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- Being of an adventuresome disposition, he early left home, and, engaging in business, traveled throughout the country. In the early days of the California emigration he proceeded there, and after a while to Peru, South America, where he made himself so useful to the government of the country that he was made a captain in the Peruvian navy. He was a gentlemen of fine address and culture, and having made an invention which greatly improved the lights of lighthouses, he proceeded to London, England, and succeeded in having his invention adopted by all great nations. For many years they lived in London, England, and reportedly had no children.
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