Charles W. Aby
Lieutenant (Active Duty)
Unit: USS SARATOGA
Wars: Mexican War
Marker: 16990
Date of Birth: March 2, 1824
Date of Death: October 16, 1856
Section: F
Row: 14
Grave: 20
Remarks: Lieutenant Aby was born in the United States on March 2, 1824. He became a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy on February 8, 1840 and fought in the Mexican War. He was promoted to Lieutenant on May 24, 1855. He died while serving aboard the USS Saratoga on October 16, 1856 from Isthmus fever. He was buried at the Mt. Hope Cemetery then re-interred at the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
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The following information was sent by Find a Grave member "Rubbings"
"Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Charles W Aby
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant
Service Dates: 8 Feb 1840, 11 Jul 1846, 23 Sep 1854
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 16 Oct 1856.
Charles W Aby wrote many letters to his brother Samuel Aby and his parents, Jonas and Barbara Aby.
Feb 29, 1842 - From USS Delaware, Rio de la Plata, off Montevideo:
"...You will perceive by this that we are at Monte Video for the second time, the reason for our returning is some claims which come of the American citizens have on the Government of Buenos Ayres, it is likely we will remain here until the first of September..."
Nov 6, 1842 - USS Delaware, Rio de Janiero
"... to inform you of a great change which will take place in our destination shortly, we are to sail for that long wished for station, the Mediterranean....
June 14, 1843 - USS Delaware - Lisbon
"My dear parents, The last you heard from me, I was in Mahen (I. of Minorca), and little did I think I wouldhave the pleasure of writing you from the famous city of Lisbon then. We sailed from Mahen early in May, arrived in Gibralter the latter part of the same month, lay there a few days when we sailed for Cadiz, Spain..."
August 5, 1846 - Navy Department
Sir, Herewith you will receive a Warrant, as a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States. dated the 21st day of July, 1846..." W. Bancroft
October 15, 1849 - "Constitution"
"... we are compelled to trudge through streets no less magnificinient in their way, but jammed on all hands with Sailors, Soldiers, Civilians, and Saracens....without wishing to make a case of "sour grapes" out of the affair, the Adriatic, at this advanced season of the year, is not the sea that a sailor, who has half an eye to comfort as well as a whole one to "windward", would like to cruise in."
September 15, 1850 - U.S. Frigate Independence - Genoa
My dear Mother, I have not much to say to you except that I am promoted to a grade higher than I have hitherto held, and that I have been transferred from the glorious old Ironsides to the Frigate Independence, which vessel bears the flag of Commodore Morgan. ....I was appointed Master of this ship...
April 7, 1853 - USS Dale - Boston
June 20, 1855 - USS San Jacinto - Havana
October 16, 1856 USS Saratoga, Harbor of Aspinwall, N.G.
Sir, Lt., Chas. W. Aby died this morning of Isthmus fever. Capable of conducting a ship in safety over the world, and competent to command her in time of battle -- alike distinguished for his moral and professional attainments -- he dies, lamented by us all, and esteemed as an officer and a man.
(Signed) E. G. Felton, Commander"∼Note: Lieut. Aby's remains were removed and reinterred in the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
The Aspinwall Courier, of the 17th inst., says: We have to chronicle the death of Charles W. Aby, 2d Lieutenant of the U.S. ship-of-war Saratoga, who died of fever at Aspinwall on the morning of the 16th inst., after a few days' illness, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery at 11. A.M., the funeral procession being formed on the wharf of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company, on the landing of the corpse and ship's company. On the arrival of the train at the place of interment, the procession moved forward in the same order in which it left the wharf, and on reaching the grave the remains of the deceased were deposited therein, after the Episcopal service had been read over them by the U.S. Consul; at the conclusion of which the marines fired the usual salute of three volleys over the grave and thus ended the funeral obsequies of a very worthy man, and a much lamented officer of the United States Navy. — The Times-Picayune, 29 Oct 1856.
Lieutenant (Active Duty)
Unit: USS SARATOGA
Wars: Mexican War
Marker: 16990
Date of Birth: March 2, 1824
Date of Death: October 16, 1856
Section: F
Row: 14
Grave: 20
Remarks: Lieutenant Aby was born in the United States on March 2, 1824. He became a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy on February 8, 1840 and fought in the Mexican War. He was promoted to Lieutenant on May 24, 1855. He died while serving aboard the USS Saratoga on October 16, 1856 from Isthmus fever. He was buried at the Mt. Hope Cemetery then re-interred at the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
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The following information was sent by Find a Grave member "Rubbings"
"Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Charles W Aby
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant
Service Dates: 8 Feb 1840, 11 Jul 1846, 23 Sep 1854
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 16 Oct 1856.
Charles W Aby wrote many letters to his brother Samuel Aby and his parents, Jonas and Barbara Aby.
Feb 29, 1842 - From USS Delaware, Rio de la Plata, off Montevideo:
"...You will perceive by this that we are at Monte Video for the second time, the reason for our returning is some claims which come of the American citizens have on the Government of Buenos Ayres, it is likely we will remain here until the first of September..."
Nov 6, 1842 - USS Delaware, Rio de Janiero
"... to inform you of a great change which will take place in our destination shortly, we are to sail for that long wished for station, the Mediterranean....
June 14, 1843 - USS Delaware - Lisbon
"My dear parents, The last you heard from me, I was in Mahen (I. of Minorca), and little did I think I wouldhave the pleasure of writing you from the famous city of Lisbon then. We sailed from Mahen early in May, arrived in Gibralter the latter part of the same month, lay there a few days when we sailed for Cadiz, Spain..."
August 5, 1846 - Navy Department
Sir, Herewith you will receive a Warrant, as a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States. dated the 21st day of July, 1846..." W. Bancroft
October 15, 1849 - "Constitution"
"... we are compelled to trudge through streets no less magnificinient in their way, but jammed on all hands with Sailors, Soldiers, Civilians, and Saracens....without wishing to make a case of "sour grapes" out of the affair, the Adriatic, at this advanced season of the year, is not the sea that a sailor, who has half an eye to comfort as well as a whole one to "windward", would like to cruise in."
September 15, 1850 - U.S. Frigate Independence - Genoa
My dear Mother, I have not much to say to you except that I am promoted to a grade higher than I have hitherto held, and that I have been transferred from the glorious old Ironsides to the Frigate Independence, which vessel bears the flag of Commodore Morgan. ....I was appointed Master of this ship...
April 7, 1853 - USS Dale - Boston
June 20, 1855 - USS San Jacinto - Havana
October 16, 1856 USS Saratoga, Harbor of Aspinwall, N.G.
Sir, Lt., Chas. W. Aby died this morning of Isthmus fever. Capable of conducting a ship in safety over the world, and competent to command her in time of battle -- alike distinguished for his moral and professional attainments -- he dies, lamented by us all, and esteemed as an officer and a man.
(Signed) E. G. Felton, Commander"∼Note: Lieut. Aby's remains were removed and reinterred in the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
The Aspinwall Courier, of the 17th inst., says: We have to chronicle the death of Charles W. Aby, 2d Lieutenant of the U.S. ship-of-war Saratoga, who died of fever at Aspinwall on the morning of the 16th inst., after a few days' illness, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery at 11. A.M., the funeral procession being formed on the wharf of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company, on the landing of the corpse and ship's company. On the arrival of the train at the place of interment, the procession moved forward in the same order in which it left the wharf, and on reaching the grave the remains of the deceased were deposited therein, after the Episcopal service had been read over them by the U.S. Consul; at the conclusion of which the marines fired the usual salute of three volleys over the grave and thus ended the funeral obsequies of a very worthy man, and a much lamented officer of the United States Navy. — The Times-Picayune, 29 Oct 1856.
