rdDistrict, 1927-28, 1935-38; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1943-50; diedin office 1950.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows.Died, from aheartattack, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March24, 1950 (age77 years, 27days).Interment at Mt. Salem Cemetery.
Nemours EstateCarillon
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Alfred Irénée du Pont (1864-1935) — also known asAlfred I. du Pont — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 12,1864.Republican. Vice-president of the DuPontPowderCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1916.Member,SigmaChi.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,April28, 1935 (age70 years, 351days).Entombed at Nemours Estate Carillon.| | Relatives: Sonof Eleuthère Irénée du Pont II and CharlotteShepard (Henderson) du Pont; married1887 to BessieGardner; married1907 to MaryAlicia Hayward Bradford; married,January22, 1921, to Jessie Dew Ball; grandnephew ofHenryDuPont; first cousin ofThomasColeman du Pont andPierreSamuel du Pont; first cousin once removed ofHenryAlgernon du Pont,FrancisVictor du Pont,HenryBelin du Pont Jr.,Lammotdu Pont Copeland andReynoldsdu Pont; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesIrénée du Pont,EleuthereIrenee du Pont andPierreSamuel du Pont IV; second cousin ofFrancisIrenee du Pont,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr.,ElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard andEugeneLammot; second cousin once removed ofThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; second cousin twice removed ofRichardHenry Bayard. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
Old Swedes ChurchCemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Founded 1698
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (1828-1898) — also known asThomas F. Bayard, Sr. — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October29, 1828.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1853-55;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1869-85; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1880,1884;U.S.Secretary of State, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Delaware,1892(member,ResolutionsCommittee); U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1893-97.Died in Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,September28, 1898 (age69 years, 334days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.| | Relatives: SonofJamesAsheton Bayard Jr. and Anne (Francis) Bayard; married1856 to LouisaLee; married,November7, 1889, to Mary W. Clymer; father ofThomasFrancis Bayard Jr.; nephew ofRichardHenry Bayard (1796-1868); grandson ofJamesAsheton Bayard Sr.; grandfather of Mabel Bayard Warren (whomarriedJosephGardner Bradley),ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; great-grandson ofRichardBassett; great-grandfather ofRichardHenry Bayard (born c.1949); great-grandnephew ofJohnBubenheim Bayard; fourth great-grandnephew ofNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); fifth great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; second cousin once removed ofThomasClayton andLittletonKirkpatrick; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard; third cousin ofAndrewKirkpatrick; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802); fourth cousin ofJohnSluyter Wirt. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Seymourfamily of New York and Connecticut;DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | MountBayard, on the border betweenBritishColumbia, Canada, and thePrince ofWales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: James G. Blaine, TwentyYears of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
| | James Asheton Bayard Jr. (1799-1880) — also known asJames A. Bayard — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November15, 1799.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1837-43;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1851-64, 1867-69; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Delaware,1860,1864,1868.Suffered an accidentalfall whiledescending stairs, and died a few days later, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 13,1880 (age80 years, 211days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Samuel White (1770-1809) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inKentCounty, Del., December,1770.Lawyer;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1801-09; died in office 1809.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November4, 1809 (age38 years, 0days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (1868-1942) — also known asThomas F. Bayard — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 4,1868.Democrat.Lawyer;DelawareDemocratic state chair, 1906-16;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1922-29; defeated, 1928, 1930; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Delaware,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee).Episcopalian.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,July 12,1942 (age74 years, 38days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Edward Green Bradford (1819-1884) — also known asEdward G. Bradford — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inCecilCounty, Md.,July 17,1819.Republican.Lawyer;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1849-50; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Delaware,1856(member,PlatformCommittee);U.S.Attorney for Delaware, 1861-66; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Delaware, 1868-70;U.S.District Judge for Delaware, 1871-84; died in office 1884.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,January16, 1884 (age64 years, 183days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Moses Bradford and Phebe (George) Bradford; married1840 to MaryAlicia Heyward; married,February5, 1852, to Elizabeth Roberts Canby (fourth cousin *** ofElsieCryder Woodward); father ofEdwardGreen Bradford II; grandfather ofEdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; great-grandfather ofHenryBelin du Pont Jr.,ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; second great-grandfather ofRichardHenry Bayard; fifth great-grandson ofGeorgeWyllys andJohnHaynes; second cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamDavenport (1715-1789) andRobertTreat Paine; third cousin ofBaileyFrye Adams; third cousin once removed ofChaunceyFitch Cleveland andClaytonHyde Lathrop; third cousin twice removed ofAaronKitchell,EnochWoodbridge,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,EphraimSafford,IsaiahKidder andClaytonHuntington Lathrop; fourth cousin ofIraChandler Backus,JoshuaPerkins,JuliusLevi Strong,HenrySabin andLeeRandall Sanborn; fourth cousin once removed ofAbrahamDavenport (1767-1837),JonathanUsher,WilliamWoodbridge,DudleyWoodbridge,TheodoreDavenport,CharlesStetson,JamesSafford,LutherKidder,IsaiahStetson,ChesterDorman Hubbard,DelosFall andJamesL. Sanborn. | | | | Political family:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ignatius C. Grubb (1841-1927) — of Delaware. BornApril12, 1841.Justiceof Delaware state supreme court, 1910.DiedJune 6,1927 (age86 years, 55days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard (1918-1985) — also known asAlexis I. du Pont Bayard — of Rockland,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February11, 1918.