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John Edward Charles O'Sullivan Addicks
(1841-1919) —
also known as J. Edward Addicks; "Gas
Addicks"; "Napoleon of Gas";
"Frenzied Financier" —
of Claymont, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
21, 1841.
Son of John E. C. O'Sullivan Addicks and Margaretta McLeod (Turner)
Addicks.
Republican. Entrepreneur who monopolized the illuminating gas
industry in Boston and other cities; notorious for his flagrant
campaign in 1889-1905 to buy himself a seat in the U.S. Senate;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Delaware, 1904;
arrested
in New York, 1913, over his refusal to acknowledge money
judgements against him by creditors, and released on bond; jailed in
1915 for contempt
of court.
Died August 7,
1919 (age 77 years, 259
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. C. O'Sullivan Addicks and Margaretta McLeod (Turner)
Addicks; married 1864 to Laura
Wattson Butcher; married to Rosalie Butcher; married, December
14, 1898, to Ida (Carr) Wilson. |
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James Frank Allee (1857-1938) —
also known as J. Frank Allee —
of Dover, Kent
County, Del.
Born in Dover, Kent
County, Del., December
2, 1857.
Republican. Jeweler;
president, Bay State Gas Company of Delaware; president,
Staten Island Brick
Company; Delaware
Republican state chair, 1886-96; member of Delaware
state senate, 1899-1903; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., October
12, 1938 (age 80 years, 314
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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Henry Winfield Watson (1856-1933) —
also known as Henry W. Watson —
of Langhorne, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Bucks
County, Pa., June 24,
1856.
Son of Mitchel Watson and Anna (Bacon) Watson.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Langhorne Electric Light and Power Co.; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1915-33 (8th District 1915-23,
9th District 1923-33); died in office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1933
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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