1. On or after January 5,1807, William Radford Clark arrived at Greenfield, the estate of army buddy William Radford Preston, missing Harriet's wedding.
47 Facts About William Radford
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In 1817, John William Radford was killed by the wild boar he was hunting.
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Widower William Clark married Harriet November 28,1821 in Saint Louis and adopted the Radford children and then added to their combined family:.
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William Radford asked stepfather William Clark for a recommendation to the US Navy.
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William Clark's diaries mention Radford accompanying him in 1824 from Saint Louis to Washington, DC Before returning home, they diverted to New York City to observe the hero's welcome for Marquis de Lafayette.
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William Radford embarked upon another Clark trip to Washington, DC, in the fall of 1828.
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William Radford was accepted March 1,1825 into the United States Navy as a midshipman.
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William Radford reported 1 August 1825 to Captain Charles Morris for duty aboard Brandywine at Washington Navy Yard.
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William Radford returned to Saint Louis and received orders August 10,1829, to join Erie at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for deployment to the West Indies Squadron commanded by Commodore Charles Ridgely.
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William Radford was promoted to passed midshipman June 4,1831 and reported for duty in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
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William Radford was then entered into a furlough due to the general stagnation of naval affairs.
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William Radford was assigned to the receiving ship Sea Gull at Philadelphia in February 1834.
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William Radford suffered an attack of cholera in November 1834 and was sent ashore to recover in the south of France.
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On March 6,1841, due to the Oregon Question, William Radford was summoned to New York via Brandywine.
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William Radford traveled May 1841 to Norfolk for duty on Pennsylvania.
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William Radford was attached April 24,1844, to Warren and visited Society Islands, Sandwich Islands and the western coastline of the Americas.
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William Radford commanded the boarding party which inserted during the siesta hour and securely fastened the hatches while the entire crew was below deck.
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William Radford arrived back in Saint Louis on August 28,1847.
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William Radford was ordered December 20,1847, to testify in the court-martial of John C Fremont at the Washington Arsenal.
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William Radford went to see his cousin William Preston Griffin at Morristown, New Jersey, met Mary Lovell, married her and settled there.
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William Radford commuted to his assignment at the Rendezvous in New York through January 21,1851.
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On July 26,1851, William Radford took command of Lexington and sailed again to the Pacific Squadron.
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Detached from Lexington on September 22,1852, William Radford returned to Morristown.
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William Radford was fortunate to receive a commission as commander September 14,1855.
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William Radford took command of Dacotah April 23,1860, and sailed to Hong Kong as a unit of the East India Squadron for Commodore Cornelius Stribling.
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However, after the onset of the Civil War, both William Radford and Stribling were relieved of their commands and ordered to return Washington, DC despite their declarations of allegiance to the Union.
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William Radford arrived home October 12,1861, seriously ill with smallpox but recovered quickly.
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William Radford was aboard Roanoke as a member of a Naval Board of Inquiry March 8,1862, when his ship was sunk by the Confederate ram Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads.
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William Radford received, June 10,1862, temporary duty as Executive Officer of Brooklyn Navy Yard under command of Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding.
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William Radford received promotion to captain July 16,1862, and then to commodore April 24,1863.
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On May 15,1864, William Radford was directed to report to Rear Admiral John Dahlgren at Philadelphia for command of the armored ship New Ironsides.
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William Radford took charge of the flotilla assembled there and coordinated with Generals Ulysses Grant and Edward Ord.
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William Radford transferred his flag to Dumbarton when New Ironsides was sent to Norfolk Naval yard February 18,1865, for repairs.
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William Radford became agitated about the Johnson and King arrival and ordered Radford to keep both of his passengers elsewhere.
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Commodore William Radford was appointed April 28,1865, to command the North Atlantic Squadron as Acting Rear Admiral.
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William Radford transferred his flag May 15,1865, from Phlox to Malvern, which remained his flagship during his tenure.
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William Radford was called October 10,1865, to oversee the Washington Navy Yard.
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In March 1866, William Radford was elected as a companion of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
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William Radford was promoted to rear admiral on July 25,1866.
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William Radford left Washington January 20,1869, with his family in tow and arrived in New York to embark on Franklin to Lisbon, Portugal.
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William Radford travelled to Lausanne to retrieve his children believing any battles would be distant.
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William Radford was listed by the Navy as retired on March 1,1870.
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Son George Reginald and grandson William Radford Coyle married sisters.
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Great-granddaughter Rosemary William Radford Ruether pioneered feminist theology.
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William Radford was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC.
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William Radford had attended the ceremonies with stepfather William Clark, who was serving as Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
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William Radford built an elegant Victorian mansion during 1875 at 1736 N Street NW in the DuPont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC It is the General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters.