DAHLGREN. 



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3. Paul was a lieutenant in the army, who resigned in 1873 and was appointed 

 United States consul at Rome, where he died in 1874. 



John A. Dahlgren's second wife was Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Goddard, the 

 daughter of Hon. Samuel F. Vinton of Ohio, who for nearly a quarter of a century 

 was a conspicuous member of Congress. On account of his knowledge of "the 

 rules, great prudence, and sound judgment," he was "perhaps the most prominent 

 leader on the Whig side." Her mother's father was Pierre Bureau, who immi- 

 grated to Ohio in 1792, and was one of the earliest state senators. Samuel Vin- 

 ton's grandfather was Abiathar Vinton, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 



Of their children, John Vinton Dahlgren (born at Valparaiso, Chile, in April 

 1868) was graduated from Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., at the head of 

 his class, was admitted to the bar in 1892, and began the practice of law in New York 

 in 1894. In 1895 he became attorney for the department of buildings. In 1896 his 

 eyesight began to fail (as had his father's) and he resigned. In 1898 the governor 

 nominated him to the State Board of Charities. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 

 the banker, Joseph W. Drexel, and died at Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1899. 



Another son, Eric Dahlgren, who was graduated from Harvard College in 

 1889, married Lucy Drexel, sister of Elizabeth. They had 7 children. Even- 

 tually they were divorced, as he appeared to be inadequately endowed with inhi- 

 bitions. He was affectionate by nature. One of the daughters, Katherine Drexel 

 Dahlgren, has a love of speeding in high-powered motor cars; another entered a 

 Roman Catholic sisterhood. 



FAMILY HISTOBY OF JOHN ADOLPH DAHLGREN. 



I 1 (consort's F F F), Abiathar Vinton, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 



II 1 (F F), John Adolf Dahlgren (born in Norrkoping, Sweden, in 1744), a leading Swedish 

 man of science. II 3 (M F), James Rowan, a Revolutionary soldier. II 7 (consort's M F), 

 Pierre Bureau, emigrated to Ohio in 1792, and was one of the earliest state senators. 



Fraternity of F: III 1, Sir Carl Adolf 

 Dahlgren, a pre-eminent government phy- i 

 sician (see text). Ill 3 (F), Bernard Ulrik 

 Dahlgren (1784-1824), a traveler and political 

 refugee (see text). Ill 4 (M), Martha n 

 Rowan. Ill 5 (first consort's F), Nathan 

 Bunker, an influential merchant of Phila- 

 delphia. Ill 7 (second consort's F), Samuel 

 Vinton, a conspicuous member of Congress 

 from Ohio. 



IV 1, William A. Smith. IV 3, Sir 

 Johan Adolph Dahlgren, was the author of 

 various dissertations on chemistry and medi- 

 cinal botany and a "discoverer in the domain 

 of practical chemistry"; he was director of 

 the Royal Military Hospital in Stockholm. 

 Fraternity of Propositus: IV 4, William Dahl- 

 gren (1819-1891), changed his name to William 



De Rohan, because of family disagreements. He was a soldier of fortune (see text). IV 6 

 (first consort), Mary Clement Bunker (died 1855). IV 7 (Propositus), JOHN ADOLPH DAHLGREN. 

 IV 8 (second consort), Madeleine Vinton. IV 9, Hon. Daniel Convers Goddard. IV 10, Joseph 

 W. Drexel (born at Philadelphia in 1831), a banker of eminence. IV 11, Lucy Wharton, an 

 art and book collector. 



V 1, Augusta Smith. V 2, Charles Bunker Dahlgren (born 1839), entered the engineer 

 corps, United States navy. He participated in the naval siege and capture of Vicksburg and 

 received a command. After the war he practiced civil engineering. V 3, Elizabeth Dahlgren 

 (1840-1858), died of consumption. V 4, Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864), was a volunteer militiaman 

 of national reputation in the Civil War, and lost his life in a daring attempt to liberate Federal 



