Charles Henry Poor
Rear Admiral Charles Henry Poor 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,,, and. 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 and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover, respectively. Poor died in Washington, D.C., in 1882.Dates of rank
