The Washington herald., 1908-07-12

the escape OF the first David Porter from
the jrison ship, serving their country al
ways from father to son as matter of
course. The story OF that Admiral Por-
ter who held the family post during the
civil war is a matter OF well-known his
tory. 1t was the father of Admiral Por-
ter, OF the civil war, who put David
Glasgow FaTragut into the naval SER
vice. That was Commander David Pol
ter, whose father, also a naval officer.
had died in the house OF Sailing Master
FarraGut. IN Louisiana. When David
Glasgow Farragut entered the naval ser
vice he already had a brother there.
William.
Rear Admiral William H. Emory, now
in command OF one OF the divisions of the
big feet IN the Pacific, is a son OF that
William II. Emory who. as a captain OF
the Engineer Corps of the army, distin-
guished himself in California under Com
mander Stockton when that gallant naval
officer fought several brilliant engage
ments with force Of mixed army and
Eavy people and accomplished the con
quest" Of that territory along whose
shores Emory recently'sailed IN his high
command. Afterward. as Gen. Emory.
the captain Of engineers made for him
self a fine reputation in the civil war.
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IN the navy by Rear Admiral Charles II.
Stockton and In the army by descendants
through the female branches. These
Stocktons are Of the old New Jersey fam
| fly of that name, the Stocktons Of Nor
ven. the family Of The Singer The
name has for many generations been
/ found as a rule, on either the army or
navy list.
Another prominent service family rep
! resentative with our big world-girdling
/ fleet is Capt. Alexander Sharpe in COM
mand of the battle ship West Virginia.
He is a nephew OF the great Gen. Grant
also represented IN the service very prom
inently Oy mis- son. Gen. Fred. D. Grant
During the Spanish and Filipino wars the
great general had two grandsons also or
the army list. L. S. Grant and Lieut.
Sartoris. Though he did not belong 20 a
service family himself Grant married into
one. the Dents.
Cameron MGR. Winslow. who now com
mands the battle ship New Hampshir,
and is preparing TO take her TO the cele
braion at Quebec Is a sOn of the Wins
low who. IN the Kearsarge. sank the Ala
bama IN the famous fight off Cherbourg
Paul Allyn Capron is "A young neutenar
OF marines; for generations the Capron.
have been a service family, generally al
army family. One fell fighting I'm Mex
icO. one was killed at San Juan Hill. ant
another died from the hardships and ex
posures incident 10 the seige Of Santiago
Name of Cresnp There.
The Cresap family. descended gron
Michael Cresap. captain OF the Firs
Rifles in the Revolution. is represented il
the service by James and l.. Cresap. tn
one an ensign and the other a midship
man. both too young 10 have histor.
as yet. The Cresaps also represent
through marriage, the Ord family. direct
ly represented by one major who bear
the name OF his father. Gen. Edwar,
Otho Cresap Ord and Mai James ord
, retired. That the generals father wa
; a legitimate son OF George " and Mrs
Fitz Herbert there is little doubt. Tha
Gen. ord served the United States we
there is also no doubt The old general
, father married a Cresap.
Gen. Fremont the Pathfinder" is REP
resented IN the navy by a son. John c
a captain, and the captains son. jon
c.. jr., an ensign not long out OF th
+ Naval Academy. The father entered III
, Naval Academy IN 1865 In the Spanis
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the daShing manner in which he handle
one of the small boats OF the blockadin
r squadron OF Havana and BY his gener;
, good service. After the war he was fc
a time supervisor Of New York Harbo
He IS H0w In command OF the nav battl
ship Mississippi
3 These are only few Of the best-tnow
2 service families picked out al random
There are many more with as good
, claim &c notice. though outside the SCI
vice itself they are not known. For ger
Grafton after generation, perhaps. n
3 men OF these families have been doin
> quietly and faithfully the work assigne
- them. and been doing II well, though r
Z happy accident has ever sent the lgf
of fame their way.
lCopyright. 1903. by Associated Literary Press