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware,1948(alternate; member,CredentialsCommittee),1952(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1960,1968;LieutenantGovernor of Delaware, 1949-53; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Delaware,1972.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Jaycees.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September3, 1985 (age67 years, 204days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Edward Roche (1754-1821) — ofNewCastle County, Del.Born in County Cork,Ireland,April10, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;merchant;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1791; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County, 1798.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.DiedApril 6,1821 (age66 years, 361days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Elizabeth Bradford du Pont Bayard (1880-1975) — also known asElizabeth Bradford du Pont;Mrs. ThomasFrancis Bayard —of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January23, 1880.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDelaware,1944.Female.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September14, 1975 (age95 years, 234days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery. | | Thomas Francis Bayard III (1911-1992) — also known asThomas F. Bayard III — ofNewCastle County, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,December31, 1911.Democrat. Candidate forDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 7thDistrict, 1956.Died in Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,February9, 1992 (age80 years, 40days).Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery.
PresbyterianChurch Cemetery
10th and Market Streets
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747-1812) — of Delaware. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1747.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-85;Delawarestate attorney general, 1784-90;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto Delaware convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; memberofDelawarestate senate, 1788; Presidential Elector for Delaware,1789;U.S.District Judge for Delaware, 1789-1812; died in office 1812.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March30, 1812 (ageabout 64years).Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment atMasonic Home Cemetery, Christiana, Del. | | Henry Latimer (1752-1819) — of Delaware. Born in Newport,New CastleCounty, Del.,April24, 1752.Physician;member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1787-91;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December19, 1819 (age67 years, 239days).Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment atWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | John McKinly (1721-1796) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inNorthernIreland,February21, 1721.Physician;NewCastle County Sheriff, 1757; member ofDelawarecolonial Assembly, 1771-76; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1776-77;Presidentof Delaware, 1777.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August21, 1796 (age75 years, 182days).Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment in1922 atWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | David C. Wilson (1789-1865) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in1789.Whig.Banker;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1843-45.DiedMarch30, 1865 (ageabout 75years).Original interment at Presbyterian Church Cemetery; reinterment tounknown location.
RiverviewCemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Richard Cann McMullen (1868-1944) — also known asRichard C. McMullen — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Glasgow,New CastleCounty, Del.,January2, 1868.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDelaware,1936;Governorof Delaware, 1937-41.Methodist.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February18, 1944 (age76 years, 47days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery. | | Manlove Howard Jester (1870-1932) — also known asM. Howard Jester — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.BornNovember14, 1870.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 3rdDistrict, 1905-06; postmaster atWilmington,Del., 1909-13.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November14, 1932 (age62 years, 0days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Jester and Elizabeth A. (McDaniel) Jester; married toFlorra Clayton. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Burton S. Heal (1884-1979) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Holly Oak,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 2,1884.Republican. Clerk of the Delaware House of Representatives, 1925;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 6thDistrict, 1935-36; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 3rd District, 1939-42;NewCastle County Recorder of Deeds, 1943-54.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Introduced the bill to designate the Blue Hen as the Delaware statebird.Died, in Memorial Divisionhospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August17, 1979 (age95 years, 107days).Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
St. JamesEpiscopal Church Cemetery
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lewis Heisler Ball (1861-1933) — also known asL. Heisler Ball — of Faulkland,New CastleCounty, Del.; Marshallton,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Stanton,New CastleCounty, Del.,September21, 1861.Republican.Physician;delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1896,1908(alternate),1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee);Delawarestate treasurer, 1899-1901;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1901-03; defeated, 1902;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1903-05, 1919-25.Died, frompneumonia,in Faulkland,New CastleCounty, Del.,October18, 1933 (age72 years, 27days).Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery. | | Richard Thomas Pilling (1864-1951) — also known asRichard T. Pilling — of Kiamensi,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Kiamensi,New CastleCounty, Del.,1864.Republican.Woollenmanufacturer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 8thDistrict, 1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Delaware,1912.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Towson,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,April 1,1951 (ageabout 86years).Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery.
