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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUXTV. 



president of the Bucks County Historical 

 Society almost from its organization, and 

 its success as an organization .is largely due 

 to his untiring efforts in its behalf. Nearly 

 his whole time since his retirement from 

 the editorship of the "Democrat," in 1900, 

 as well as a large part of his time prior to 

 that has been spent in its rooms and in its 

 service, and hundreds of books, pamphlets 

 and curios on its shelves are of his con- 

 tribution. At the age of eighty-five years 

 his highest ambition is to live to see the 

 Society successfully installed in its hand- 

 some new building, for which it is largely 

 indebted to his untiring zeal in that behalf. 



General Davis was married, June 24, 

 1856, to Anna Carpenter, daughter of Jacob 

 Carpenter, of Brooklyn. New York, and of 

 their seven children three survive: Jacob 

 C, of Doylestown, now in the employ of 

 the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad 

 Company ; Margaret Sprague, wife of Cap- 

 tain Samuel A. W. Patterson, of the U. S. 

 Marine Corps, son of Rear Admiral 

 Thomas H. Patterson, U. S. N.. and grand- 

 son of Commodore Daniel T. Patterson, 

 U. S. N., who commanded the Naval forces 

 at the battle of New Orleans, 1865; and 

 Eleanor Hart, residing with her father. 



General Davis is a companion of the mil- 

 itary order of the Loyal Legion, a member 

 of the Aztec Club, Survivors oi the Mex- 

 ican War, of the Pennsylvania Society of 

 the Sons of the Revolution. Post No. i, 

 G. A. R., Philadelphia, the American 

 Historical Association and the Historical 

 Society of Pennsylvania, and a member 

 and one of the founders of Historical So- 

 ciety of New Mexico. 



CAPTAIN SAMUEL AUCHMUTY 

 WAINWRIGHT PATTERSON. U. S. 

 Marine Corps, on board the United States 

 battleship "Kentucky," of the North At- 

 lantic squadron, U. S. N., was born at 

 Washington, D. C, December 3. ^^>9, and 

 is a son of Rear Admiral Thomas Harman 

 Patterson. U. S. N., by his wife. Maria 

 Montresor Wainwright. daughter of Colonel 

 Richard D. Wainwright. first colonel of 

 the United States Marine corps : and grand- 

 son of Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson, 

 U. S. N. 



Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson was 

 born on Long Island. New York, in 1786. 

 He entered the U. S. navy in t8oo, and was 

 a mid'^hipman on board the frigate "Phila- 

 delphia" in the expedition commanded by 

 Captain William Brainbridge, engaged in 

 the blockade of Tripoli. October 31. 1803, 

 when the frigate ran upon the rocks and 

 the vessel and entire crew were captured 

 and held prisoners in Tripoli for three 

 years, until peace was declared. On Janu- 

 ary 24. TS07. he was promoted to the rank 

 of lieutenanl, and on July 24. 1813. to 

 master-commander. As commander of the 

 naval forces he co-operated with General 

 Andrew Jackson in 1S14-15 in the defense 



of New Orleans, lending such support as 

 to assure the victory over the British, and 

 received the expression of their apprecia- 

 tion from the U. S. congress. He com- 

 manded the expedition sent to capture the 

 defenses of the corsair Lafitte, on the is- 

 land of Grand Terre, in Batavia Bay, hav- 

 ing been made captain February 28, 1815. 

 He commanded the frigate "Constitution," 

 1826-29, and was appointed navy-commis- 

 sioner in the latter year, holding the posi- 

 tion for four years. In 1832-36 he was in 

 command of the Mediterranean squadron, 

 and on his return was made commandant 

 of the navy yard at Washington, which he 

 held at the time of his death in 1839. 



Rear Admiral Thomas Harman Patter- 

 son was born at New Orleans, May 10, 

 1820, entered the navy from Louisiana as 

 actmg midshipman April 5, 1830, was pro- 

 moted midshipman March 3, 1837, passed 

 midshipman July i, 1842. He spent the 

 next five years on the frigate "Macedonia " 

 the sloop-of-war "Falmouth," acting mas- 

 ter and lieutenant on the brig "Lawrence," 

 West India squadron, and on the brig 

 'Washmgton," Coast Survey, from April 

 17, 1844, to October, 1848, when he was 

 commissioned master. He was commis- 

 sioned lieutenant June 23, 1849. and served 

 on the sloop-of-war "Vandalia," Pacific 

 Squadron, until October 12, 1852. 



At the breaking out of the civil war he 

 was serving on the steam sloop -'jMohickan," 

 on the coast of Africa; returning home he 

 was put on active duty; was commissioned 

 commander of sham gunboat "Chocura," 

 July 16, 1862, in Hampton Roads, Vir- 

 ginia; and was present .at the siege of 

 iorktown, and opened up the Pamunkey 

 river for McClellan's army, co-operating 

 with the Army of the Potomac. In Novem- 

 ber, 1862, he was ordered to the South At- 

 lantic Blockading Squadron in the steamer 

 "James Adger," which he commanded untjl 

 June. 1865. participating in the capture of 

 a flying battery near Fort Fisher, in Aug- 

 ust. 1863; captured the "Cornubia" and 

 "Robert E. Lee," and the schooner "Ella" 

 off the North Carolina coast. He 'was 

 senior officer in the outside blockade off 

 Charleston. South Carolina, September 15, 

 1864; commanded the steam-sloop "Brook- 

 lyn," flagship of the South Atlantic Squad- 

 ron, from September 19, 1865. to Septem- 

 ber 18, 1867. being commissioned captain 

 July 25, 1866; promoted to commodore 

 November 2. 1871, and commanded Wash- 

 ington Navy Yard 1873-6; was commis- 

 sioned rear admiral March 28. 1877. and 

 commanded the Asiatic Squadron until 

 1880, which completed his twenty-five years 

 of active sea duty. He retired May ro, 

 1882. He was elected Januarv 2. 1868. a 

 member of the Military Order of the 

 Loyal Legion of the United States. He 

 died at Washington. D. C. after a, long 

 and painful illness, April 9. 1889. He mar- 

 ried Maria Montresor Wainwright. daugh- 

 ter of Colonel Richard Wainwright. of the 

 United States Marine Corps, who died in 



