Wuxuu ku dhashay Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Godon wuxuu ku biiray ciidanka badda 1819 isagoo ahaa mid mid, ka dib markii uu ku adeegay badda qaybo kala duwan oo adduunka ah, waxaa loo dallacsiiyay mid midka 1827, iyo kormeeraha 1836. Waxa uu ka soo shaqeeyay markabkii ugu weynaa ee Commodore Isaac Hull's Mediterranean Squadron laga soo bilaabo 1839 ilaa 1841. Godon wuxuu si firfircoon u shaqeeyay intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Mexico iyo Mareykanka, isagoo ahaa taliyaha markabka qarxa ee hoos u dhigista Veracruz
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