Charles Henry Poor Explained

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]

Dates of rank

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861 . usnlp.org . 22 October 2010.
  2. Web site: Naval History of the Civil War April 1861 . historycentral.com . 22 October 2010.
  3. Web site: Civil War Naval Officers . https://web.archive.org/web/19980703174058/http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/cw/pacific.htm . dead . 3 July 1998 . history.navy.mil . 22 October 2010 .
  4. Web site: Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D.C. (Amphitheater) - Lot 146 East . . 2022-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302174130/https://www.oakhillcemeterydc.org/app/themes/oakhill/assets/records/146e.pdf . 2022-03-02 . live.
  5. Web site: US Navy Officers: 1778–1900 (P) . https://web.archive.org/web/20060623174738/http://www.history.navy.mil/books/callahan/reg-usn-p.htm . dead . 23 June 2006 . history.navy.mil . 22 October 2010 .