USMA CLASS OF 1818
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 192
THIRD LIEUT., ORDNANCE, 1818
SECOND LIEUT., ORDNANCE, 1819
SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, 1821
ORDNANCE DUTY, 1818-1822
FOUR YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED, BALTIMORE, 1822
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192 ........ ( BORN DEL. ) ........ BENJAMIN C. VINING ........ ( AP'D DEL. ) ........ 13
Military History --- Cadet at the Military Academy, June 21, 1815 to July 24, 1818, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
THIRD LIEUT., ORDNANCE, JULY 24, 1818
SECOND LIEUT., ORDNANCE, AUG. 13, 1819
SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY,
IN RE-ORGANIZATION OF ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821
Served on Ordnance duty , July 24, 1818 to Apr. 8, 1822
DIED, APR. 8, 1822, AT BALTIMORE, MD.
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OBITUARY :
Columbian Centinal
April 17, 1822
VINDING, BENJAMIN, Lt. of the Army, d. in Baltimore
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FAMILY :
GRANDFATHER : Colonel John Waring, ( 1724 - 1770 ). Speaker of the Delaware Assembly. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the lower counties of Delaware.
FATHER : Senator John Middleton Vining, ( 1758 - 1802 ), U. S. Congressman and U. S. Senator from Delaware. elected to represent Delaware as At-Large Representative in the United States House, serving from 1789 to 1793. Also served as a Member of the Delaware State legislature, delegate to the Continental congress from Delaware, and United States senator from Delaware from 1793 to 1798.
MOTHER : Anna Maria Seaton, ( ----- 1800 ) daughter of Willam Seaton of New York. Sister of William Magee Seton, the husband of Saint Elizabeth ( Bailey ) Seton.
AUNT : Elizabeth Ann ( Bailey ) Seton, ( 1774 - 1821 ), Roman Catholic Religious Leader. Canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI, she was the first native born United States citizen to be made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. married to prosperous merchant William Seton, who died of tuberculosis. Had five children. Converted to the Catholic Church after his death, and started a school for girls, forming a religious community called the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph.
BROTHER : William Henry Vining, ( 1795 - 1822 ) Achieved distinction in the practice of the law, but his career was cut short by a untimely death.
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Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
2/1/22
USMA CLASS OF 1818
CULLUM'S REGISTER # 192
THIRD LIEUT., ORDNANCE, 1818
SECOND LIEUT., ORDNANCE, 1819
SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY, 1821
ORDNANCE DUTY, 1818-1822
FOUR YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED, BALTIMORE, 1822
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192 ........ ( BORN DEL. ) ........ BENJAMIN C. VINING ........ ( AP'D DEL. ) ........ 13
Military History --- Cadet at the Military Academy, June 21, 1815 to July 24, 1818, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
THIRD LIEUT., ORDNANCE, JULY 24, 1818
SECOND LIEUT., ORDNANCE, AUG. 13, 1819
SECOND LIEUT., 1ST ARTILLERY,
IN RE-ORGANIZATION OF ARMY, JUNE 1, 1821
Served on Ordnance duty , July 24, 1818 to Apr. 8, 1822
DIED, APR. 8, 1822, AT BALTIMORE, MD.
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OBITUARY :
Columbian Centinal
April 17, 1822
VINDING, BENJAMIN, Lt. of the Army, d. in Baltimore
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FAMILY :
GRANDFATHER : Colonel John Waring, ( 1724 - 1770 ). Speaker of the Delaware Assembly. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the lower counties of Delaware.
FATHER : Senator John Middleton Vining, ( 1758 - 1802 ), U. S. Congressman and U. S. Senator from Delaware. elected to represent Delaware as At-Large Representative in the United States House, serving from 1789 to 1793. Also served as a Member of the Delaware State legislature, delegate to the Continental congress from Delaware, and United States senator from Delaware from 1793 to 1798.
MOTHER : Anna Maria Seaton, ( ----- 1800 ) daughter of Willam Seaton of New York. Sister of William Magee Seton, the husband of Saint Elizabeth ( Bailey ) Seton.
AUNT : Elizabeth Ann ( Bailey ) Seton, ( 1774 - 1821 ), Roman Catholic Religious Leader. Canonized in 1975 by Pope Paul VI, she was the first native born United States citizen to be made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. married to prosperous merchant William Seton, who died of tuberculosis. Had five children. Converted to the Catholic Church after his death, and started a school for girls, forming a religious community called the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph.
BROTHER : William Henry Vining, ( 1795 - 1822 ) Achieved distinction in the practice of the law, but his career was cut short by a untimely death.
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Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
2/1/22
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