SilverbrookCemetery and Memorial Park
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | 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 at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. | | Alexander R. Abrahams (1888-1971) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in1888.Republican. Postmaster atWilmington,Del., 1928-33 (acting, 1928); member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 3rdDistrict, 1934.Died in1971(ageabout83 years).Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. | | Elwood Franklin Melson Jr. (1914-2001) — also known asElwood F. Melson, Jr. — of Claymont,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Frankford,SussexCounty, Del.,March12, 1914.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 3rd District, 1955-58; familycourt judge in Delaware, 1964-80.Methodist.Fought successfully to abolish the death penalty in Delaware (1958). Died, following a series ofstrokes,in Hockessin,New CastleCounty, Del.,December25, 2001 (age87 years, 288days).Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park.  | Jacob Scheifele (1858-1934) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Pennsylvania,March10, 1858.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 1stDistrict, 1925-32.Suffered aninfectedtoe, which was amputated; soon after, the whole foot was amputated,and then his left leg; but within a few days, he died fromgangrene,in DelawareHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February22, 1934 (age75 years, 349days).Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park. |
Wilmington andBrandywine Cemetery
701 Delaware Avenue
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Founded 1843
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Richard Bassett (1745-1815) — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born inCecilCounty, Md.,April 2,1745.Lawyer;member ofDelawarestate legislative council from Kent County, 1776-80, 1782-83;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofDelawarestate senate, 1782; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1786;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; common pleas court judge inDelaware, 1793-99;Governor ofDelaware, 1799-1801;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died inCecilCounty, Md.,September15, 1815 (age70 years, 166days).Original intermentsomewherein Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1865 at Wilmington andBrandywine Cemetery. | | Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) — also known asRichard H. Bayard — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,September26, 1796.Whig.Mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1832-34;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1836-39, 1841-45;justice ofDelaware state supreme court, 1839-41; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBelgium, 1851-53.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 4,1868 (age71 years, 160days).Entombed at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | James Asheton Bayard Sr. (1767-1815) — also known as"The Chevalier";"The Goliathof His Party";"High Priest of theConstitution" —of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 28,1767.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1804-13.Slaveowner. Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August6, 1815 (age48 years, 9days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in1842 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Henry Latimer (1752-1819) — of Delaware. Born in Newport,New CastleCounty, Del.,April24, 1752.Physician;member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1787-91;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1794-95;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1795-1801.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December19, 1819 (age67 years, 239days).Original interment atPresbyterian ChurchCemetery; reinterment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | George Read Riddle (1817-1867) — also known asGeorge R. Riddle — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,1817.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1851-55; defeated, 1854;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1864-67; died in office 1867.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March29, 1867 (ageabout 49years).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.  | Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November12, 1841.Republican. President, William Lea and Sonsmilling;president, Union NationalBank,vice-president, Farmers MutualInsuranceCompany; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and WashingtonRailroad;Governorof Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Delaware,1908.Quaker. Member,UnionLeague.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,December4, 1916 (age75 years, 22days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | | Charles Robert Miller (1857-1927) — also known asCharles Miller — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,September30, 1857.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 1st District, 1911-12;Governor ofDelaware, 1913-17.Episcopalian.Died in Berlin,CamdenCounty, N.J.,September18, 1927 (age69 years, 353days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Robert Pyle Robinson (1869-1939) — also known asRobert P. Robinson — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March28, 1869.Republican.Banker;Governor ofDelaware, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Delaware,1928,1932.Presbyterian.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March 4,1939 (age69 years, 341days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | John Wales (1783-1863) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 31,1783.Lawyer;banker;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1845-49;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1849-51; one of thefoundersof Newark College, now the University of Delaware.