Decatur, STEPHEN

1751-1808. Naval officer in Am. Revolution and 1798-1801.-His son, STEPHEN, U.S.N., 1779-1820, Commodore 1810, rendered eminent service in the wars with Tripoli 1804-5, England 1812-14, and Algiers 1815. In the last he humbled the Barbary States, freed many Christian captives, and suppre ed Mediterranean piracy.