His burial at Arlington National Cemetery was reported by the Springfield Republican newspaper (Springfield, Missouri) on August 8, 1922. His wife Anne is also buried at Arlington. She was cremated before burial and the admiral may have been also.
He was the son of John Payne Sebree, Sr. and his wife Louisa M. Daly, both of Fayette, Howard Co., MO.
He married on 16 Jun 1886, Long Island, New York to Anne Bridgman, daughter of Lt. Col Frank Bridgman and Elise McDowell.
San Diego and Imperial counties, California: a record of ..., Volume 2, By William Ellsworth Smythe, 1913, Page 245
"History of San Diego County
REAR ADMIRAL URIEL SEBREE, U. S. N.
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree has since his retirement in February, 1910. made his home in Coronado, having erected a beautiful residence on Ocean boulevard. His life history, if written in detail, would present, indeed, a clear picture of the naval service and especially of operations in Pacific waters during the second half of the nineteenth and the opening decade of the twentieth century. He was born in Fayette, Missouri, February 20, 1848, a son of John P. and Louisa (Dailey) Sebree. At the usual age he entered the public schools of his native city and then, attracted to the naval service, became a student in the United States Naval Academy in 1863, pursuing the four years' course, and was graduated in 1867. He left the academy as midshipman in June and served in divers duties and grades as naval officer in various parts of the world. In July, 1869, in connection with the service he came to California and in October of the same year went to Alaska. He was engaged on general survey work for canals on the Pacific coast in 1870 and went on the Arctic relief expedition on the Tigress in 1873 under Commander Greer. In 1884 he was on the Greeley relief expedition under Commander Schley, this expedition rescuing the Arctic explorer and his party. He served on the United States Ship Baltimore under command of Captain Schley from 1889 until 1892 and he spent seven years on the Pacific as lighthouse inspector, having headquarters at Portland from 1885 until 1889, and at San Francisco from 1898 until 1901. He was also secretary of the lighthouse board. On the 9th of October, 1901, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He had commanded the gunboat Wheeling in the Behring sea in 1897 and 1898, was commander of the naval station in the Samoan islands in 1901-2, commanded the battleship Wisconsin in 1903-4 and in November of the latter year was made secretary of the lighthouse board at Washington. In 1907 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and .so served until he was retired in February, 1910. His record speaks for itself and needs little commentary. Efficiency and merit won him promotion through successive positions to the highest naval rank save that of commander-in-chief, and all of the experiences which come along the line of advancement from midshipman to rear admiral have been his. In the line of his duty his service has at times been most arduous but he takes no credit to himself for what he accomplished, maintaining the soldier's attitude that the duties and tasks imposed by his commander must be faithfully performed.
On the 16th of June, 1886, on Long Island, New York, Admiral Sebree was married to Miss Annie Bridgman, a native of Towa and a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Bridgman, who recently passed away at the notable old age of ninetytwo years. Admiral and Mrs. Sebree have one son, John B., who was born in Portland, Oregon, and is now twenty-three years of age. Their attractive home on Ocean boulevard in Coronado is a most hospitable one and they are well established in a prominent position in the social circles of this part of the state. Admiral Sebree, however, has an extended acquaintance throughout the country and is equally esteemed by people of high and low degree. He holds membership in the University Club of San Francisco, and the Chevy Chase Club of Washington."
Newspaper Springfield Republican, page 4, 1922-08-08 Appeared in Scrapbook Abstracts and Index for the Springfield, Missouri, newspapers for 1922.
Scrapbook Page Number 325:
http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hallscrpbk&CISOPTR=23063&CISOSHOW=21603
"U. Sebree Dies in California
Brother of G.M. Sebree, Well Known Here, Had Interesting Career During Naval Service
Admiral Uriel Sebree, 74 years old, died at his home in Coronado, Cal., Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock, according to a telegram received here yesterday by his brother, G.M. Sebree, an attorney here.
Admiral Sebree was known to the people of Springfield, having visited here at intervals for the past ten years, and several times addressed the Chamber of Commerce during his visits. His last visit was in 1920.
Sebree was born in Howard county, Missouri, in 1848, and resided in that community until 1862, when he was given an appointment to the United States Naval academy at Annapolis by the late William C. Hall, who was at that time congressman from that district. He graduated from the academy in 1863 and entered the service as a midshipman and served in the naval service until 1910, when he retired as an admiral.
