Robert Field Stockton was a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. He was a naval innovator and an early advocate for a propeller-driven, steam-powered navy. Stockton was from a notable... Wikipedia
Born: August 20, 1795, Princeton, NJ
Died: October 7, 1866 (age 71 years), Princeton, NJ
Children: John P. Stockton
Books: Remarks of the Hon. Robert F. Stockton of New Jersey: On the Announcement in the Senate of the United States of the Death of Daniel Webster, December 14, 1853 [i.e., 1852] and Upon the Bill to Increase the Efficiency of the Army and Navy by a Retired List for Disabled Officers : Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 5, 1853, Letter to the Editors of the N.Y. Evening Post in Reply to a Citizen of New Jersey, Remarks of Hon. R. F. Stockton of New Jersey on the Presentation of the Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey Upon the Compromise Measures: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 12, 1852, and more
Parents: Richard Stockton and Mary Field Stockton
Place of burial: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ
Grandchild: Anna Margaretta Pyne