WATMOUGH, John Goddard, soldier, born in Wilmington, Delaware, 6 December, 1793; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 27 November, 1861. He entered the army as 3d lieutenant in the 2d artillery, 22 September, 1813, and was promoted 2d lieutenant, 19 April, 1814. He was present in the Niagara campaign of that year, and served under Captain Alexander J. Williams at Fort Erie, where he was severely wounded. The effects of this wound he carried with him to the end of his life. For" gallant and meritorious conduct in defence of Fort Erie" Lieutenant Watmough received the brevet of 1st lieutenant, 15 August, 1814. The same year General Gaines, who has left on record the most exalted idea of his gallantry, intrepidity, and perseverance in battle, appointed him his aide-de-camp. On 1 October, 1816, he resigned his commission in the army, and from 1831 till 1835 he represented in congress one of the districts of Philadelphia county. From 1835 till 1838 he was high sheriff of that county, and in 1841 he was appointed surveyor of the port of Philadelphia. When the civil war opened, mortal disease alone prevented him, in spite of his advanced age, from pressing on the government his services for active command in the field.--His son, James Horatio, naval officer, born in Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 30 July, 1822, was an acting midshipman in the navy from 24 November, 1843, till October, 1844, and on 12 December, 1844, became paymaster. During the Mexican war he was in most of the operations in California, including the bombardment of Guaymas. From 1849 till 1855 he was on the brig "Perry" and the frigate "Constitution," on the coast of Africa; in 1857-'8 on the steamer" Michigan," on the lakes; in 1859-'60 on the sloop "Saratoga" and in action with two Spanish steamers, which were taken. In 1864-'5 he was fleet paymaster of the South Atlantic squadron and was in most of the operations of that squadron, including those on Stono river and on James and John islands previous to the evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina He was subsequently general inspector, and from July, 1873, till November, 1877, paymaster-general. In 1884 he was retired.--Another son, Pendleton Gaines, naval officer, born in Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 3 May, 1828, entered the navy in 1841, served on the Brazil station, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific, and shared in the capture and occupation of California during the Mexican war. He returned home in 1847, the following year was graduated at the naval academy, served in the Mediterranean and Pacific and on the coast of China, and resigned in 1858. In April, 1861, he volunteered for the civil war and was reappointed in the navy. The same month he was sent to plant a battery at Perryville, Maryland, to cover the transportation thence to Annapolis, and for a short time was in command of a steamer on Chesapeake bay, keeping open communications, and subsequently on other active duty afloat. In October, 1861, he commanded the "Curlew," of Admiral Dupont's fleet, and shared in the capture of Port Royal. Later he was in command of the "Potomska" in the capture of Fernandina and occupation of the inland waters of the South Atlantic. In 1863 he was ordered to the "Kansas," was in the two attacks on Fort Fisher, and in James river participated in the final operations against Richmond. He resigned as lieutenant-commander in July, 1865, and in 1869 was appointed by President Grant collector of the port of Cleveland, Ohio, which post he held for eight years.