Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1823, Oct. 4 | Born, Elmira, N. Y. |
| 1841 | Appointed acting midshipman Duty in John Adams (frigate) |
| 1844 | Duty in Yorktown (sloop) |
| 1846 | Duty in Boston (sloop-of-war) |
| 1849 | Married Eliza J. Snyder |
| 1852 | Duty in Porpoise (brig), North Pacific and Bering Strait expedition |
| 1855 | Duty with United States Coast Survey |
| 1858 | Duty in Macedonian (frigate) |
| 1861 | Duty in Pensacola (screw steamer) |
| 1863 | Commanded Sassacus (side-wheel steamer) |
| 1865 | Published Naval Duties and Discipline. New York: D. Van Nostrand |
| 1867 | Commanded Tacony (side-wheel steamer) Commanded Delaware (side-wheel steamer) |
| 1872 | Commanded Naval Rendezvous, San Francisco, Calif. |
| 1873 | Commanded Lancaster (screw sloop-of-war), Brazil Station |
| 1883 | Governor, United States Naval Asylum for Retired Seamen, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1884 | Promoted to rear admiral |
| 1890 | Published Historic Records of an Old Family: Ancestry of Francis Asbury Roe |
| 1893 | Governor, Society of Colonial Wars of the District of Columbia |
| 1900 | Published An American Sea Captain of Colonial Times. Washington: D.C.: Historical Papers of the Society of Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia |
| 1901, Dec. 28 | Died, Washington, D. C. |