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William Lewis Herndon was born on 25 October 1813 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Elizabeth (née Hull) and Dabney Herndon.His father was a cashier. [2] He married Frances Elizabeth Hansborough and they had a daughter, Ellen Lewis Herndon (future wife of Chester A. Arthur), born in Culpeper Court House, Virginia.
The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a 21-foot-tall (6.4 m) grey granite obelisk.It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who died during the sinking of his ship, SS Central America, on September 12, 1857 while helping to evacuate passengers and crew.
In 1851, William Lewis Herndon was ordered to head an expedition exploring the Valley of the Amazon – a vast uncharted area. Departing Lima, Peru, 21 May 1851, Lieut. Herndon, Lieut. Lardner Gibbon, and a small party of six men pressed into the wild and treacherously beautiful jungles. They split up and took different routes to gather even ...
Commander William Lewis Herndon, a distinguished officer who had served during the Mexican–American War and explored the Amazon Valley, was captain of Central America and went down with his ship. Two US Navy ships were later named USS Herndon in his honor, as was the town of Herndon, Virginia.
Plebes are required to remove their shoes before the climb.The 21-foot monument is named for Cmdr William Lewis Herndon, who went down with his doomed ship the SS Central America in a hurricane in ...
William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), officer and explorer in the United States Navy William Herndon (lawyer) (1818–1891), law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln William S. Herndon (1835–1903), U.S. Representative from Texas
The museum houses railroad memorabilia, information 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 from local residents. [9] The Herndon Historical Society operates the museum. [7]
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