Years of service 1825–1870 Name Charles Poor | Rank Rear Admiral | |
Born June 11, 1808Cambridge, Massachusetts ( 1808-06-11 ) Allegiance United States of America Died December 5, 1882, Washington, D.C., United States Commands held | ||
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Poor (June 11, 1808 – December 5, 1882) was a U.S. Navy officer of the mid-19th century.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1808, Poor entered the Navy in 1825 and served nearly 30 years at sea. During the Civil War, he commanded the Brooklyn, Roanoke, St. Louis, and Saranac. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1868 and commanded the North Atlantic Squadron. Poor retired in 1870 from that post.
His daughter Elizabeth Lindsey Poor and Annie Cunnigham Poor married rear admiral Theodore Frelinghuysen Jewell (on June 15, 1871) and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover, respectively. Poor died in Washington, D.C., in 1882.
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