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Stringham, Silas Horton - Navy
Admiral during Mexican-American and Civil Wars
We descendants of the Kansas Pioneers, through Morris Wells Hallock,
are cousins to Benjamin Harrison through three ancestral lines - King,
Hallock and Horton. Benjamin Harrison has three lines of descent from the
immigrant Barnabas Horton through cousin marriages. They are:
........... 3 Barnabas Horton 1666 - 1696
............... +Sarah Wines 1668 - 1733
.................. 4 [1] Caleb Horton
1687 - 1772
...................... +[2] Phebe Terry 1698
- 1776
........................ 5 [3] Phoebe
Horton 1722 - 1793
............................ +[4] Henry Tuthill
III 1715 - 1793
............................... 6 [5]
Anna Tuthill 1741 - 1776
................................... +[6] John
Cleves Symmes 1742 - 1814
...................................... 7
[7] Anna Tuthill Symmes 1775 - 1864
.......................................... +[8]
William Henry Harrison 1773 - 1841
............................................ 8
[9] John Scott Harrison 1804 - 1878
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+[10] Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin 1810 - 1850
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9 [11] Benjamin Harrison 1833 - 1901
.... 2 Jonathan Horton 1648 - 1707
........ +Bethia Wells 1655 - 1733
........... 3 Bethia Horton 1674 - 1744
............... +Henry Tuthill 1665 - 1750
.................. 4 Henry Tuthill, Jr.
1690 - 1775
...................... +Hannah Crouch, ? 1693
- 1715
........................ 5 [4] Henry Tuthill
III 1715 - 1793
............................ +[3] Phoebe Horton
1722 - 1793
............................... 6 [5]
Anna Tuthill 1741 - 1776
................................... +[6] John
Cleves Symmes 1742 - 1814
...................................... 7
[7] Anna Tuthill Symmes 1775 - 1864
.......................................... +[8]
William Henry Harrison 1773 - 1841
............................................ 8
[9] John Scott Harrison 1804 - 1878
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+[10] Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin 1810 - 1850
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9 [11] Benjamin Harrison 1833 - 1901
Stringham,
Silas Horton - Navy Admiral during Mexican-American and Civil Wars
Silas H. Stringham entered the Navy in June, 1810, as midshipman on the frigate President, Commodore John Rogers. In 1812 he was assigned to the Guererre, under Decatur. In 1813 he was on the Spark, one of the Algerine squadron. In 1817, having been promoted to a Lieutenancy, he was transferred to the sloop-of-war Erie, and in 1818, to the Peacock. He was next ordered to the sloop-of-war Cyane, in 1819. In 1821 he was upon the Hornet. 1st Lieutenant, at the West India station. In 1822 he was again on the Cyane, under Com. Creighton. From 1825 to 1829 he held a position at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and in 1829 he was again assigned to the Peacock, and sent in search of the Hornet, sloop-of-war, which was lost.
We next find him on the Falmouth, and ordered to Carthagena. From 1830 to 1834 he was in shore service. In 1835 he has command of the John Adams, in the Mediterranean squadron. In 1837 he is second in command at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and from 1843 to 1846 he had the full command of this yard. During the Mexican war we find him in active service, and in command of the Ohio, ship-of-the-line. In 1851 he was commander of the Norfolk Navy Yard; and in 1852 assigned to the command of the Mediterranean squadron, which he held till 1855. He is next in command of the Charleston Navy Yard, which he held till May, 1859. In March, 1861, he was a member of a naval Court-martial, and while there was appointed flag officer of the Atlantic Blockade squadron.
In 1861 Com. Stringham was honored with the preparation of the first of those combined naval and military expeditions which have crowned the American Navy with such glory; and in his case, as in many others, the success has been almost exclusively due to the action of the Navy. The result of this expedition being the capture of the rebel forts Clark and Hatteras, and the surrender of the garrison to Flag-officer Stringham and General Butler, consisting of 715 men, 1000 stand of arms, 75 kegs of powder, 5 stand of colors, 31 cannon (1 of them a 10-inch Columbiad), a brig loaded with cotton, a sloop with provisions and stores, 2 light-boats, 150 bags of coffee, etc. Not a man belonging to the fleet was killed. For this brilliant affair Flag-officer Stringham received the thanks of the Government.
On the 23d of September, 1861, at his own request, he was relieved from his command, and in August, 1862, he was made a Rear-Admiral, on the retired list, and soon after this he was President of the Naval Commission to locate a new Navy Yard. In 1863 he had command of the Navy Yard and station at Charleston, S. C., remained there till 1866. In 1869 he was Port Admiral at New York, and served three years. March 3d, 1873, by Act of Congress, retired officers are prohibited from being employed by Government, except in time of war. Since that time the Admiral is permitted to enjoy a retired life, at his residence, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
For a more full account of the noble and daring deeds and brilliant exploits of Admiral Stringham, see The American Crisis of 1861-'62, by Frank Moore."
Source: Hortons in America
We are also related to Admiral Stringham through our Hallock and Vail ancestry.
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