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Alexander Slidell Mackenzie |
 | | MACKENZIE, Alexander Slidell, naval officer, born in New York city, 6 April, 1803; died in Tarrytown, New York, 13 September, 1848. |
 | | The name of Mackenzie, that of his mother, was added to his own in 1837, at the request of a maternal uncle. |
 | | On 24 March, 1884, he was placed on the retired list, having been disabled "in the line of duty."--Another son, Alexander Slidell, naval officer, born in New York city, 24 January, 1842; died in the island of Formosa, China, 13 June, 1867, was appointed acting midshipman. |
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