USNA Academy Class of 1858.
Rear Admiral, United States Navy
He was the son of Henry Howison and Juliet Jackson Howison.
On September 28, 1865 as Henry L. Howison, he married Hannah J. Middleton at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Washington Post
Saturday, January 2, 1915
Howison. On the morning of Thursday, December 31, 1914 at his residence in Yonkers, New York, Rear Admiral Henry Lycurgus Howison, United States Navy, retired, aged seventy-seven years. Funeral services at Yonkers Friday, January 1, 1915. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Saturday, January 2 at 11 o'clock.
Officers of the Continental and United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Henry L Howison
Rank Information: Acting Midshipman, Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral, Retired List
Service Dates: September 26, 1854, June 11, 1858, February 9, 1861, March 2, 1861, April 19, 1861, March 3, 1865, August 19, 1872, March 2, 1885, March 21, 1897, September 30, 1898
Military Branch: United States Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison, United States Navy (1837-1914)
Henry Lycurgus Howison was born in Washington, Indiana, on October 10, 1837. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in September 1854 and graduated in June 1858. During the next three years he served in the steam frigate Wabash, gunboat Pocohontas and sloop Pawnee. From September 1861 to May 1864 Lieutenant Howison was Executive Officer of three South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ships: the cruiser Augusta and the monitors Nantucket and Catskill, all of which were engaged in wartime operations off Charleston, South Carolina. He then spent nearly a year in the Gulf of Mexico with the cruiser Bienville, acting as her Commanding Officer during some of this time.
Following promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in March 1865, Howison was assigned to ordnance inspection duty at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. until August 1866, when he returned to sea as Navigator (and later Executive Officer) of the steam sloop Pensacola, Flagship on the Pacific Station. During 1868-1872 he served again at the Washington Navy Yard and at the United States Naval Academy. In 1873-1875 Commander Howison commanded the gunboat Shawmut. Further duty followed at the Naval Academy and in Washington, D.C. during the later 1870s and well into the 1880s, broken by a brief assignment as Commanding Officer of the gunnery training ship Minnesota in 1881-1882.
Promoted to Captain in 1885, he continued his service in the Nation's Capital until taking command of USS Vandalia in February 1886. In June 1888 Captain Howison became President of the Steel Inspecting Board and two years later was transferred to the Lighthouse Board. He was Commandant of the Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, during 1893-1896 and in July 1896 became the first Commanding Officer of the new battleship Oregon, which at that time was the Navy's most important west coast warship. Commodore Howison was Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard from May 1897 until March 1899 and was promoted to Rear Admiral in September 1898. Following several months as the commander of the South Atlantic Station, in October 1899 he reached the legally-mandated retirement age of 62 and left active duty. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison died in Yonkers, New York, on December 31, 1914.
Rear Admiral, United States Navy
He was the son of Henry Howison and Juliet Jackson Howison.
On September 28, 1865 as Henry L. Howison, he married Hannah J. Middleton at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Washington Post
Saturday, January 2, 1915
Howison. On the morning of Thursday, December 31, 1914 at his residence in Yonkers, New York, Rear Admiral Henry Lycurgus Howison, United States Navy, retired, aged seventy-seven years. Funeral services at Yonkers Friday, January 1, 1915. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Saturday, January 2 at 11 o'clock.
Officers of the Continental and United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Henry L Howison
Rank Information: Acting Midshipman, Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral, Retired List
Service Dates: September 26, 1854, June 11, 1858, February 9, 1861, March 2, 1861, April 19, 1861, March 3, 1865, August 19, 1872, March 2, 1885, March 21, 1897, September 30, 1898
Military Branch: United States Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison, United States Navy (1837-1914)
Henry Lycurgus Howison was born in Washington, Indiana, on October 10, 1837. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in September 1854 and graduated in June 1858. During the next three years he served in the steam frigate Wabash, gunboat Pocohontas and sloop Pawnee. From September 1861 to May 1864 Lieutenant Howison was Executive Officer of three South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ships: the cruiser Augusta and the monitors Nantucket and Catskill, all of which were engaged in wartime operations off Charleston, South Carolina. He then spent nearly a year in the Gulf of Mexico with the cruiser Bienville, acting as her Commanding Officer during some of this time.
Following promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in March 1865, Howison was assigned to ordnance inspection duty at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. until August 1866, when he returned to sea as Navigator (and later Executive Officer) of the steam sloop Pensacola, Flagship on the Pacific Station. During 1868-1872 he served again at the Washington Navy Yard and at the United States Naval Academy. In 1873-1875 Commander Howison commanded the gunboat Shawmut. Further duty followed at the Naval Academy and in Washington, D.C. during the later 1870s and well into the 1880s, broken by a brief assignment as Commanding Officer of the gunnery training ship Minnesota in 1881-1882.
Promoted to Captain in 1885, he continued his service in the Nation's Capital until taking command of USS Vandalia in February 1886. In June 1888 Captain Howison became President of the Steel Inspecting Board and two years later was transferred to the Lighthouse Board. He was Commandant of the Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, during 1893-1896 and in July 1896 became the first Commanding Officer of the new battleship Oregon, which at that time was the Navy's most important west coast warship. Commodore Howison was Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard from May 1897 until March 1899 and was promoted to Rear Admiral in September 1898. Following several months as the commander of the South Atlantic Station, in October 1899 he reached the legally-mandated retirement age of 62 and left active duty. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison died in Yonkers, New York, on December 31, 1914.
USNA Academy Class of 1858.