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,December3, 1863 (age80 years, 125days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | John McKinly (1721-1796) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inNorthernIreland,February21, 1721.Physician;NewCastle County Sheriff, 1757; member ofDelawarecolonial Assembly, 1771-76; member ofDelawarehouse of assembly, 1776-77;Presidentof Delaware, 1777.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August21, 1796 (age75 years, 182days).Original interment atPresbyterian ChurchCemetery; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington and BrandywineCemetery. | | Eleazer McComb (1740-1798) — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,August11, 1740.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;merchant;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84;Delawarestate auditor, 1787-93;bankdirector.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, fromyellowfever, in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del., December,1798(age58years, 0 days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | James Tilton (1745-1822) — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born inKentCounty, Del.,June 1,1745.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84;Delawarestate treasurer, 1785-86.Died near Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 14,1822 (age76 years, 347days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) — also known asHenry W. Watson — of Langhorne,BucksCounty, Pa.Born inBucksCounty, Pa.,June 24,1856.Republican.Lawyer;director, LanghorneElectricLight and Power Co.; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1908;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.Episcopalian.Died in1933(ageabout77 years).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Willard Hall (1780-1875) — of Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born in Westford,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,December24, 1780.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Delaware, 1811;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1817-21; resigned 1821;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1821; member ofDelawarestate senate, 1822;federaljudge, 1823.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 10,1875 (age94 years, 137days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | John Jones Milligan (1795-1875) — also known asJohn J. Milligan — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Maryland,1795.U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1831-39.Died in1875(ageabout80 years).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | John Patten Wales (1831-1912) — also known asJohn P. Wales — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.BornJanuary2, 1831.Republican.Physician;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1882-85.DiedJune 24,1912 (age81 years, 174days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | John Peckworth Allmond (1835-1912) — also known asJohn P. Allmond — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Brandywine (now part of Wilmington),New CastleCounty, Del.,May 6,1835.Democrat.Grocer;bankdirector;brick-makingbusiness;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1878-82; vice-president, Peoples Railway Co.(PeoplesTrolley),1901-12.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,March24, 1912 (age76 years, 323days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | William Henry Heald (1864-1939) — also known asWilliam H. Heald — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August27, 1864.Republican.Bankexaminer;lawyer;postmaster atWilmington,Del., 1901-06;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1909-13;banker.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,June 3,1939 (age74 years, 280days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | William Hepburn Armstrong (1824-1919) — also known asWilliam H. Armstrong — of Williamsport,LycomingCounty, Pa.; Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Williamsport,LycomingCounty, Pa.,September7, 1824.Republican. Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Lycoming County, 1861-62;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1869-71.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 14,1919 (age94 years, 249days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | William Hemphill Jones (1811-1880) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,October26, 1811.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Delaware, 1836;mayorof Wilmington, Del., 1852-53.Died, frompneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,April30, 1880 (age68 years, 187days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Joseph Bancroft (1875-1936) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Rockford (now part of Wilmington),New CastleCounty, Del.,May 18,1875.Democrat.Chemicalengineer;executive, Joseph Bancroft & Sonschemicalmanufacturing firm; director ofrailroadsandinsurancecompanies; candidate forGovernor ofDelaware, 1924.Quaker. Member,AmericanChemical Society;ThetaXi;Freemasons;Elks.Injured in afall downstairs, and died a few days later, frompneumonia,in the HomeopathicHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,May 6,1936 (age60 years, 354days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Charles Musgrove Allmond (1866-1945) — also known asCharles M. Allmond — of Carrcroft,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February20, 1866.Physician;mayorof Newark, Del., 1895; president, DelawareTerraCotta Company.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Eagles;Woodmenof the World.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November2, 1945 (age79 years, 255days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery. | | Samuel H. Baynard (1851-1925) — ofNewCastle County, Del.BornJanuary19, 1851.Republican. Member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 2ndDistrict, 1901-02; defeated, 1892.DiedMarch 4,1925 (age74 years, 44days).Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.
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