Before his retirement Admiral Sebree was in command of the fleet in the Pacific and completed a cruise with eight battleships in the Orient, when he was retired in San Francisco. He was next in rank to Admiral Dewey.
The fifty years of service made an interesting career for Admiral Sebree and gave to him some experiences which will be known in history. In 1886 he was in charge of the flagship Thetis, and accompanied Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on a cruise through the artic regions. They were sent there as a searching party for the Greeley expedition, which was stranded. The party, consisting of General Greeley and seven half-starved men, were found off the coast of Cape Sabine.
Admiral Sebree was in charge of the lighthouse department during the Civil War, stationed off the coast of Alaska, and was said to be known in every port from Alaska to Mexico.
He is survived by his widow, one son, Captain Jack Sebree, who is now in the United States Marines; three brothers, G.M. Sebree of Springfield, John B. Sebree of Omaha, Neb., Frank P. Sebree of Kansas City, and one sister, Mrs. John Farrington of Fayette, mother of the Judge John S. Farrington, and a number of nieces and nephews here. The body will be buried in the Arlington cemetery in Washington, D.C."
The following biography was added to this memorial by the FindAGrave administrator from a duplicate memorial. Source and author unknown:
Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910, retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867, Sebree was posted to a number of vessels before being assigned to a rescue mission to find the remaining crew of the missing Polaris in the Navy's first mission to the Arctic. This attempt was only a partial success—the Polaris crew was rescued by a British ship rather than the US Navy—but this led to Sebree's selection eleven years later for a second expedition to the Arctic. That mission to rescue Adolphus Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition was a success. Sebree was subsequently appointed as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He served in this position for only a year before returning to the United States. In 1907, he was promoted to rear admiral and given command of the Pathfinder Expedition around the South American coast before being appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the Pacific Fleet and then commander-in-chief of the entire fleet. He retired in 1910 and died in Coronado, California in 1922. Two geographical features in Alaska—Sebree Peak and Sebree Island—are named for Admiral Sebree. [end additional bio]
*****
Child:
1. Lt Col. John Bridgman Sebree (USMC), b. 1890, OR; m. Alice F. ____ [b. 26 Feb 1898; d. 10 Oct 1993; buried with husband]; he d. 22 May 1948; buried Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA.
He was the son of John Payne Sebree, Sr. and his wife Louisa M. Daly, both of Fayette, Howard Co., MO.
He married on 16 Jun 1886, Long Island, New York to Anne Bridgman, daughter of Lt. Col Frank Bridgman and Elise McDowell.
San Diego and Imperial counties, California: a record of ..., Volume 2, By William Ellsworth Smythe, 1913, Page 245
"History of San Diego County
REAR ADMIRAL URIEL SEBREE, U. S. N.
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree has since his retirement in February, 1910. made his home in Coronado, having erected a beautiful residence on Ocean boulevard. His life history, if written in detail, would present, indeed, a clear picture of the naval service and especially of operations in Pacific waters during the second half of the nineteenth and the opening decade of the twentieth century. He was born in Fayette, Missouri, February 20, 1848, a son of John P. and Louisa (Dailey) Sebree. At the usual age he entered the public schools of his native city and then, attracted to the naval service, became a student in the United States Naval Academy in 1863, pursuing the four years' course, and was graduated in 1867. He left the academy as midshipman in June and served in divers duties and grades as naval officer in various parts of the world. In July, 1869, in connection with the service he came to California and in October of the same year went to Alaska. He was engaged on general survey work for canals on the Pacific coast in 1870 and went on the Arctic relief expedition on the Tigress in 1873 under Commander Greer. In 1884 he was on the Greeley relief expedition under Commander Schley, this expedition rescuing the Arctic explorer and his party. He served on the United States Ship Baltimore under command of Captain Schley from 1889 until 1892 and he spent seven years on the Pacific as lighthouse inspector, having headquarters at Portland from 1885 until 1889, and at San Francisco from 1898 until 1901. He was also secretary of the lighthouse board. On the 9th of October, 1901, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He had commanded the gunboat Wheeling in the Behring sea in 1897 and 1898, was commander of the naval station in the Samoan islands in 1901-2, commanded the battleship Wisconsin in 1903-4 and in November of the latter year was made secretary of the lighthouse board at Washington. In 1907 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and .so served until he was retired in February, 1910. His record speaks for itself and needs little commentary. Efficiency and merit won him promotion through successive positions to the highest naval rank save that of commander-in-chief, and all of the experiences which come along the line of advancement from midshipman to rear admiral have been his. In the line of his duty his service has at times been most arduous but he takes no credit to himself for what he accomplished, maintaining the soldier's attitude that the duties and tasks imposed by his commander must be faithfully performed.