Charles W. Aby
Lieutenant (Active Duty)
Unit: USS SARATOGA
Wars: Mexican War
Marker: 16990
Date of Birth: March 2, 1824
Date of Death: October 16, 1856
Section: F
Row: 14
Grave: 20
Remarks: Lieutenant Aby was born in the United States on March 2, 1824. He became a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy on February 8, 1840 and fought in the Mexican War. He was promoted to Lieutenant on May 24, 1855. He died while serving aboard the USS Saratoga on October 16, 1856 from Isthmus fever. He was buried at the Mt. Hope Cemetery then re-interred at the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
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The following information was sent by Find a Grave member "Rubbings"
"Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Charles W Aby
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant
Service Dates: 8 Feb 1840, 11 Jul 1846, 23 Sep 1854
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 16 Oct 1856.
Charles W Aby wrote many letters to his brother Samuel Aby and his parents, Jonas and Barbara Aby.
Feb 29, 1842 - From USS Delaware, Rio de la Plata, off Montevideo:
"...You will perceive by this that we are at Monte Video for the second time, the reason for our returning is some claims which come of the American citizens have on the Government of Buenos Ayres, it is likely we will remain here until the first of September..."
Nov 6, 1842 - USS Delaware, Rio de Janiero
"... to inform you of a great change which will take place in our destination shortly, we are to sail for that long wished for station, the Mediterranean....
June 14, 1843 - USS Delaware - Lisbon
"My dear parents, The last you heard from me, I was in Mahen (I. of Minorca), and little did I think I wouldhave the pleasure of writing you from the famous city of Lisbon then. We sailed from Mahen early in May, arrived in Gibralter the latter part of the same month, lay there a few days when we sailed for Cadiz, Spain..."
August 5, 1846 - Navy Department
Sir, Herewith you will receive a Warrant, as a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States. dated the 21st day of July, 1846..." W. Bancroft
October 15, 1849 - "Constitution"
"... we are compelled to trudge through streets no less magnificinient in their way, but jammed on all hands with Sailors, Soldiers, Civilians, and Saracens....without wishing to make a case of "sour grapes" out of the affair, the Adriatic, at this advanced season of the year, is not the sea that a sailor, who has half an eye to comfort as well as a whole one to "windward", would like to cruise in."
September 15, 1850 - U.S. Frigate Independence - Genoa
My dear Mother, I have not much to say to you except that I am promoted to a grade higher than I have hitherto held, and that I have been transferred from the glorious old Ironsides to the Frigate Independence, which vessel bears the flag of Commodore Morgan. ....I was appointed Master of this ship...
April 7, 1853 - USS Dale - Boston
June 20, 1855 - USS San Jacinto - Havana
October 16, 1856 USS Saratoga, Harbor of Aspinwall, N.G.
Sir, Lt., Chas. W. Aby died this morning of Isthmus fever. Capable of conducting a ship in safety over the world, and competent to command her in time of battle -- alike distinguished for his moral and professional attainments -- he dies, lamented by us all, and esteemed as an officer and a man.
(Signed) E. G. Felton, Commander"∼Note: Lieut. Aby's remains were removed and reinterred in the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
The Aspinwall Courier, of the 17th inst., says: We have to chronicle the death of Charles W. Aby, 2d Lieutenant of the U.S. ship-of-war Saratoga, who died of fever at Aspinwall on the morning of the 16th inst., after a few days' illness, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery at 11. A.M., the funeral procession being formed on the wharf of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company, on the landing of the corpse and ship's company. On the arrival of the train at the place of interment, the procession moved forward in the same order in which it left the wharf, and on reaching the grave the remains of the deceased were deposited therein, after the Episcopal service had been read over them by the U.S. Consul; at the conclusion of which the marines fired the usual salute of three volleys over the grave and thus ended the funeral obsequies of a very worthy man, and a much lamented officer of the United States Navy. — The Times-Picayune, 29 Oct 1856.