Rear Admiral, United States Navy
He was the son of Henry Howison and Juliet Jackson Howison.
On September 28, 1865 as Henry L. Howison, he married Hannah J. Middleton at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Washington Post
Saturday, January 2, 1915
Howison. On the morning of Thursday, December 31, 1914 at his residence in Yonkers, New York, Rear Admiral Henry Lycurgus Howison, United States Navy, retired, aged seventy-seven years. Funeral services at Yonkers Friday, January 1, 1915. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Saturday, January 2 at 11 o'clock.
Officers of the Continental and United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Henry L Howison
Rank Information: Acting Midshipman, Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral, Retired List
Service Dates: September 26, 1854, June 11, 1858, February 9, 1861, March 2, 1861, April 19, 1861, March 3, 1865, August 19, 1872, March 2, 1885, March 21, 1897, September 30, 1898
Military Branch: United States Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison, United States Navy (1837-1914)
Henry Lycurgus Howison was born in Washington, Indiana, on October 10, 1837. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in September 1854 and graduated in June 1858. During the next three years he served in the steam frigate Wabash, gunboat Pocohontas and sloop Pawnee. From September 1861 to May 1864 Lieutenant Howison was Executive Officer of three South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ships: the cruiser Augusta and the monitors Nantucket and Catskill, all of which were engaged in wartime operations off Charleston, South Carolina. He then spent nearly a year in the Gulf of Mexico with the cruiser Bienville, acting as her Commanding Officer during some of this time.
Following promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in March 1865, Howison was assigned to ordnance inspection duty at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. until August 1866, when he returned to sea as Navigator (and later Executive Officer) of the steam sloop Pensacola, Flagship on the Pacific Station. During 1868-1872 he served again at the Washington Navy Yard and at the United States Naval Academy. In 1873-1875 Commander Howison commanded the gunboat Shawmut. Further duty followed at the Naval Academy and in Washington, D.C. during the later 1870s and well into the 1880s, broken by a brief assignment as Commanding Officer of the gunnery training ship Minnesota in 1881-1882.
Promoted to Captain in 1885, he continued his service in the Nation's Capital until taking command of USS Vandalia in February 1886. In June 1888 Captain Howison became President of the Steel Inspecting Board and two years later was transferred to the Lighthouse Board. He was Commandant of the Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, during 1893-1896 and in July 1896 became the first Commanding Officer of the new battleship Oregon, which at that time was the Navy's most important west coast warship. Commodore Howison was Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard from May 1897 until March 1899 and was promoted to Rear Admiral in September 1898. Following several months as the commander of the South Atlantic Station, in October 1899 he reached the legally-mandated retirement age of 62 and left active duty. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison died in Yonkers, New York, on December 31, 1914.
Rear Admiral, United States Navy
He was the son of Henry Howison and Juliet Jackson Howison.
On September 28, 1865 as Henry L. Howison, he married Hannah J. Middleton at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Washington Post
Saturday, January 2, 1915
Howison. On the morning of Thursday, December 31, 1914 at his residence in Yonkers, New York, Rear Admiral Henry Lycurgus Howison, United States Navy, retired, aged seventy-seven years. Funeral services at Yonkers Friday, January 1, 1915. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Saturday, January 2 at 11 o'clock.
Officers of the Continental and United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900
Name: Henry L Howison
Rank Information: Acting Midshipman, Midshipman, Passed Midshipman, Master, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral, Retired List
Service Dates: September 26, 1854, June 11, 1858, February 9, 1861, March 2, 1861, April 19, 1861, March 3, 1865, August 19, 1872, March 2, 1885, March 21, 1897, September 30, 1898
Military Branch: United States Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison, United States Navy (1837-1914)
Henry Lycurgus Howison was born in Washington, Indiana, on October 10, 1837. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in September 1854 and graduated in June 1858. During the next three years he served in the steam frigate Wabash, gunboat Pocohontas and sloop Pawnee. From September 1861 to May 1864 Lieutenant Howison was Executive Officer of three South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ships: the cruiser Augusta and the monitors Nantucket and Catskill, all of which were engaged in wartime operations off Charleston, South Carolina. He then spent nearly a year in the Gulf of Mexico with the cruiser Bienville, acting as her Commanding Officer during some of this time.
Following promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in March 1865, Howison was assigned to ordnance inspection duty at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. until August 1866, when he returned to sea as Navigator (and later Executive Officer) of the steam sloop Pensacola, Flagship on the Pacific Station. During 1868-1872 he served again at the Washington Navy Yard and at the United States Naval Academy. In 1873-1875 Commander Howison commanded the gunboat Shawmut. Further duty followed at the Naval Academy and in Washington, D.C. during the later 1870s and well into the 1880s, broken by a brief assignment as Commanding Officer of the gunnery training ship Minnesota in 1881-1882.
Promoted to Captain in 1885, he continued his service in the Nation's Capital until taking command of USS Vandalia in February 1886. In June 1888 Captain Howison became President of the Steel Inspecting Board and two years later was transferred to the Lighthouse Board. He was Commandant of the Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, during 1893-1896 and in July 1896 became the first Commanding Officer of the new battleship Oregon, which at that time was the Navy's most important west coast warship. Commodore Howison was Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard from May 1897 until March 1899 and was promoted to Rear Admiral in September 1898. Following several months as the commander of the South Atlantic Station, in October 1899 he reached the legally-mandated retirement age of 62 and left active duty. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison died in Yonkers, New York, on December 31, 1914.
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