Naval officer; born in South Kingston, R. I., Nov. 17, 1789; went to sea when sixteen years old, and commanded a ship at twenty-two.
In May, 1812, he was appointed sailing-master in the navy, and was first in command of a gunboat under
Perry, at
Newport, R. I., and was in service on
Lake Ontario in the attacks on Little York (
Toronto) and
Fort George, in 1813.
He joined
Perry on
Lake Erie, and commanded the sloop-of-war
Scorpion in the battle on Sept. 10, 1813, firing the first and last gun in that action.
He was the last surviving officer of that engagement.
In the following spring, while blockading Mackinaw with the
Tigress, he was attacked in the night by an overwhelming force, severely wounded, and made prisoner.
His wound troubled him until his death, and he was disabled for any active service forever afterwards.
He died in
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb.