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    Stephen Decatur Jr. (/dɪˈkeɪtər/; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a U.S. naval officer and commodore. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland...
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    Decatur house in Newport Stephen Decatur Sr. (June 1751 – November 11, 1808) was an American privateer in the Revolutionary War and later in the Quasi-War...
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  • Stephen Decatur (1779–1820) was an American naval commodore. Stephen Decatur may also refer to: Stephen Decatur Sr. (1752–1808), American naval captain...
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  • Decatur may refer to a number of places, streets, military establishments, schools, and others mostly named after Stephen Decatur: Decatur, Alabama, county...
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    downtown Decatur; the city of Decatur was incorporated on December 10, 1823. It was named for United States Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur. During the...
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  • Stephen Decatur High School may refer: Stephen Decatur High School (Decatur, Illinois) Stephen Decatur High School (Maryland) in Berlin, Maryland Stephen...
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    Stephen Decatur Miller (May 8, 1787 – March 8, 1838) was an American politician, who served as the 52nd Governor of South Carolina from 1828 to 1830....
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    Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon with their "Mason–Dixon line". In 1779, Stephen Decatur, the famous United States Navy officer and hero of the First Barbary...
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    The second USS Decatur was a Bainbridge-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Stephen Decatur. Decatur was launched on 26...
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    Stephen Decatur, Jr. Newton County was created and Decatur established as the county seat in 1836. The Newton County Courthouse was built in Decatur in...
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  • Stephen Decatur High School (commonly Stephen Decatur, Stephen Decatur High, SDHS) is a four-year public high school in Berlin, Worcester County, Maryland...
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    USS Decatur (DDG-73) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for the former naval officer Stephen Decatur, Jr. This...
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    Stephen Decatur High School was a public high school in Decatur, Illinois, United States, which existed from 1862 to 2000. Stephen Decatur High School...
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    Community College. The city is named after War of 1812 naval hero Stephen Decatur. The Potawatomi Trail of Death passed through the city in 1838. Post...
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    fellow officers, the resulting controversy led Barron to a duel with Stephen Decatur, one of the officers who presided over his court-martial. Suspended...
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    rank of master commandant–Lieutenant James Caldwell, James Decatur (brother of Stephen Decatur), Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel and John Dorsey. Originally...
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  • (Georgia) — Decatur, Georgia Stephen Decatur High School (Decatur, Illinois), (1911–2000) Decatur High School (Michigan) — Decatur, Michigan Decatur High School...
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    service from 1956 to 1983. She was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur USN (1779–1820). Decatur was modernised as a guided missile destroyer in the mid-1960s...
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  • Stephen A. Decatur (born 1813, died 1888 or 1889), born Stephen Decatur Bross and often referred to as Commodore Decatur, was one of the earliest settlers...
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    what is now Decatur there was nothing but a dense virgin forest and wild prairie. Decatur was founded in 1836. It was named for Stephen Decatur, Jr., one...
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    county is named for Stephen Decatur Jr., a hero in the War of 1812. Decatur County was organized in 1850 and named for Stephen Decatur, a naval hero of the...
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  • Stephen Miller may refer to: Stephen Miller (Minnesota governor) (1816–1881), American Republican politician Stephen Decatur Miller (1787–1838), American...
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  • Decatur County was a county of the state of Alabama, United States. It was named for Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy. Its county seat...
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    Algiers. The war ended when the United States Senate ratified Commodore Stephen Decatur's Algerian treaty on 5 December 1815. However, Dey Omar Agha of Algeria...
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    Stephen Decatur Button (June 15, 1813, in Preston, Connecticut – January 7, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American architect and a pioneer...
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    were donated by James Lillard and Leonard Brooks. Decatur is named after Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr., an early 19th-century American naval officer...
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    It is named after its first owner and occupant, the naval officer Stephen Decatur. The house (built, 1818) is located at the northwest corner of Lafayette...
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    had altered its course, it was renamed "Decatur Street" in honor of the naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr. Decatur begins at Canal Street (the corresponding...
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    were reported to be at the Gosport Navy Yard, then commanded by Stephen Decatur. Decatur received a letter from the British consul ordering him to turn...
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    Stephen Decatur Engle (December 18, 1837 – January 24, 1921) of Sybertsville, Pennsylvania was an American inventor best known as the creator of the Engle...
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