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Home Town Washington D.C.
Last Address Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery
Date of Passing May 30, 1926
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Richard Graham Davenport
Commodore, United States Navy
Recalled to active duty during WWI as Rear Admiral
Born in District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1849, the son of Captain Henry Kollock and Jennie Brent Graham Davenport, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from the State of Georgia on September 29, 1864 and graduted in 1869.
He served as an instructor of torpedoes-electricity, Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 1875 and 1881; Ordnance Instructor, Washington, D.C. Navy Yard in the winter of 1880-81; attended courses of lectures in international law and naval science, Naval War College, Newport, in the terms of 1887 and 1902.
He married Serena Hale Gilman on November 20, 1884.
He was originally commissioned an Ensign, July 12, 1870, and advanced through the grades, retiring after more than 42 years of service on June 30, 1907 as Commodore, while in command of the First Class Battleship USS Georgia. While on shore duty, he served as an aide to the Rear Admiral representing the Navy Department at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1875-76; temporary duty as the Chicago Exposition in 1893; served as a member of the Board of Civil Service Examiners for Nautical Experts; was President of the Permanent General Courts Martial and also as Navigation and Equipment Officer and senior member of the Board of Inspection, Labor Board and Wage Administration, Navy yard, Washington, D.C., May 1902 to August 1906; also a member of the US Navy Examining and Retiring Board, 1906; Assistant to the Chief, Bureau of Navigation, in charge of a detail of officers, 1897-98; and, from time to time, in charge of various divisions of the US Navy Hydrographic Office.
Afloat, he served as Midshipman and as Watch and Division Officer, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Pacific, Asiatic, Training and European Squadrons; as aide on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Squadron; Flag Lieutenant to Commodore J. C. Watson during the Spanish-American War (1898-99); second in command of the fleet blockading on the coast of Cuba; later Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Squadron. Attached to and on the USS Oregon off Santiago, Cuba, when the Spanish General in command surrendered. As a Lieutenant Commander in command of USS Fishhawk, investigated the radius of dispersion of star fish in the waters of Narragansett Bay and, in 1898-99, with a party of scientists aboard, made a biological survey of waters around Puerto Rico; as a Commander, 1900-02, commanded the USS Training Ship Essex and as a Captain, commanded the Battleship USS Georgia at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Awarded the West India Campaign Medal, War With Spain Medal, and the Sampson Medal, with bars, for naval engagements in the Spanish-American War. During World War I, he was on active duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, January 26, 1918-June 1, 1919, as Senior Member of the Permanent Board of Investigations.
He died on May 30, 1926 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery among other family members.
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The Society of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia
Richard Graham DAVENPORT -- Elected February 19, 1891.
Commodore, U.S. Navy (Retired). 1441 Hopkins Street, Washington, D.C.
Great-grandson of Richard GRAHAM (1738-1796); Member of Committee of Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Virginia, and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of the Revolution.
Great-great-grandson of George BRENT (1730-1779); Member, Committee of Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia.
Great-great-grandson of Charles JONES (1705-1797); Commissioner of Revenue for Support of the War, and first Judge of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1777.
Great-great-grandson of Samuel LOVE (Senior) (1718-1785); Member, Committee of Safety and Observation of Charles County, Maryland; also member, Maryland Convention, 1774.
General Society of the War of 1812
Elected 1891.
DAVENPORT, RICHARD GRAHAM,
Lieutenant U. S. Navy, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
Grandson of Isaiah Davenport, Private in Captain James Hunter's Company, First Regiment, Georgia Militia; 1815.
Grandson of George Graham, Captain of Fairfax County Company of Cavalry, Second Regiment, Virginia Militia; 1814.
Great-grandson of James Watson, Private in Captain Richard S. Briscoe's Company of Cavalry, First Regiment, (Colonel George Magruder, Commanding), District of Columbia Militia; 1813-14.
Richard Graham Davenport
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Jan 11, 1849
Last Updated: Apr 27, 2011
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Richard Graham Davenport Rear Admiral, United States Navy District of Columbia Washington, DC
Born in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 1849, the son of Captain Henry Kollock and Jennie Brent Graham Davenport, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from the State of Georgia on September 29, 1864 and graduted in 1869.
