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Charles Andrew Thompson

Birth
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
Death
21 Sep 1834 (aged 26)
Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
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Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Charles Andrew Thompson's formal education was at Phillips Exeter Academy 1820-1823. He was proposed as a Midshipman by US Atty General William Wirt on 27 Aug 1823. A warrant was signed by President John Quincy Adams and countersigned by Secty of the Navy Samuel Southard on 27 Jun 1825. He served on USS United States (1797) from 1823-1827 under Commodore Isaac Hull in the Pacific. Then he served on the USS John Adams (1799) from 1828-1829 in the West India Squadron against the pirates. He passed the Midshipmen examination on 20 Feb 1830 in Washington,DC. He then served on USS Boston (1825) from 1830-Aug 1831 when he was sent to Pensacola on USS Porpoise (1820) in West Indies Squadron. On 16 Sep 1833 his father received distressing news from Pensacola about Charles (probably that he was suffering from malaria). He resigned from Navy service 27 Sep 1833. Since obits found in American & Commercial Daily Advertiser newspaper in Baltimore show he died in Key West on 21 Sep 1834, we can conclude that he probably was admitted to The Marine Hospital at the tip of Key West where he died and was probably buried at the Whitehead Point Cemetery. This public cemetery was established in 1831 and washed away in the hurricane of 1846.
Charles Andrew Thompson's formal education was at Phillips Exeter Academy 1820-1823. He was proposed as a Midshipman by US Atty General William Wirt on 27 Aug 1823. A warrant was signed by President John Quincy Adams and countersigned by Secty of the Navy Samuel Southard on 27 Jun 1825. He served on USS United States (1797) from 1823-1827 under Commodore Isaac Hull in the Pacific. Then he served on the USS John Adams (1799) from 1828-1829 in the West India Squadron against the pirates. He passed the Midshipmen examination on 20 Feb 1830 in Washington,DC. He then served on USS Boston (1825) from 1830-Aug 1831 when he was sent to Pensacola on USS Porpoise (1820) in West Indies Squadron. On 16 Sep 1833 his father received distressing news from Pensacola about Charles (probably that he was suffering from malaria). He resigned from Navy service 27 Sep 1833. Since obits found in American & Commercial Daily Advertiser newspaper in Baltimore show he died in Key West on 21 Sep 1834, we can conclude that he probably was admitted to The Marine Hospital at the tip of Key West where he died and was probably buried at the Whitehead Point Cemetery. This public cemetery was established in 1831 and washed away in the hurricane of 1846.

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