Background
Sargent, Nathan was born on October 29, 1849 in New York, United States. Son of D. H. and Katherine (Sargent) Dustin.
Sargent, Nathan was born on October 29, 1849 in New York, United States. Son of D. H. and Katherine (Sargent) Dustin.
Assumed name of grandfather. Nathan Sargent, by act of Congress, 1866. Preparatory education, Emerson Institute and Gonzaga College, Washington.
Appointed to the United States Naval Academy, from Montana, 1866, graduate, 1870.
Promoted ensign, July 1871. Master, July 1874; Lieutenant, January 1881. Lieutenant commander, March 1899.
Commander, September 1901.
Captain, May 13, 1906. Naval attache at Rome, Berlin and Vienna, 1889-1893.
Commanding United States Ship Scorpion and Machias, Atlantic Fleet, 1899-1901, United States Ship Baltimore, Asiatic Fleet, 1904-1906. Member General Board Home: Washington, Distric.
Member General Board.
Married Isabel Hill, April.