A veteran of the First Barbary War, and Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean Station, Samuel D. Heap serves as U.S. Consul to Tunisia for close to 20 years. He remained in the country after his posting, and is now buried in the St. George Anglican Church cemetery, along with his wife Margaret, his daughter Susan, his son Gwynne, and his grandson Gwynne Jr. His son would later serve as U.S. Consul in Tunis.