On the 16th of June, 1886, on Long Island, New York, Admiral Sebree was married to Miss Annie Bridgman, a native of Towa and a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Bridgman, who recently passed away at the notable old age of ninetytwo years. Admiral and Mrs. Sebree have one son, John B., who was born in Portland, Oregon, and is now twenty-three years of age. Their attractive home on Ocean boulevard in Coronado is a most hospitable one and they are well established in a prominent position in the social circles of this part of the state. Admiral Sebree, however, has an extended acquaintance throughout the country and is equally esteemed by people of high and low degree. He holds membership in the University Club of San Francisco, and the Chevy Chase Club of Washington."
Newspaper Springfield Republican, page 4, 1922-08-08 Appeared in Scrapbook Abstracts and Index for the Springfield, Missouri, newspapers for 1922.
Scrapbook Page Number 325:
http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hallscrpbk&CISOPTR=23063&CISOSHOW=21603
"U. Sebree Dies in California
Brother of G.M. Sebree, Well Known Here, Had Interesting Career During Naval Service
Admiral Uriel Sebree, 74 years old, died at his home in Coronado, Cal., Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock, according to a telegram received here yesterday by his brother, G.M. Sebree, an attorney here.
Admiral Sebree was known to the people of Springfield, having visited here at intervals for the past ten years, and several times addressed the Chamber of Commerce during his visits. His last visit was in 1920.
Sebree was born in Howard county, Missouri, in 1848, and resided in that community until 1862, when he was given an appointment to the United States Naval academy at Annapolis by the late William C. Hall, who was at that time congressman from that district. He graduated from the academy in 1863 and entered the service as a midshipman and served in the naval service until 1910, when he retired as an admiral.
Before his retirement Admiral Sebree was in command of the fleet in the Pacific and completed a cruise with eight battleships in the Orient, when he was retired in San Francisco. He was next in rank to Admiral Dewey.
The fifty years of service made an interesting career for Admiral Sebree and gave to him some experiences which will be known in history. In 1886 he was in charge of the flagship Thetis, and accompanied Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on a cruise through the artic regions. They were sent there as a searching party for the Greeley expedition, which was stranded. The party, consisting of General Greeley and seven half-starved men, were found off the coast of Cape Sabine.
Admiral Sebree was in charge of the lighthouse department during the Civil War, stationed off the coast of Alaska, and was said to be known in every port from Alaska to Mexico.
He is survived by his widow, one son, Captain Jack Sebree, who is now in the United States Marines; three brothers, G.M. Sebree of Springfield, John B. Sebree of Omaha, Neb., Frank P. Sebree of Kansas City, and one sister, Mrs. John Farrington of Fayette, mother of the Judge John S. Farrington, and a number of nieces and nephews here. The body will be buried in the Arlington cemetery in Washington, D.C."
The following biography was added to this memorial by the FindAGrave administrator from a duplicate memorial. Source and author unknown:
Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910, retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867, Sebree was posted to a number of vessels before being assigned to a rescue mission to find the remaining crew of the missing Polaris in the Navy's first mission to the Arctic. This attempt was only a partial success—the Polaris crew was rescued by a British ship rather than the US Navy—but this led to Sebree's selection eleven years later for a second expedition to the Arctic. That mission to rescue Adolphus Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition was a success. Sebree was subsequently appointed as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He served in this position for only a year before returning to the United States. In 1907, he was promoted to rear admiral and given command of the Pathfinder Expedition around the South American coast before being appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the Pacific Fleet and then commander-in-chief of the entire fleet. He retired in 1910 and died in Coronado, California in 1922. Two geographical features in Alaska—Sebree Peak and Sebree Island—are named for Admiral Sebree. [end additional bio]
*****
Child:
1. Lt Col. John Bridgman Sebree (USMC), b. 1890, OR; m. Alice F. ____ [b. 26 Feb 1898; d. 10 Oct 1993; buried with husband]; he d. 22 May 1948; buried Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA.
His burial at Arlington National Cemetery was reported by the Springfield Republican newspaper (Springfield, Missouri) on August 8, 1922. His wife Anne is also buried at Arlington. She was cremated before burial and the admiral may have been also.
