1818-1840 |
DATE | EVENT/ASSIGNMENT | Reported/Location |
Duty |
1818 |
Born, Psara (also Ipsara), Greece |
Psara, Greece | |
July 2, 1824 (n.s.) |
Orphaned in massacre on Ipsara |
Psara, Greece | Greek War For Independence |
May 14, 1827 | Entered onto roll of US Frigate Constitution with rank of Boy | Egina, Greece |
Mediterranean
USA |
February 1828 |
Promoted to Ordinary Seaman |
Port Mahon (Mao), Spain | |
July 4, 1828 |
Arrived in Boston |
Boston, MA | |
July 31, 1828 |
Left duty aboard the US Frigate Constitution |
Boston, MA | |
1828 | Portrait painted by C. C. Ingham | New York, NY (?) | |
1820s-30s |
Educated in New England |
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mid-1830s |
Instructed in gunnery by George Marshall, USN |
Portsmouth, VA | |
August 10, 1836 |
Appears on Muster Roll of the Norfolk Navy Yard, in ordinary, as Seaman |
Portsmouth, VA | |
April 20, 1837 |
Appointed Acting Gunner on US Sloop Fairfield, serving in the Brazil Squadron (signed by Commodore L. Warrington, Gosport) |
Portsmouth, VA |
Appointment
Brazil Station |
1818-1840 | 1840-1850 | 1850-1861 | 1861-1870 | 1870-1891 |