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Samuel Humphreys
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b. 1778 - d. 16 Aug 1846
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68 yrs.
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R64 S179
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- Chief Naval Constructor in the U.S. Navy. Responsible for building the ships of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842).
- Son of Joshua Humphreys who built the "Constitution" and "United States".
- His wife, Letitia, was the daughter of Andrew Atkinson [R47 S45], an officer in the British Army and Jane Murray Atkinson [R47 S45], daughter of a Scottish Baron.
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Gen. Andrew Humphreys
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b. 1810 - d. 27 Dec 1883
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73 yrs.
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R63 S184
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- Son of Samuel and grandson of Joshua Humphreys.
- Graduated from West Point in the class of 1831 at the age of 21.
- Served in the Coast Survey under Prof. Alexander Dallas Bache.
- A well know general of the Civil War who many believe saved the battle of Gettysburg, where a statue stands in his honor.
- One of the fifty Coporators of the National Academy of Sciences (1863-1883).
- Chief of the U.S. Corps of Engineers (1866-1879)
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RAdm. Seaton Schroeder
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b. 1849 - d. 19 Oct 1922
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73 yrs.
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R56 S171
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- Born in DC, the son of the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
- Served on the mission that transported the Egyptian Obelisk now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York city (1879-80).
- Commanded the battleship Virginia and Louisiana, Atlantic battleship fleet cruise around the world (1898-1899).
- Governor of Guam (1900-1902).
- In command of the Atlantic fleet (1906-1911).
- Grandson of William Seaton who with Joseph Gales owned the National Intelligencer
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