He served as an instructor of torpedoes-electricity, Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 1875 and 1881; Ordnance Instructor, Washington, D.C. Navy Yard in the winter of 1880-81; attended courses of lectures in international law and naval science, Naval War College, Newport, in the terms of 1887 and 1902.
He married Serena Hale Gilman on November 20, 1884.
He was originally commissioned an Ensign, July 12, 1870, and advanced through the grades, retiring after more than 42 years of service on June 30, 1907 as Commodore, while in command of the First Class Battleship USS Georgia. While on shore duty, he served as an aide to the Rear Admiral representing the Navy Department at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1875-76; temporary duty as the Chicago Exposition in 1893; served as a member of the Board of Civil Service Examiners for Nautical Experts; was President of the Permanent General Courts Martial and also as Navigation and Equipment Officer and senior member of the Board of Inspection, Labor Board and Wage Administration, Navy yard, Washington, D.C., May 1902 to August 1906; also a member of the US Navy Examining and Retiring Board, 1906; Assistant to the Chief, Bureau of Navigation, in charge of a detail of officers, 1897-98; and, from time to time, in charge of various divisions of the US Navy Hydrographic Office.
Afloat, he served as Midshipman and as Watch and Division Officer, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Pacific, Asiatic, Training and European Squadrons; as aide on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Asiatic Squadron; Flag Lieutenant to Commodore J. C. Watson during the Spanish-American War (1898-99); second in command of the fleet blockading on the coast of Cuba; later Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Squadron. Attached to and on the USS Oregon off Santiago, Cuba, when the Spanish General in command surrendered. As a Lieutenant Commander in command of USS Fishhawk, investigated the radius of dispersion of star fish in the waters of Narragansett Bay and, in 1898-99, with a party of scientists aboard, made a biological survey of waters around Puerto Rico; as a Commander, 1900-02, commanded the USS Training Ship Essex and as a Captain, commanded the Battleship USS Georgia at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition, 1907.
Awarded the West India Campaign Medal, War With Spain Medal, and the Sampson Medal, with bars, for naval engagements in the Spanish-American War. During World War I, he was on active duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, January 26, 1918-June 1, 1919, as Senior Member of the Permanent Board of Investigations.
He died on May 30, 1926 and was buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery among other family members.
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ADMIRAL DAVENPORT DIES IN 78TH YEAR Recalled to Active Service in World War and Assigned to Brooklyn Navy Yard
WASHINGTON, May 31, 1926 Rear Admiral Richard Graham Davenport, USN, retired, died on Sunday in his seventy-eighth year at the United States Naval Hospital in Washington, where he had been under treatment for six weeks. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at St. John's Church, Lafayette Square, and interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery.
Admiral Davenport is survived by his wife, who was Miss Serene Hale. They were married on November 20, 1884.
The Admiral was born in Washington on January 11, 1849, the son of Captain Henry K. Davenport of the Navy. He was of the fifth generation of his family born on the site Washington. Entering the Naval Academy in 1864, he graduated four years later. He served through the various grades and was retired as a Commodore in 1907. During the World War he was recalled to active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral and assigned to duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
During his forty-two years on the active list, Admiral Davenport had a varied service. He was on duty in connection with the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1875 and 1876 and on temporary duty with the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. He did much work in the Hydrographic Bureau of the Navy Department in revising and editing books on sailing directions and other information for mariners issued by the office.
During the war with Spain he served as Flag Lieutenant to Commodore J. C. Watson, who was in command of the fleet blockading the Cuban coast and was attached to the Oregon off Santiago when the General in command of the Spanish forces capitulated aboard her.
In 1892 and 1899, with a party of scientists, he made a biological survey of the waters around Puerto Rico. He conducted similar investigations later. He held the West Indian medal, the Sampson medal with bars for naval engagements, and the World War victory medal.
DAVENPORT, RICHARD GRAHAM REAR/ADM USN VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 05/30/1926 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION SE SITE LOT 1990 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
DAVENPORT, SERENA HALE WID/O RICHARD GRAHAM DATE OF DEATH: 06/04/1942 DATE OF INTERMENT: 06/06/1942 BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH SITE 1990 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY WIFE OF RG DAVENPORT - REAR ADMIRAL US NAVY