He was the son of John Payne Sebree, Sr. and his wife Louisa M. Daly, both of Fayette, Howard Co., MO.
He married on 16 Jun 1886, Long Island, New York to Anne Bridgman, daughter of Lt. Col Frank Bridgman and Elise McDowell.
San Diego and Imperial counties, California: a record of ..., Volume 2, By William Ellsworth Smythe, 1913, Page 245
"History of San Diego County
REAR ADMIRAL URIEL SEBREE, U. S. N.
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree has since his retirement in February, 1910. made his home in Coronado, having erected a beautiful residence on Ocean boulevard. His life history, if written in detail, would present, indeed, a clear picture of the naval service and especially of operations in Pacific waters during the second half of the nineteenth and the opening decade of the twentieth century. He was born in Fayette, Missouri, February 20, 1848, a son of John P. and Louisa (Dailey) Sebree. At the usual age he entered the public schools of his native city and then, attracted to the naval service, became a student in the United States Naval Academy in 1863, pursuing the four years' course, and was graduated in 1867. He left the academy as midshipman in June and served in divers duties and grades as naval officer in various parts of the world. In July, 1869, in connection with the service he came to California and in October of the same year went to Alaska. He was engaged on general survey work for canals on the Pacific coast in 1870 and went on the Arctic relief expedition on the Tigress in 1873 under Commander Greer. In 1884 he was on the Greeley relief expedition under Commander Schley, this expedition rescuing the Arctic explorer and his party. He served on the United States Ship Baltimore under command of Captain Schley from 1889 until 1892 and he spent seven years on the Pacific as lighthouse inspector, having headquarters at Portland from 1885 until 1889, and at San Francisco from 1898 until 1901. He was also secretary of the lighthouse board. On the 9th of October, 1901, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He had commanded the gunboat Wheeling in the Behring sea in 1897 and 1898, was commander of the naval station in the Samoan islands in 1901-2, commanded the battleship Wisconsin in 1903-4 and in November of the latter year was made secretary of the lighthouse board at Washington. In 1907 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and .so served until he was retired in February, 1910. His record speaks for itself and needs little commentary. Efficiency and merit won him promotion through successive positions to the highest naval rank save that of commander-in-chief, and all of the experiences which come along the line of advancement from midshipman to rear admiral have been his. In the line of his duty his service has at times been most arduous but he takes no credit to himself for what he accomplished, maintaining the soldier's attitude that the duties and tasks imposed by his commander must be faithfully performed.
On the 16th of June, 1886, on Long Island, New York, Admiral Sebree was married to Miss Annie Bridgman, a native of Towa and a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Bridgman, who recently passed away at the notable old age of ninetytwo years. Admiral and Mrs. Sebree have one son, John B., who was born in Portland, Oregon, and is now twenty-three years of age. Their attractive home on Ocean boulevard in Coronado is a most hospitable one and they are well established in a prominent position in the social circles of this part of the state. Admiral Sebree, however, has an extended acquaintance throughout the country and is equally esteemed by people of high and low degree. He holds membership in the University Club of San Francisco, and the Chevy Chase Club of Washington."
Newspaper Springfield Republican, page 4, 1922-08-08 Appeared in Scrapbook Abstracts and Index for the Springfield, Missouri, newspapers for 1922.
Scrapbook Page Number 325:
http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hallscrpbk&CISOPTR=23063&CISOSHOW=21603
"U. Sebree Dies in California
Brother of G.M. Sebree, Well Known Here, Had Interesting Career During Naval Service
Admiral Uriel Sebree, 74 years old, died at his home in Coronado, Cal., Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock, according to a telegram received here yesterday by his brother, G.M. Sebree, an attorney here.
Admiral Sebree was known to the people of Springfield, having visited here at intervals for the past ten years, and several times addressed the Chamber of Commerce during his visits. His last visit was in 1920.
Sebree was born in Howard county, Missouri, in 1848, and resided in that community until 1862, when he was given an appointment to the United States Naval academy at Annapolis by the late William C. Hall, who was at that time congressman from that district. He graduated from the academy in 1863 and entered the service as a midshipman and served in the naval service until 1910, when he retired as an admiral.
Before his retirement Admiral Sebree was in command of the fleet in the Pacific and completed a cruise with eight battleships in the Orient, when he was retired in San Francisco. He was next in rank to Admiral Dewey.
The fifty years of service made an interesting career for Admiral Sebree and gave to him some experiences which will be known in history. In 1886 he was in charge of the flagship Thetis, and accompanied Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on a cruise through the artic regions. They were sent there as a searching party for the Greeley expedition, which was stranded. The party, consisting of General Greeley and seven half-starved men, were found off the coast of Cape Sabine.
Admiral Sebree was in charge of the lighthouse department during the Civil War, stationed off the coast of Alaska, and was said to be known in every port from Alaska to Mexico.
He is survived by his widow, one son, Captain Jack Sebree, who is now in the United States Marines; three brothers, G.M. Sebree of Springfield, John B. Sebree of Omaha, Neb., Frank P. Sebree of Kansas City, and one sister, Mrs. John Farrington of Fayette, mother of the Judge John S. Farrington, and a number of nieces and nephews here. The body will be buried in the Arlington cemetery in Washington, D.C."
The following biography was added to this memorial by the FindAGrave administrator from a duplicate memorial. Source and author unknown:
Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910, retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867, Sebree was posted to a number of vessels before being assigned to a rescue mission to find the remaining crew of the missing Polaris in the Navy's first mission to the Arctic. This attempt was only a partial success—the Polaris crew was rescued by a British ship rather than the US Navy—but this led to Sebree's selection eleven years later for a second expedition to the Arctic. That mission to rescue Adolphus Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition was a success. Sebree was subsequently appointed as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He served in this position for only a year before returning to the United States. In 1907, he was promoted to rear admiral and given command of the Pathfinder Expedition around the South American coast before being appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the Pacific Fleet and then commander-in-chief of the entire fleet. He retired in 1910 and died in Coronado, California in 1922. Two geographical features in Alaska—Sebree Peak and Sebree Island—are named for Admiral Sebree. [end additional bio]
*****
Child:
1. Lt Col. John Bridgman Sebree (USMC), b. 1890, OR; m. Alice F. ____ [b. 26 Feb 1898; d. 10 Oct 1993; buried with husband]; he d. 22 May 1948; buried Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA.
He was the son of John Payne Sebree, Sr. and his wife Louisa M. Daly, both of Fayette, Howard Co., MO.
He married on 16 Jun 1886, Long Island, New York to Anne Bridgman, daughter of Lt. Col Frank Bridgman and Elise McDowell.
San Diego and Imperial counties, California: a record of ..., Volume 2, By William Ellsworth Smythe, 1913, Page 245
"History of San Diego County
REAR ADMIRAL URIEL SEBREE, U. S. N.
Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree has since his retirement in February, 1910. made his home in Coronado, having erected a beautiful residence on Ocean boulevard. His life history, if written in detail, would present, indeed, a clear picture of the naval service and especially of operations in Pacific waters during the second half of the nineteenth and the opening decade of the twentieth century. He was born in Fayette, Missouri, February 20, 1848, a son of John P. and Louisa (Dailey) Sebree. At the usual age he entered the public schools of his native city and then, attracted to the naval service, became a student in the United States Naval Academy in 1863, pursuing the four years' course, and was graduated in 1867. He left the academy as midshipman in June and served in divers duties and grades as naval officer in various parts of the world. In July, 1869, in connection with the service he came to California and in October of the same year went to Alaska. He was engaged on general survey work for canals on the Pacific coast in 1870 and went on the Arctic relief expedition on the Tigress in 1873 under Commander Greer. In 1884 he was on the Greeley relief expedition under Commander Schley, this expedition rescuing the Arctic explorer and his party. He served on the United States Ship Baltimore under command of Captain Schley from 1889 until 1892 and he spent seven years on the Pacific as lighthouse inspector, having headquarters at Portland from 1885 until 1889, and at San Francisco from 1898 until 1901. He was also secretary of the lighthouse board. On the 9th of October, 1901, he was promoted to the rank of captain. He had commanded the gunboat Wheeling in the Behring sea in 1897 and 1898, was commander of the naval station in the Samoan islands in 1901-2, commanded the battleship Wisconsin in 1903-4 and in November of the latter year was made secretary of the lighthouse board at Washington. In 1907 he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and .so served until he was retired in February, 1910. His record speaks for itself and needs little commentary. Efficiency and merit won him promotion through successive positions to the highest naval rank save that of commander-in-chief, and all of the experiences which come along the line of advancement from midshipman to rear admiral have been his. In the line of his duty his service has at times been most arduous but he takes no credit to himself for what he accomplished, maintaining the soldier's attitude that the duties and tasks imposed by his commander must be faithfully performed.
