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. [1] [2] He was the Progressive Party candidate for the Governor of Delaware in 1912. [2] [3]
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]
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.
Hynson, George B. — Progressive. Candidate for Governor of Delaware, 1912. Burial location unknown.
George Beswick Hynson, Instructor In Public Speaking
Odd Fellows Cemetery, W. side of N. Walnut St. near the town limits, contains the graves of George Beswick Hynson
Odd Fellows Cemetery, W. side of N. Walnut St. near the town limits, contains the graves of George Beswick Hynson