Captain Daniel Dobbins
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N 42° 08.261 W 080° 05.445
17T E 575139 N 4665463
Erie merchant mariner and naval officer in War of 1812.
Waymark Code: WM1TNQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2007
Views: 116
Erie merchant mariner, naval officer, born in Mifflin County. Captured by the British during the War of 1812, Dobbins escaped, went to Washington to report the fall of Forts Mackinac and Detroit. Appointed a sailing master in the US Navy, he returned to Erie to supervise the construction of a squadron of warships later commanded by O.H. Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie. Dobbins served in the US Navy and Revenue Cutter Service for thirty years.
Marker Name: Captain Daniel Dobbins
County: Erie
Date Dedicated: 09/13/2003
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Dobbins Landing, foot of State St., Erie
Category: Military, War of 1812
Website: [Web Link]
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