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    Commander William Lewis Herndon (25 October 1813 – 12 September 1857) was one of the United States Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. In 1851 he...
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    Ellen Lewis Herndon, called "Nell," was born in the town of Culpeper Court House, Virginia on August 30, 1837, the daughter of William Lewis Herndon and...
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  • William Herndon may refer to: William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), officer and explorer in the United States Navy William Herndon (lawyer) (1818–1891),...
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    Panamanian port of Colón, sailing for New York City under the command of William Lewis Herndon. The ship was laden with 10 short tons (9.1 t) of gold prospected...
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    after Commander William Lewis Herndon, an American naval explorer and author of Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon. Commander Herndon captained the...
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    monument's base, facing the Naval Academy Chapel, is a plaque: Commander William Lewis Herndon 1818-1857 Naval Officer - Explorer - Merchant Captain In command...
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    Herndon (DD-638), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander William Lewis Herndon. Herndon was...
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    William Lewis Herndon, who died in 1857 while trying to rescue passengers from his sinking ship. The population was 324 at the 2010 census. Herndon is...
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    painted on the side of Gallaghers Traditional Pub in Birkenhead. William Lewis Herndon, captain of the sinking SS Central America Ida Straus – a passenger...
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    was the second son of Ellen Lewis Herndon and Chester A. Arthur. Ellen was the daughter of explorer William Lewis Herndon. He was born on July 25, 1864...
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  • publication by two young USN lieutenants William Lewis Herndon (vol. 1) and Lardner A. Gibbon (vol. 2). Herndon split the main party in two so that he and...
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  • country music singer William Herndon (lawyer) (1818–1891), law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), United States...
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    as Deyatelny. The first Navy ship named for Commander William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), Herndon was launched on 31 May 1919 by the Newport News Shipbuilding...
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    City streetcar lines. In 1856, Arthur courted Ellen Herndon, the daughter of William Lewis Herndon, a Virginia naval officer. The two were soon engaged...
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  • of Nell Botts (Johnson) Crockett and Col. Cary Ingram Crockett. William Lewis Herndon, a commander in the U.S. Navy, was her great-uncle. She grew up...
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    paddle-wheel box that killed his youngest son Willie. September 12, 1857: William Lewis Herndon was in command of the commercial mail steamer Central America when...
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    to him: James Melville Gilliss, Lieutenants John Mercer Brooke, William Lewis Herndon, Lardner Gibbon, Isaac Strain, John "Jack" Minor Maury II of the...
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    div. 1961)​ Ellen Jansen ​ (m. 1965)​ Father Chester Alan Arthur II Relatives Chester A. Arthur (grandfather) William Lewis Herndon (great-grandfather)...
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    Northern Colombia Bjarni Herjulfsson Norse Viking 10th North America William Lewis Herndon American 19th Amazon basin Herodotus Greek 5th BC Near East, Middle...
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  • remained in operation until 1974. The community was named after William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), United States Navy scientist, explorer, and hero. U...
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    didn't include Bahia or Sergipe back then). 1851-52 — Lieutenants William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon of the United States Navy go on the Amazon to...
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  • fulfilled his duties handily. On the occasion when the captain, William Lewis Herndon fell ill, a voyage from Aspinwall to New York was left entirely...
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    After Lincoln's assassination in 1865, his friend and law partner William Herndon first revealed the story of the supposed romance between Rutledge and...
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    passengers, gold bullion then valued at US$2,000,000 and Commander William Lewis Herndon down with her. The sinking of the ship with the loss of so much...
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    on United States Navy Commander William Lewis Herndon, for whom the town was named, and artifacts from the USS Herndon (DD-198), from World War II, and...
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    War of 1812. Herndon Monument. The Monument was commissioned by the officers of the U.S. Navy as a tribute to Commander William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857)...
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    S2CID 30557398. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon Vol. I by Lieutenant William Lewis Herndon (1853) chapter 14, p. 285 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary...
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    from World War II, artifacts from the USS Herndon, and history of the US Navy commander William Lewis Herndon from whom the town got its name. The path...
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  • drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California Gold...
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    demolished in 1922. The hotel was originally named for Lieutenant William Lewis Herndon of the U.S. Navy whose exploration of the Amazon River in the early...
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