JOSEPH L. FRIEND, PASSED MIDN, USN
Joseph Friend '47
Loss
Joseph died on October 18, 1851 "near Richmond, Va."
Other Information
He was born in, and appointed to the Naval Academy from, Virginia.
He is also buried in Virginia and was survived by his wife, Catherine W. Murchie — married October 10, 1849 — and son, Joseph L. Friend, Jr., born ~1850.
From researcher Kathy Franz:
His middle name was Lawson. Since October 1848, he was home at Buck Hill near Manchester, Virginia, with coughing and lung hemorrhages. He wrote the Navy often but never got better. He was the son of Edward O. Friend, and his brother was Peter Randolph. His son Joseph died in 1853, and his wife Catherine died in 1866.
Career
From the Naval History and Heritage Command:
Midshipman, 27 October, 1841. Passed Midshipman, 10 August, 1847. Died 18 October, 1851.
He was aboard the frigate Congress when she sailed for Rio de Janeiro from Gibraltar on December 22, 1843.
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