. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ervedduring the war of 1812 -:15 on the President,in the long cruises of Com. John Rodgers, andbecame lieutenant, 9 Oct., 1813. He was commis-sioned commander, 24 April, 1828. had charge ofthe sloop •• Vincennes in the West Indies in1830-U and became captain, 9 Feb., 1837. Hetook command of the frigate Columbia, 22 July,1842, on the Brazil station, and died at sea.—An-other brother, Irvine, naval officer, b. in SouthCarolina in 1798: d. in Wilmington, Del., 5 April,1849. entered the navy as midshipman, 12 , served in the President under
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . ervedduring the war of 1812 -:15 on the President,in the long cruises of Com. John Rodgers, andbecame lieutenant, 9 Oct., 1813. He was commis-sioned commander, 24 April, 1828. had charge ofthe sloop •• Vincennes in the West Indies in1830-U and became captain, 9 Feb., 1837. Hetook command of the frigate Columbia, 22 July,1842, on the Brazil station, and died at sea.—An-other brother, Irvine, naval officer, b. in SouthCarolina in 1798: d. in Wilmington, Del., 5 April,1849. entered the navy as midshipman, 12 , served in the President under Decaturwhen that vessel was captured by the British, 15Jan., 1815, was in the Guerriere in tin- in 1815, when Decatur captured the Algerinefrigate, and assisted in suppressing piracy in the\Vc~t Indies while attached to the sloop •• I|.in 1*21-3. He was commission! <l Inm-nanl. 13.(an., 1*25. was executive officer of the Pacific station, in 1s:!l-4. and from that M-SC! nn i; Feb.,. in the attack on the Malay town of Quallah Battoo,Sumatra, which he destroyed to avenge the captureand plunder of the American ship Friendship the year before. He was highly commended forability and gallantry in the conduct of this expedi-tion. After being commissioned commander, 8Sept., 1841, he took charge of the Saratoga, onthe Brazil station, in 1844-7, and was inspector atthe Philadelphia navy-yard in 1848-9.—Irvinesson. Thomas Branford, naval officer, b. in Wil-mington, Del., 3 June, 1825; d. in Vera Cruz,Mexico, 25 March, 1847, was off Vera Cruz in thesteamer •• Mississippi when he was sent on shore,23 March, 1847, in charge of one of the gmis inthe naval battery in the works against that was killed whilein the act of point-ing this gun duringthe bombardment ofVera Cruz. A monu-ment called the Mid-shipmens Monu-ment (see engrav-ing) was erected atAnnapolis in thegrounds of the na-val academy, to com-memorate his dea
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