A younger brother of Midshipman Richard Dale and son of Commodore Richard Dale of the American Revolution.
From Find A grave.
Birth 1797
Death: 15 December 1852 (aged 54-55)
Burial: Christ Church Burial grounds, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Commander in U.S. Navy who first served in the War of 1812.
Midshipman, 2 February 1829. Passed Midshipman, 3 July 1835. Lieutenant, 25 February 1845.
Died 24 July 1848.
His portrait was painted by noted Philadelphia artist Thomas Sully and now hangs in uin the Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover, Delaware.
--Brock-Perry
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