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Third regiment of artillery, 6 July, 1825; captain in the Sixth regiment of infantry 22 April, 1830; captain in the First regiment of dragoons 4 March, 1833; major, same regiment, 4 July, 1836; lieutenant-colonel, same regiment, 30 June, 1846; d. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 12 July, 1848; son of Lieut. Col. Franklin Wharton, commandant of the Marine corps, appointed under the administration of President Madison, by his wife, Mary Clifton, dau. William Clifton of Philadelphia.[1] Issue:

      1. Clifton Wharton, b. 19 August, 1839; ed. St. James college, Md.; m. 29 January, 1863, to Jane Elizabeth Page, dau. John Harding Page of Pittsburgh, by his wife Sidney Ormsby. Issue:
        1. Clifton Wharton, b. 16 January, 1864; m. 17 October, 1889, to Carrie Louise Jackson, dau. James W. Jackson of Plainfield, N. J. Issue:
          1. Susan Clifton Wharton.
        2. Etta Ormsby Wharton.
        3. Sidney Page Wharton.
        4. John Harding Page Wharton, b. 27 December, 1869.
        5. Oden Hughart Wharton, b. 26 January, 1872.
        6. Oliver Franklin Wharton, b. 23 December, 1873.
        7. Mary Ormsby Wharton.
      2. Oliver Franklin Wharton, ed. St. James college, Md.
      3. Mary Etta Wharton, d. young.

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  1. See Genealogy of the Wharton Family of Philadelphia, 1664 to 1880, by Anne H. Wharton. Published by the Historical Society of Penna.
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