| |  Sylvester John Abbott (1852-1923) — also known asS. John Abbott — of Milford,KentCounty, Del.Born in Milford,KentCounty, Del.,March23, 1852.Republican.Fruitgrower; organizer of the C. D. Abbott & Companydepartmentstore;banker;member ofDelawarestate senate from Kent County 5th District, 1899-1902.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;TallCedars of Lebanon.Died, fromchronicnephritis anduremia,in Milford,SussexCounty, Del.,August24, 1923 (age71 years, 154days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Milford, Del. | | Elmer L. Betts (1914-1997) — ofKentCounty, Del.Born in Farmington,KentCounty, Del.,February6, 1914.Democrat.Farmer;deputysheriff; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County 6th District,1957-60.Methodist.DiedApril12, 1997 (age83 years, 65days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Roy B. Betts and Manolia (Sullivan) Betts; married to Pearl AlicePaskey. |
| | Benjamin Thomas Biggs (1821-1893) — also known asBenjamin T. Biggs — of Middletown,New CastleCounty, Del.Born near Summit Bridge,New CastleCounty, Del.,October1, 1821.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;farmer;delegateto Delaware state constitutional convention, 1852;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1869-73; defeated, 1860;president, Queen Anne and KentRailroad,1874;Governor ofDelaware, 1887-91.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died in Middletown,New CastleCounty, Del.,December25, 1893 (age72 years, 85days).Interment atBethelCemetery, Chesapeake City, Md. | | Carlton Blendt Jr. (1928-2005) — of Townsend,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Powell,ParkCounty, Wyo.,November15, 1928.Democrat.Dairyfarmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1961-66 (New Castle County 15thDistrict 1961-64, 23rd District 1965-66).Presbyterian.Member,Grange.Died in Delaware,January22, 2005 (age76 years, 68days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del. | | Ernest Victor Blendt (1903-1953) — also known asErnest V. Blendt — of Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.Born in Delaware,May 18,1903.Democrat.Farmer;bankdirector; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,1941-42, 1953; died in office 1953; candidate forDelawarestate senate from Kent County 1st District, 1942.Methodist.Member,Lions;OddFellows;Grange.Died, in DelawareHospital,Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,August4, 1953 (age50 years, 78days).e.Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del. | | Thomas Collins (1732-1789) — ofKentCounty, Del.Born in Duck Creek (now Smyrna),KentCounty, Del.,1732.Planter; member ofDelawarestate legislative council from Kent County, 1776-82;Presidentof Delaware, 1786-89; died in office 1789.Episcopalian.Died in Duck Creek (now Smyrna),KentCounty, Del.,March29, 1789 (ageabout 56years).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Smyrna, Del. | | Stephen A. Davis (b. 1946) — also known asStephen Davis — of Tumacacori,Santa CruzCounty, Ariz.; Spartanburg,SpartanburgCounty, S.C.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February28, 1946.Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;airlinepilot; member ofArizonastate senate 9th District, 1975-76; Commodore's Staff Aide toChurch of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard; Libertarian candidateforU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1984;horsetrainer;ranch manager; in his writings, he argues thatHIV "cannot" cause AIDS, that AIDS is not contagious, that peopletested as positive are perfectly healthy, and that the epidemic wascaused by drug companies.Scientologist.Still living as of 2012. | | 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 atFriendsBurial Ground, Wilmington, Del. | | Manford Latimer Hudson (1924-2012) — also known asManford L. Hudson — ofSussexCounty, Del.Born in Frankford,SussexCounty, Del.,April14, 1924.Republican.Farmer; candidate forDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 4th District,1950.Churchof Christ.Died, in Peninsula RegionalMedicalCenter, Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,September23, 2012 (age88 years, 162days).Interment atOdd Fellows Cemetery, Laurel, Del.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Latimer Hudson and Sarah Edna (Dingle) Hudson; married toJane Gray; third cousin thrice removed ofCalebRodney Layton. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Knowles James (1852-1927) — also known asW. K. James — of St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.;AndrewCounty, Mo.Born near Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.,August20, 1852.Democrat.Lawyer;circuit judge in Missouri, 1898-1902; candidate forMissouristate senate, 1906;farmer; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Andrew County, 1917-18;defeated, 1918.Presbyterian.Member,FarmBureau;American BarAssociation;Skulland Bones.Died, frompneumonia,in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,November11, 1927 (age75 years, 83days).Interment atMt.Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.| | Relatives: Sonof Uriah Thomas James and Eliza Jane (Knowles) James; married,October31, 1883, to Mary Armstrong Tootle. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual1917 |
| | | Sudler H. King (1896-1968) — ofNewCastle County, Del.Born in1896.Democrat.Poultry farmer;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 atTownsend Cemetery, Townsend, Del. | | Alfred R. Layton (1856-1921) — ofSussexCounty, Del.Born in Millsboro,SussexCounty, Del.,1856.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 4th District,1913-14.Died in1921(ageabout65 years).Interment atConcord Church Cemetery, Concord, Del. | | John Alvin Lingo (1843-1900) — also known asJohn A. Lingo — of Millsboro,SussexCounty, Del.Born inSussexCounty, Del.,June 11,1843.Farmer;merchant;member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County, 1889-90;Delawarestate auditor, 1899-1900; died in office 1900.Died in Millsboro,SussexCounty, Del.,January26, 1900 (age56 years, 229days).Interment atMillsboroCemetery, Millsboro, Del. | | Rufus D. Lingo Jr. (1867-1923) — ofSussexCounty, Del.Born in Delaware,June 2,1867.Republican.Poultry farmer;lumber andtimber business; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 6th District,1903-06;bankdirector.Died, frominterstitialnephritis, in Dagsboro,SussexCounty, Del.,May 11,1923 (age55 years, 343days).Interment atMillsboroCemetery, Millsboro, Del. | | Simeon Selby Pennewill (1867-1935) — also known asSimeon S. Pennewill — of Greenwood,SussexCounty, Del.; Dover,KentCounty, Del.Born near Greenwood,SussexCounty, Del.,July 23,1867.Republican.