Henry A.S. Dearborn-- Part 3: Other Positions

He replaced his father as Collector of the Port of Boston from 1813 to 1829.  Other honors were membership in the American Antiquarian Society and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Then, he got into politics at Massachusetts state level as a representative  and senator.  Then he was a one-term U.S. representative as an Anti-Jacksonian.  Later he was the mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

In 1847, he was selected as running mate for Zachary Taylor by the Native American Party (precursor of the Know-Nothing Party).  But the Whig Party nominated Taylor as their presidential candidate with Millard Fillmore as his running mate so that was it for Dearborn's vice presidential effort.

Henry A.S. Dearborn died July 29, 1851, and is buried  at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

--Brock-Perry

Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn-- Part 1: Son of Sec. of War Henry Dearborn

While I was researching John A. Winslow in my Civil War Navy blog, I found he was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.  (He sank the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama.  While looking at that cemetery's notable burials, I came across this man.

From Wikipedia.

March 3, 1783 to July 29, 1851.

Soldier, lawyer,  author and statesman.  First president of Massachusetts Horticultural Society, member of the Society of Cincinnati and author of many books.

I came across that he was a brigadier general.

He was the son of Secretary of War and Major General Henry Dearborn, studied law, admitted to the bar and practiced law in Salem, Mass. and Portland, Maine.

--Brock-Perry

Fort Preble, Portland Maine-- Part 1

From WikipediaSouth Portland.  Built in 1808 by Henry A.S. Dearborn and modified through 1906.

Now on the campus of Southern Maine Community College.

U.S. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn authorized its construction in 1808 and placed his son, Henry A.S. Dearborn, in charge of it.

It was named for Commodore Edward Preble who led an American squadron during the First Barbary War.  he died in Portland in 1807 and is buried there.

Fort Preble was a Second National System Fortification.

--Brock-Perry

Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn

The man who built the original Fort Scammell in Portland Harbor.

From Wikipedia.

(1783-1851)

American lawyer, author, statesman and soldier.

He was the son of Secretary or War and major general Henry Dearborn and named for his father's friend Alexander Scammell (American revolution, died at Yorktown).

In 1808 he oversaw the construction of Fort Preble and Fort Scammell in Portland, Maine.

During the War of 1812, he commanded volunteers in the Boston Harbor defensive works.

He later replaced his father as as Collector at the Port of Boston and served in that capacity from 1813-1829.  promoted to brigadier general in the Massachusetts Militia in 1817.

--Brock-Perry

Historic Fort Scammell-- Part 1

From Wikipedia.

Yesterday I wrote about part of House Island in Portland Harbor coming up for sale.  The island contains Fort Scammell, a work dating to before the War of 1812.  It was the only American fort in what is today Maine, to exchange gunfire with British forces during the War of 1812.

It was built by Henry A.S. Dearborn, an officer in the Massachusetts militia and future general in 1808 as part of the national second system of fortifications.  The fort received its name from Alexander Scammell, adjutant-general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution who was killed at the Battle of Yorktown.

Fort Scammel was designed for the defense of Portland Harbor as was nearby Fort Preble.

The spelling of the name of the fort can vary by source.

Of interest, the S. in the fort's builder's name was Scammell.

--Brock-Perry