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Henry Churchill de Mille was born on a farm at Washington, North Carolina. He was the son of businessman and politician William Edward de Mille (1824–1873) and Margaret Mutter Blount Hoyt de Mille (1835–1911). He received his BA and AM degrees from Columbia College in 1875 and 1879. He had studied for the ministry before choosing instead to ...
- Henry C. de Mille
- September 17, 1853, Washington, North Carolina, U.S.
17 Sept. 1853–10 Feb. 1893. Henry Churchill deMille, playwright, was the son of William Edward and Margaret Blount Hoyt deMille, both of Washington, N.C., where young deMille was born. During the Civil War his father joined the Confederate Army and the family refugeed to Greenville. He rapidly learned the difficulties and inconveniences of ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 94566631. Sponsored by Charles Elias Disney. Source citation. Husband of Beatrice and father of Cecil B. and William de Mille, Henry's father fought for South in the Civil War. Henry graduated from Columbia College in 1875 and taught school for 7 years. Henry worked as a play reader for the Madison Square Theatre.
Apr 27, 2022 · About Henry Churchill de Mille. Henry Churchill deMille, playwright, was the son of William Edward and Margaret Blount Hoyt deMille, both of Washington, N.C., where young deMille was born. During the Civil War his father joined the Confederate Army and the family refugeed to Greenville.
- Washington D.C, District of Columbia
- George J. Homs
- September 04, 1853
Sep 16, 2020 · Henry Churchill de Mille aka DeMille. Born 7 Sep 1853 in Washington, North Carolina, United States. Ancestors. Son of William Edward DeMille and Margaret Blount (Hoyt) DeMille. Brother of Thomas DeMille and Margaret Mülter (DeMille) Telfair. Husband of Matilda Beatrice (Samuel) de Mille — married 1 Jul 1876 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York ...
- Male
- September 7, 1853
- Matilda Beatrice (Samuel) de Mille
- February 10, 1893
He was Henry Churchill De Mille, descended from the Dutch Episcopalian DeMils who had emigrated to America in 1658. Like Beatrice, Henry was born in 1853, but in vastly different circumstances.
Henry Churchill De Mille, widely known as the-writer of many successful plays, died of typhoid fever on Thursday afternoon at his borne in Pompton, N.J., in the fortieth year of his age.
