George Beswick Hynson

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George Beswick Hynson circa 1912

George Beswick Hynson Sr. (April 2, 1862 – December 5, 1926) was an American lawyer, writer, poet, and newspaper editor at the Peninsula News and Advertiser.

Governor of Delaware in 1912.[2][3]

Biography

He was born in Milford, Delaware on April 2, 1862, to Garrett Lee Hynson and Ellen Postles.[4] He taught elocution at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897.[4][5] He was the author of the state song, Our Delaware. He later worked as a head of an advertising company in Philadelphia, where he died in 1926.[6] He was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Delaware.[7][8]

Publications

References

  1. ^ Henry Clay Conrad (1908). History of the state of Delaware. Published by the author. p. 1110. In 1872 Dr. John S. Prettyman consolidated "Our Mutual Friend" and "The Peninsula News and Advertiser" in one publication, under the latter title, associating with himself Dr. C. W. Davidson as editor, and William P. Corsa as publisher.
  2. ^ .
  3. Political Graveyard
    . Retrieved 2009-08-01. Hynson, George B. — Progressive. Candidate for Governor of Delaware, 1912. Burial location unknown.
  4. ^ . Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  5. ^ Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania. 1897. p. 38. George Beswick Hynson, Instructor In Public Speaking
  6. ^ "G. B. Hynson is Death Victim". The Evening Journal. December 6, 1926. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  7. . Odd Fellows Cemetery, W. side of N. Walnut St. near the town limits, contains the graves of George Beswick Hynson
  8. . Odd Fellows Cemetery, W. side of N. Walnut St. near the town limits, contains the graves of George Beswick Hynson
Party political offices
First
Progressive Party
established
Governor of Delaware
1912
Succeeded by
none