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Coat of Arms of David Farragut. James Glasgow Farragut was born in 1801 to George Farragut (born Jordi Farragut Mesquida, 1755–1817), a Spanish Balearic merchant captain from the Mediterranean island of Menorca, and his wife Elizabeth (née Shine, 1765–1808), of North Carolina Scotch-Irish American descent, at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in Tennessee. [9]
Farragut is a suburban town located in Knox and Loudon counties in the State of Tennessee, United States. [2] The town's population was 23,506 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area .
David Farragut (1801–1870), American admiral; George Farragut (1755–1817), American Revolutionary War naval officer, father of David Farragut; Ken Farragut (1928-2014), American National Football League player; Faraj ben Salim, also known as Farragut of Girgenti, 13th century Sicilian-Jewish physician and translator
Farragut High School, located at 11237 Kingston Pike, serves as a high school in Farragut, a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee. Knox County Schools , the unified Knox County, Tennessee school district, operates the school.
The Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Gravesite is the final resting place of David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870), the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and four-star admiral of the United States Navy. He was most well known for his order to "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The granite and marble monument resembling a mast marks not only ...
Jordi Farragut Mesquida was born to Antoni Farragut and Joana Mesquida in Ciutadella on the island of Menorca (an overseas territory of the Kingdom of Great Britain between 1708 and 1782, now part of Spain). He first went to sea at the age of 10, and left Menorca as a young man to join the Spanish merchant marine after studies in the Barcelona ...
USS Hartford, a sloop-of-war steamer, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David G. Farragut, most notably the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864.
Pages in category "Farragut, Tennessee" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...