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate senate from Sussex County 1st District, 1899-1906;Governor ofDelaware, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Delaware,1912,1916,1920(member,CredentialsCommittee).MethodistorPresbyterian.Died in Dover,KentCounty, Del.,September9, 1935 (age68 years, 48days).Interment atBridgevilleCemetery, Bridgeville, Del. | | Eli P. Pepper (1848-1939) — ofSussexCounty, Del.BornSeptember25, 1848.Democrat.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 9th District,1901-02.Died, in BeebeHospital,Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.,November20, 1939 (age91 years, 56days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Georgetown, Del.| | Relatives: Sonof David Pepper and Naomi (Warrington) Pepper; married1892 to MaryEugenia Burton. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Fred Pepper (1875-1953) — of Selbyville,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Fenwick Island,SussexCounty, Del.,July 24,1875.Republican.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 7th District,1939-40.Died in Selbyville,SussexCounty, Del.,September27, 1953 (age78 years, 65days).Interment atSelbyvilleRedmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Del. | | Joseph W. Prettyman (1917-1995) — of Lewes,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Delaware,August7, 1917.Grainfarmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 8th District,1953-54.Methodist.Died, in Lee Memorial Health Parkmedicalcenter, Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.,April 9,1995 (age77 years, 245days).Interment atConleys Chapel Cemetery, Angola, Del. | | William Clifford Pryor (1894-1984) — also known asClifford Pryor — of Blackbird,New CastleCounty, Del.; Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.Born in Delaware,September24, 1894.Democrat.Carpenter;farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from New Castle County 15thDistrict, 1933-34; defeated, 1942; member ofDelawarestate senate from New Castle County 7th District, 1955-58.Died, fromheartdisease, in Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.,May 29,1984 (age89 years, 248days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Smyrna, Del. | | Robert John Reynolds (1838-1909) — also known asRobert J. Reynolds — of near Petersburg,KentCounty, Del.Born in Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.,March17, 1838.Democrat.Farmer;Delawarestate treasurer, 1879-83;Governor ofDelaware, 1891-95; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Delaware,1892.Methodist.Died near Petersburg,KentCounty, Del.,June 10,1909 (age71 years, 85days).Interment atLoudonPark Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Daniel M. Ridgely (1854-1937) — ofKentCounty, Del.Born in Delaware,October3, 1854.Democrat.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Kent County, 1891-92.Died near Dover,KentCounty, Del.,July 20,1937 (age82 years, 290days).Interment atLakesideCemetery, Dover, Del. | | William Henry Harrison Ross (1814-1887) — also known asWilliam H. H. Ross — of West Seaford,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Laurel,SussexCounty, Del.,June 2,1814.Democrat.Farmer;Governor ofDelaware, 1851-55; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Delaware,1860.Methodist.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 29,1887 (age73 years, 27days).Interment atSt.Luke's Episcopal Churchyard, Seaford, Del.  | David Wilmer Steele (1899-1940) — also known asDavid W. Steele — of Ocean View,SussexCounty, Del.Born inSussexCounty, Del.,1899.Republican.Poultry raiser;banker;member ofDelawarestate senate from Sussex County 4th District, 1937-40; died inoffice 1940.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;TallCedars of Lebanon.Whilefishingoff the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, he and his wife were killed inanexplosionand fire aboard theircruiser,theLure, in theNorthAtlantic Ocean,October7, 1940 (ageabout 41years).Interment atMariners Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ocean View,Del. | | | Charles Clark Stockley (1819-1901) — also known asCharles C. Stockley — of near Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.Born near Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.,November6, 1819.Democrat.Farmer;Governor ofDelaware, 1883-87; delegate to Gold Democrat National Conventionfrom Delaware, 1896.Methodist.Died in Georgetown,SussexCounty, Del.,April20, 1901 (age81 years, 165days).Interment atSt.Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Georgetown, Del. | | John Gillis Townsend Jr. (1871-1964) — also known asJohn G. Townsend, Jr. — of Selbyville,SussexCounty, Del.Born in Bishopville,WorcesterCounty, Md.,May 31,1871.Republican.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 7th District,1903-04; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware,1904(alternate),1908,1924,1928(ConventionVice-President),1932,1936(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1944,1948,1952(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1956(HonoraryVice-President),1960;Governorof Delaware, 1917-21; Republican Presidential Elector forDelaware,1920;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1929-41; defeated, 1940.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Redmen;Eagles;JuniorOrder.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April10, 1964 (age92 years, 315days).Interment atSelbyvilleRedmens Cemetery, Selbyville, Del. | | 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 atTownsend Cemetery, Townsend, Del. | | Charles Turpin Wheatley (1868-1933) — also known asCharles T. Wheatley — ofSussexCounty, Del.Born near Seaford,SussexCounty, Del.,January20, 1868.Democrat.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives from Sussex County 4th District,1923-24.Died near Seaford,SussexCounty, Del.,August13, 1933 (age65 years, 205days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Seaford, Del. | | James Williams (1825-1899) — of Kenton,KentCounty, Del.; Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,August4, 1825.Democrat.Farmer; member ofDelawarestate house of representatives, 1856, 1862; member ofDelawarestate senate, 1866, 1871, 1891-92; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Delaware,1872,1880(ConventionVice-President),1884;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1875-79.DiedApril12, 1899 (age73 years, 251days).Interment atSt.Peter's Cemetery, Smyrna, Del.
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