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ADDISON SEARLE 1791-1850

From Proceedings, Page 1873-337:

REV. ADDISON SEARLE, U. S. NAVY, Episcopalian. 1844, 1845, 1848, 1849.

He was born in Temple, N. II., October 19, 1791. Having finished his preparatory studies at the academy in New Ipswich, he entered Dartmouth College in 1812, and graduated in 1816. After leaving college he was engaged about two years in teaching a school of young ladies, in Boston. He pursued his theological studies at Bristol, R. I., with the Right Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, and was ordained deacon by that prelate, in St. John's Church, Providence, R. I., in September, 1819. During his diaconate he officiated several months in Hopkinton and Concord, N. II. In April, 1820, he was appointed a Chaplain in the Navy, and in the following August was admitted to priest's orders, in St. Michael's Church, Bristol, R. I., by Bishop Griswold.

In May, 1821, he sailed from Boston, for a cruise in the Mediterranean, in the Frigate Constitution, bearing the flag of Commodore Jacob Jones, and returned to the United States in 1824. From 1824 to 1827 his official duties were performed at the New York Navy Yard. During 1827 and 1828 he was rector of St. Paul's Church, in Buffalo, N. Y., and also of a church in Detroit, Michigan. Feb. 8, 1829, he was stationed at Pensacola Navy Yard; in 1830 and 1832, at the Navy Yard in Charlestown; in 1833, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In October, of 1833, he returned to Detroit. In the spring of 1835 he sailed from New York in the sloop-of-war Peacock, destined (as flag-ship) for the East India station. On her outward passage the Peacock touched at Rio Janeiro, and there Mr. Searle was transferred to the sloop-of-war Erie, the flag-ship of the U. S. Squadron on the coast of Brazil. At the expiration of this cruise, in 1837, he was appointed to the chaplaincy of the Navy Yard, Boston. He continued at this station till the summer of 1849, when he received orders for duty on board the Frigate Cumberland; and in August, sailed from New York in that ship, for a cruise in the Mediterranean. For several years before entering upon this (which proved to be has last) service, Mr. Searle had suffered from disease of the heart. His health, at the time of his sailing, was apparently improved, but, several months after, he had a return of his complaint. Under this he gradually failed, and, on the 2d of August, 1850, died on board the Cumberland, on her passage from Messina, Island of Sicily, to Alexandria, in Egypt.

Some time after his decease a few of his friends, in Boston and vicinity, erected, in Mount Auburn Cemetery, a marble cenotaph to his memory, which bears the following inscription: —

REV. ADDISON SEARLE,
late
Senior Chaplain in
U. S. N.
Buried at sea, August 2, 1850.
Erected by friends
who, valuing him in life, remember
him in death with true affection
and deep regard.

— History of Temple, N. H.

The following resolutions were passed by the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island : —

"IN GRAND ENCAMPMENT, Oct. 9, 1850.
"Sir Daniel Harwood announced the decease of Rev. Addison Searle, and offered the following resolutions : —
"Resolved, That the Grand Encampment have with heartfelt grief received intelligence of the death of the Rev. Addison Searle, late Prelate of this Body.
"Resolved, That the Masonic fidelity, social virtues, and unspotted character of this lamented Knight, have established with us all a warm and enduring attachment; and that, by this dispensation, an important link is broken in the chain of our enjoyments.
"Resolved, That we sincerely sympathize with all the friends of the deceased, and that we would respectfully declare our participation in their sorrows."
"The above resolutions were adopted, and the Grand Recorder was instructed to furnish the family of the deceased with a copy thereof." Brother Searle was raised in Saint John's Lodge, Boston, March 2, 1819; signed the By-Laws, as member, in 1844; and was Chaplain of the Lodge from 1844 to 1849 inclusive.

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