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The family of Decatur was of French descent on Stephen's father's side, while his mother's family was of English and Irish ancestry. [12] [13] His parents had arrived from Philadelphia just three months before Stephen was born, fleeing the city during the American Revolutionary War due to its occupation by British forces.
Stephen Decatur Sr. (June 1751 – November 11, 1808) was a United States Navy officer and privateer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the Quasi-War. He was commissioned as a captain in the United States Navy, and was the father of Stephen Decatur .
Decatur (named after Stephen Decatur Bross, one of Nebraska's earliest settlers) Du Bois ("of the Woods") Fontanelle, Fontenelle Forest, Fontenelle Boulevard, Hotel Fontenelle, Logan Fontenelle Housing Project (Named after Logan Fontenelle, Omaha Tribe chief who was the son of a Creole and Omahan mother)
Stephen A. Decatur (born 1813, [1] died 1888 [2] [3] or 1889 [1]), born Stephen Decatur Bross and often referred to as Commodore Decatur, [2] was one of the earliest settlers in Nebraska. He was born and educated in the East, where he became a school teacher and started a family.
Stephen Decatur Miller was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Dick, died in 1819. None of their three children lived to adulthood. Miller remarried in 1821; his second wife was a girl sixteen years his junior, Mary Boykin (1804−1885). They had four children together. Despite the age difference, their marriage was happy and passionate. [2]
Stephen Decatur (1779–1820) was an American naval commodore. Stephen Decatur may also refer to: Stephen Decatur Sr. (1752–1808), American naval captain in the Revolutionary War and afterwards; Stephen Decatur Bross or Stephen A. Decatur (1813–1888), pioneer settler in Nebraska and Colorado
Oct. 1—"Say his name!" a woman wearing a Black Lives Matter scarf and holding a sign saying "Know Peace" shouted to about 100 people as they marched around Decatur City Hall on Sunday. "Steve ...
The capture of HMS Macedonian was a naval action fought near Madeira on 25 October 1812 between the heavy frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, and the frigate HMS Macedonian, under the command of John Surman Carden. The American vessel won the long bloody battle, capturing and bringing Macedonian back to the United States ...