Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, Godon akapinda muNavy muna 1819 somukuru mukuru wehondo, uye, pashure pokushumira mugungwa mumativi akasiyana-siyana enyika, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru wehondo muna 1827, uye kuva lieutenant muna 1836. Akashanda mu, mureza weCommodore Isaac Hull's Mediterranean Squadron kubva muna 1839 kusvika muna 1841. Godon akashandiswa zvikuru mukati meHondo yeMexico neAmerica, achitungamirira ngarava yebhomba pa
kuderedzwa kweVeracruz muna 1847.