David S Robertson, Pvt, USMC, USS Constitution, Served 16 Years

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 about David S Robertson
Name: David S Robertson
Birth Date: abt 1806
Death Date: 25 Mar 1897
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 91
Burial Date: 27 Mar 1897
Gender: Male
Race: White
Occupation: Seaman
Street Address: U S Naval Home, 30th Ward
Cemetery: Mount Moriah
Marital Status: Single
FHL Film Number: 1869756

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about David S Robertson
Name: David S Robertson
Death Date: 25 Mar 1897
Cemetery: MT. Moriah Naval Plot
Cemetery Address: 62nd St & Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19142
Buried At: Section 3 Row 1 Site 14

Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 about David S Robertson
Name: David S Robertson
Birth Date: 1810
Death Date: 25 Mar 1897
Age: 87
Military Branch: Marines
Veteran of Which War: American Indian Wars
Cemetery Name: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Yeadon, Pennsylvania

USS Constitution

Mediterranean and Pacific Squadrons

Elliot was appointed Captain of Constitution and got underway in March 1835 to New York, where he ordered repairs to the Jackson figurehead, avoiding a second round of controversy. Departing on 16 March, Constitution set a course for France to deliver Edward Livingston to his post as Minister. She arrived on 10 April and began the return voyage on 16 May, narrowly avoiding being wrecked off the Isles of Scilly due to the mistaken navigation of her Officer of the Deck. She arrived back in Boston on 23 June, then sailed on 19 August to take her station as flagship in the Mediterranean, arriving at Port Mahon on 19 September. Her duty over the next two years was uneventful as she and United States made routine patrols and diplomatic visits. From April 1837 into February 1838 Elliot collected various ancient artifacts to carry back to America, adding various livestock during the return voyage. Constitution arrived in Norfolk on 31 July. Elliot was later suspended from duty for transporting livestock on a Navy ship.

As flagship of the Pacific Squadron under the command of Captain Daniel Turner, she began her next voyage on 1 March 1839 with the duty of patrolling the western side of South America. Often spending months in one port or another, she visited Valparaíso, Callao, Paita, and Puna while her crew amused themselves with the beaches and taverns in each locality.[157] The return voyage found her at Rio de Janeiro, where Emperor Pedro II of Brazil visited her about 29 August 1841. Departing Rio, she collided with the ketch Queen Victoria, suffering minor damage, and returned to Norfolk on 31 October. On 22 June 1842 she was recommissioned under the command of Foxhall Alexander Parker for duty with the Home Squadron. After spending months in port she put to sea for three weeks during December, then was again put in ordinary

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