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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August 6,
1811.
Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin.
Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential
Elector for Louisiana, 1848;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar
note in 1861-64. He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Fell
from a tram car
about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney and
heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May 6,
1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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Morris Fidanque de Castro (1902-1966) —
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, 1902.
Secretary
of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1945-50; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1949-54.
Jewish. Hispanic
ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, December
9, 1966 (age about 64
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ralph Moses Paiewonsky (1907-1991) —
also known as Ralph Paiewonsky —
of Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands.
Born in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1907.
Son of Isaac Paiewonsky and Rebecca (Kushner) Paiewonsky.
Democrat. Manager or president of distillery,
movie
theaters, a liquor
store and a gift shop;
one of the organizers of the West Indies Bank and
Trust Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virgin
Islands, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1964,
1980;
member of Democratic National Committee from Virgin Islands, 1940-60;
Governor
of U.S. Virgin Islands, 1961-69.
Jewish. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
The Ralph M. Paiewonky Library, at the University of the Virgin
Islands, is named for
him.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in St. Thomas Hospital,
St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, November
9, 1991 (age 84 years, 0
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) —
also known as David Levy; "Father of Florida's
Railroads" —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla.
Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61.
Jewish.
Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886 (age 76 years, 120
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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