On the 16th of June, 1886, on Long Island, New York, Admiral Sebree was married to Miss Annie Bridgman, a native of Towa and a daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Bridgman, who recently passed away at the notable old age of ninetytwo years. Admiral and Mrs. Sebree have one son, John B., who was born in Portland, Oregon, and is now twenty-three years of age. Their attractive home on Ocean boulevard in Coronado is a most hospitable one and they are well established in a prominent position in the social circles of this part of the state. Admiral Sebree, however, has an extended acquaintance throughout the country and is equally esteemed by people of high and low degree. He holds membership in the University Club of San Francisco, and the Chevy Chase Club of Washington."
Newspaper Springfield Republican, page 4, 1922-08-08 Appeared in Scrapbook Abstracts and Index for the Springfield, Missouri, newspapers for 1922.
Scrapbook Page Number 325:
http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hallscrpbk&CISOPTR=23063&CISOSHOW=21603
"U. Sebree Dies in California
Brother of G.M. Sebree, Well Known Here, Had Interesting Career During Naval Service
Admiral Uriel Sebree, 74 years old, died at his home in Coronado, Cal., Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock, according to a telegram received here yesterday by his brother, G.M. Sebree, an attorney here.
Admiral Sebree was known to the people of Springfield, having visited here at intervals for the past ten years, and several times addressed the Chamber of Commerce during his visits. His last visit was in 1920.
Sebree was born in Howard county, Missouri, in 1848, and resided in that community until 1862, when he was given an appointment to the United States Naval academy at Annapolis by the late William C. Hall, who was at that time congressman from that district. He graduated from the academy in 1863 and entered the service as a midshipman and served in the naval service until 1910, when he retired as an admiral.
Before his retirement Admiral Sebree was in command of the fleet in the Pacific and completed a cruise with eight battleships in the Orient, when he was retired in San Francisco. He was next in rank to Admiral Dewey.
The fifty years of service made an interesting career for Admiral Sebree and gave to him some experiences which will be known in history. In 1886 he was in charge of the flagship Thetis, and accompanied Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on a cruise through the artic regions. They were sent there as a searching party for the Greeley expedition, which was stranded. The party, consisting of General Greeley and seven half-starved men, were found off the coast of Cape Sabine.
Admiral Sebree was in charge of the lighthouse department during the Civil War, stationed off the coast of Alaska, and was said to be known in every port from Alaska to Mexico.
He is survived by his widow, one son, Captain Jack Sebree, who is now in the United States Marines; three brothers, G.M. Sebree of Springfield, John B. Sebree of Omaha, Neb., Frank P. Sebree of Kansas City, and one sister, Mrs. John Farrington of Fayette, mother of the Judge John S. Farrington, and a number of nieces and nephews here. The body will be buried in the Arlington cemetery in Washington, D.C."
The following biography was added to this memorial by the FindAGrave administrator from a duplicate memorial. Source and author unknown:
Uriel Sebree (February 20, 1848 – August 6, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Navy. He entered the Naval Academy during the Civil War and served until 1910, retiring as a rear admiral. He is best remembered for his two expeditions into the Arctic and for serving as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He was also commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet.
After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1867, Sebree was posted to a number of vessels before being assigned to a rescue mission to find the remaining crew of the missing Polaris in the Navy's first mission to the Arctic. This attempt was only a partial success—the Polaris crew was rescued by a British ship rather than the US Navy—but this led to Sebree's selection eleven years later for a second expedition to the Arctic. That mission to rescue Adolphus Greely and the survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition was a success. Sebree was subsequently appointed as the second acting governor of American Samoa. He served in this position for only a year before returning to the United States. In 1907, he was promoted to rear admiral and given command of the Pathfinder Expedition around the South American coast before being appointed commander of the 2nd Division of the Pacific Fleet and then commander-in-chief of the entire fleet. He retired in 1910 and died in Coronado, California in 1922. Two geographical features in Alaska—Sebree Peak and Sebree Island—are named for Admiral Sebree. [end additional bio]
*****
Child:
1. Lt Col. John Bridgman Sebree (USMC), b. 1890, OR; m. Alice F. ____ [b. 26 Feb 1898; d. 10 Oct 1993; buried with husband]; he d. 22 May 1948; buried Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego Co., CA.
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