George Beswick Hynson
George Beswick Hynson, Sr. (April 2, 1862 – before 1938) was a lawyer, writer, poet, and newspaper editor at the "Peninsula News and Advertiser". He was the Progressive Party candidate for the Governor of Delaware in 1912. Biography. He was born on April 2, 1862, to Garrett Lee Hynson and Ellen Postles. He taught elocution at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. He was the author of the state song, "Our Delaware". He was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Delaware.