Lieutenant (Active Duty)
Unit: USS SARATOGA
Wars: Mexican War
Marker: 16990
Date of Birth: March 2, 1824
Date of Death: October 16, 1856
Section: F
Row: 14
Grave: 20
Remarks: Lieutenant Aby was born in the United States on March 2, 1824. He became a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy on February 8, 1840 and fought in the Mexican War. He was promoted to Lieutenant on May 24, 1855. He died while serving aboard the USS Saratoga on October 16, 1856 from Isthmus fever. He was buried at the Mt. Hope Cemetery then re-interred at the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
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The following information was sent by Find a Grave member "Rubbings"
"Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Charles W Aby
Rank Information: Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant
Service Dates: 8 Feb 1840, 11 Jul 1846, 23 Sep 1854
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 16 Oct 1856.
Charles W Aby wrote many letters to his brother Samuel Aby and his parents, Jonas and Barbara Aby.
Feb 29, 1842 - From USS Delaware, Rio de la Plata, off Montevideo:
"...You will perceive by this that we are at Monte Video for the second time, the reason for our returning is some claims which come of the American citizens have on the Government of Buenos Ayres, it is likely we will remain here until the first of September..."
Nov 6, 1842 - USS Delaware, Rio de Janiero
"... to inform you of a great change which will take place in our destination shortly, we are to sail for that long wished for station, the Mediterranean....
June 14, 1843 - USS Delaware - Lisbon
"My dear parents, The last you heard from me, I was in Mahen (I. of Minorca), and little did I think I wouldhave the pleasure of writing you from the famous city of Lisbon then. We sailed from Mahen early in May, arrived in Gibralter the latter part of the same month, lay there a few days when we sailed for Cadiz, Spain..."
August 5, 1846 - Navy Department
Sir, Herewith you will receive a Warrant, as a Passed Midshipman in the Navy of the United States. dated the 21st day of July, 1846..." W. Bancroft
October 15, 1849 - "Constitution"
"... we are compelled to trudge through streets no less magnificinient in their way, but jammed on all hands with Sailors, Soldiers, Civilians, and Saracens....without wishing to make a case of "sour grapes" out of the affair, the Adriatic, at this advanced season of the year, is not the sea that a sailor, who has half an eye to comfort as well as a whole one to "windward", would like to cruise in."
September 15, 1850 - U.S. Frigate Independence - Genoa
My dear Mother, I have not much to say to you except that I am promoted to a grade higher than I have hitherto held, and that I have been transferred from the glorious old Ironsides to the Frigate Independence, which vessel bears the flag of Commodore Morgan. ....I was appointed Master of this ship...
April 7, 1853 - USS Dale - Boston
June 20, 1855 - USS San Jacinto - Havana
October 16, 1856 USS Saratoga, Harbor of Aspinwall, N.G.
Sir, Lt., Chas. W. Aby died this morning of Isthmus fever. Capable of conducting a ship in safety over the world, and competent to command her in time of battle -- alike distinguished for his moral and professional attainments -- he dies, lamented by us all, and esteemed as an officer and a man.
(Signed) E. G. Felton, Commander"∼Note: Lieut. Aby's remains were removed and reinterred in the Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 using his headstone from Mt. Hope.
The Aspinwall Courier, of the 17th inst., says: We have to chronicle the death of Charles W. Aby, 2d Lieutenant of the U.S. ship-of-war Saratoga, who died of fever at Aspinwall on the morning of the 16th inst., after a few days' illness, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery at 11. A.M., the funeral procession being formed on the wharf of the U.S. Mail Steamship Company, on the landing of the corpse and ship's company. On the arrival of the train at the place of interment, the procession moved forward in the same order in which it left the wharf, and on reaching the grave the remains of the deceased were deposited therein, after the Episcopal service had been read over them by the U.S. Consul; at the conclusion of which the marines fired the usual salute of three volleys over the grave and thus ended the funeral obsequies of a very worthy man, and a much lamented officer of the United States Navy. — The Times-Picayune, 29 Oct 1856.
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