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in 1839. Ill 5 (Propositus), DAVID G. FARRAOUT. Ill 6 (consort), Virginia Loyall, married 

 Farragut, December 26, 1843. When the war broke out she decided to leave her family and go 

 with her husband. 



Child of Propositus: IV 1, Loyall Farragut, joined his father at Pensacola, October 1862, 

 and was present with his father at the passing of Port Hudson, March J863, where he showed 

 great bravery and coolness; "he wanted to be stationed on deck and see the fight," though urged 

 to go below. He was cool under fire (Farragut, 1879, p. 343). He wrote a life of his father in 

 1879. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



BARNES, J. 1899. David G. Farragut. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co. xviii + 132 pp. 

 CHOATE, J. H. 1911. American Addresses, pp. 27-50. New York: The Century Co. 

 FARRAGUT, L. 1879. The life of David Glasgow Farragut. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 



vi + 586 pp. 

 HAYWOOD, M. 1903. Major George Farragut. (In: The Gulf States Historical Magazine, 



Vol. II, No. 2, pp. 90-98.) 

 HEADLEY, P. C. 1865. Life and Naval Career of Vice Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. 



New York: W. Appleton. 7-342 pp. 

 MAHAN, A. T. 1892. Admiral Farragut. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 333 pp. 



20. MATTHEW FLINDERS. 



MATTHEW FLINDERS was born, March 16, 1774, at Donington, England. 

 He studied in the high school, from his twelfth to his fifteenth year, Latin, Greek, 

 and mathematics. He then entered on a naval vessel, October 1789, and was made 

 midshipman, July 1790, being assigned first to the Bellerophon. The next year 

 he went under Captain William Bligh, on the Providence, to Tahiti, whence 500 

 young breadfruit trees were brought to St. Vincent and 500 to Jamaica, West 

 Indies, the return route lying through Torres Strait. Upon his return to England 

 Flinders was made aide-de-camp to Pasley on the Bellerophon and was hi a battle 

 off Brest in which Pasley lost a leg. In 1794 plans were made to send a new gov- 

 ernor (Hunter) to Australia and Matthew Flinders and his brother Samuel Ward, 

 who desired to go also, received appointments on the expedition. They left 

 Plymouth in February 1795 and arrived at Port Jackson in September. He and 

 another officer, Bass, at once set out to explore the coast in a boat 8 feet long 

 with 5-foot beam and a sail. They went south to Botany Bay and beyond to Port 

 Hacking. After spending some time on shore duty, Flinders, in February 1798, 

 went in the schooner Francis on a trip to rescue some marooned sailors at the east 

 end of Bass Strait and on this trip made extensive observations on the birds and 

 mammals of the islands. Later in the year Flinders set out, accompanied by 

 Bass, in command of a 25-ton sloop, the Norfolk, and circumnavigated Tasmania, 

 thus making the first passage of Bass Strait. Returning to Sydney, Flinders sailed 

 north along the Queensland coast looking in vain for large river-mouths. In 

 March 1800 he returned to England with the ship that brought him. In the 

 spring of 1801 while he was negotiating to be sent on an exploring and surveying 

 trip to Australia, he married Ann Chappell, a sailor's daughter; and his plans 

 to take his wife along were frustrated after they had nearly defeated his plans of 

 the expedition. He finally sailed, July 18, 1801, in the 334-ton sloop Investigator 

 with a company of 80, including John Franklin as midshipman and a number 

 of other young, scientifically trained men. They made Cape Leeuwin, southwest 

 Australia, in December 1801. 



Flinders now carefully surveyed the south coast of Australia, particularly 

 from King George's Sound eastward, so that many of his determinations and most 



