Charles Henry Poor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Henry Poor
United States Navy admiral
Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1808
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 05-Dec-1882
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Charles Henry Poor
- 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 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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