Charles Henry Poor | |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1808 |
Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Placeofburial: | Oak Hill Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Placeofburial Label: | Place of burial |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1825–1870 |
Rank: | Rear admiral |
Commands: | North Atlantic Squadron |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Spouse: | Mattie Lindsay Stark |
Children: | 2 |
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Poor (June 11, 1808 – November 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,[1],,[1] [2] and .[3] He was promoted to rear admiral in 1868 and commanded the North Atlantic Squadron. Poor retired in 1870 from that post.
Poor married Mattie Lindsay Stark, daughter of Dr. Robert B. Stark.[4] His daughters 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 on November 5, 1882, in Washington, D.C. He was interred at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[4]