Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ig-nation of John Rutherford, serving from 19 Dec,1798, till 3 March, 1799. He was then sent to con-gress, and served through the entire term from 2Dec, 1799, till 3 March, 1801. DAVENPORT, Henry Kallock, naval officer,b. in Savannah, Ga., 10 Dec, 1820; d. in Franzens-bad, Bohemia, 18 Aug., 1872. He entered the navyas midshipman in February, 1838, and served, onvarious vessels until 1844, when he was made passedmidshipman and attached to the coast he sailed on the Columbia, and from 1849till 1853 was connected with the mail-steamshipse
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . ig-nation of John Rutherford, serving from 19 Dec,1798, till 3 March, 1799. He was then sent to con-gress, and served through the entire term from 2Dec, 1799, till 3 March, 1801. DAVENPORT, Henry Kallock, naval officer,b. in Savannah, Ga., 10 Dec, 1820; d. in Franzens-bad, Bohemia, 18 Aug., 1872. He entered the navyas midshipman in February, 1838, and served, onvarious vessels until 1844, when he was made passedmidshipman and attached to the coast he sailed on the Columbia, and from 1849till 1853 was connected with the mail-steamshipservice. After being promoted to lieutenant inDecember, 1852, he spent some time on sea duty invarious squadrons, being present at the capture ofthe Barrier forts, Canton river, in 1856, and lateron shore duty at the U. S. observatory in Wash-ington. During the civil war he was attached tothe Cumberland, and was present at the engage-ment off Hatteras Inlet. From 1861 till 1804 hecommanded the steamer Hetzel, and was en- DAVENPORT DAVENPORT 83. ^JcAu^iAiVnhoSjt- gaged in the naval fight on James river in 1861, inthe battle of Roanoke Island, at Newborn, and wassenior officer in command of the sounds of NorthCarolina in 1862-4, during which time he was inseveral battles and expeditions in these waters,covering the flanks of the army. He became com-mander in July, 1802, and from 1804 till 1800served in the Pacific squadron, commanding theLancaster and Powhatan. In 1808 he waspromoted captain, and, after being engaged innavigation duty in Washington navy-yard during1867-70, was given command of the Congress,of the European squadron. DAYENPORT, John, clergyman, b. in Coven-try, England, in 1597; d. in Boston, Mass., 15March, 1670. Plis father had been mayor of the city. He was edu-cated at Oxford,and became chap-lain in Hilton cas-tle, near hepreached in Lon-don, and laterbecame ministerof St. Stephenschurch in Cole-man street. Herehe became cele-brated not onlyf
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