Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-09-17
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rue GALLANT COMMANDER INeRA'A
Tho New York Times has been iavo'eu
from reliable source, win pios'"p
sketch of Com mander lNeRAHAh, wn',o 10.
Iii. =, co,duct in command OF the 81 LOUIS
in The barbor of Smyrna, has gwen n''''
world wide reputation :. tho
Commander Duncan N. lngraham Is ""
.on of The late Nathaniel lngraham, ESQ "
Ch,tleson. S. c., and belongs TO iam'N
on;nen,lv naval in lis character AL VI
them, with one exception, were oii'oe'' :"
the NAVY. His father, being the inlIma,e
friend of Paul Jones, volunteered under MS
command, when he left France IN 'he Don
Uomme Richard, in 1919, and lough' WIN
hin, in the battle with the British ifga'e
serapis, one of the most desperate ACTIONS ="
Tho annals of naval warfare. His uncle,
cap,ain Joseph Ingraham, U. S. ~, was LOST
IN the U. S. ship Pickering, which went
down at sea, and was never heard oi, al 'he
beoinninp of this century. His cousin, Will
liam lprraham, was killed at the age OF
twenty, when Lieutenan, in the S'Navy'
The sole exception in the family was his
uncle, Duncan lngraham, Esq, from whom
he received his name. He was one of the
mos, accomplished gentlemen of his day,
and though intimate with the leading poliil-
men Of our country, yet from taste and early
associations, he was loyalist in his views
A, the opening of the Revolution in l11l, he
weai 10 Europe, and remained there until It's
close. John Adams, when Commissioner TO
france, in i779, frequently speaks oi him in
his Diary, lately published, as his associate
In Paris He returned, however, 10 this
country in 1884, gave in his adherence 10
The Government, and permitted his son TO
enter the Navy-the Lieut.. William lngra-
ham whom we have mentioned as being xii.
led in the service.
Capt Ingraham received his Midshipman's
&atrant, at the age of nine years, during the
last war with Great Britain. Commodore
Smith, of So2th Carolina, the intimate friend
of his father, being about 10 sail in the frgate
Congress, requested MIR. Ingraham 10 allow
him TO take his son with him. awe shal
probably have an engagemenl'-s he
stand it will do him good" He accordingly
went 10 sea at once, at that tender age, and
remained in active service for two years
Until the close of the war. He then return
ed home, at the age of eleven, and resumed
his education al school. Since then he has
most of his time, been employed in active
duty. He commanded the ill-fated Someri
in blockade duty at Vera Cruz and othe
parts of the Gulf, during the whole of the
Mexican war, and being ptosrated by sick
ness, was sent home but short time before
she was lost. For two years previous 10 hi
sailing for the Mediterranean, in the St. Lou
is he was attached to the Navy Yard in thi:
city. Tue society Of Philadelphia will long
remember him and his accomplished family
Captain Ingraham married Harriet Rut
ledge Laurens, of South Carolina, CRANE
daughter, on The paterna side, of Hem,
Laurens, the President of lhe first Continen
tai Congress, and who, afterwards, was cap
iured by British frigate, while on his wa,
10 France as American Commissioner, an,
confined for a long lime i'll the Tower o
grand daughter of Edward Rutledge, one o
the signers of The Declaration Of lndepen
denoe. His eldest soa, Henry Laurens In
graham, is now a midshipman at the Nava
Academy at Annapolis.
1t is a curious circumstance, that by inter
marriage with the American family the lr
graham blood flows in the veins of some O
the most distinguished officers Of the Britisl
Navy. Among these was the late Captain
Marrya,t, c. B, (the 'uthor and Sir Edwar
Belcher, X. c. B., who lately commande
the Exploring Expedition round the world
and who now commands the Arctic Expedi
,ion, lately sent out by the British Admiral
", in search of Sir John Franklin. Th
grand mother of both these officers was al
Ingraham, the near relative of Commando
Ingraham.