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PICKERING, Charles Whipple, naval officer, was born in Portsmouth, N.H., Dec. 23, 1815. He joined the U.S. navy as midshipman, May 22, 1822; was promoted lieutenant, Dec. 8, 1838; commander, Sept. 14, 1855; captain, July 15, 1862, and commodore, Dec. 8, 1867. He was executive officer of the Cyane, and conveyed the Strain surveying party to the Isthmus of Darien in 1854. He was ordered to Greytown, Nicaragua, to investigate the treatment of American citizens, and finding it outrageous, he bombarded the town and completely reduced it in four hours. He was inspector of a light-house district near Key West, Florida; was the first to command the U.S.S. Kearsarge, and was transferred to the Housatonic, commanding that vessel when she was sunk by a submarine torpedo near Charleston, S.C., Feb. 17, 1865. He later commanded the Vanderbilt; was ordered to the Portsmouth navy yard in 1865, and was retired, Feb. 1, 1867. He died in St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 29, 1888.
!SOURCE: International Genealogical Index (Internet). Gives name Charles William Whipple Pickering, identifies parents.
!SOURCE: 1880 Census of Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, p. 50C. Lists Charles Pickering, 65, b. NH, Com. U.S. Navy (parents b. NH); wife Mary, 56, b. MA (parents b. NH and MA); dau. Fannie Heffinger 26, b. NH; son-in-law Arthur C. Heffinger, 30, Physician U.S.M.C, b. VA (parents b. VA); gdau. Mary D. Heffinger, 1, b. MA; & servants George Campbell (24, b. ENG, parents b. ENG), Mary Regan (30, b. IRE, parents b. IRE), Jane Short (28, b. ENG, parents b. ENG) and Kate McCarty (16, b. NH, parents b. IRE).
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