Peirce Crosby Sr.
Born: January 16, 1824
Birthplace: Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania
Father: John Pierce Crosby 1795 – 1828
Mother: Catherine Ann Beale 1794 –
1st Wife: Matilda Kinney Stribling Bowyer 1829 – 1853
(Buried: Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia)
2nd Wife: Julia Wells 1838 – 1866
(Buried: Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
3rd Wife: Miriam Gratz 1844 – 1878
(Buried: The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
4th Wife: Louise Catharine Audenreid 1848 – 1918
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Children:
Anna Boswell Gratz Crosby Bryant 1871 – 1953
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Missouri)
Benjamin Gratz Crosby 1872 – 1944
(Buried: The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Peirce Crosby Jr. 1876 – 1959
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Missouri)
Jean Crosby Tittmann 1884 – 1965
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Occupation before War:
1838 – 1853: Midshipman in the United States Navy
Served on United States Navy Home and Mediterranean Squadrons
Also saw service with the United States Navy Coast Survey duty
1853 – 1868: Lt. in the United States Navy
Served on U.S.S. Germantown on the U.S. Navy Brazil Squadron
Served on the U.S.S. Saratoga and receiving ship U.S.S. Princeton
Civil War Career:
1853 – 1868: Lt. in the United States Navy
1861: Served on U.S. Navy Sloop of War U.S.S. Cumberland
1861: Commander of U.S. Navy gunboat U.S.S. Pembina
1862: Commanding Officer on U.S. Navy gunboat U.S.S. Pinola
He helped break the chain barrier across the Mississippi River
1862 – 1864: Helped enforce the blockade of East Coast
Commanding Officer of U.S.S. Sangamon, U.S.S. Florida, and U.S.S. Keystone State
Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
1865: Commander of U.S. Navy gunboat U.S.S. Metacomet
Participated in clearing mines from Mobile Bay Alabama
Occupation after War:
1853 – 1868: Lt. in the United States Navy
Commander of U.S. Navy gunboat U.S.S. Shamokin in South Atlantic
1868 – 1877: Captain in the United States Navy
1872 – 1877: Commander of U.S. navy steamer U.S.S. Powhatan
1877 – 1882: Commodore in the United States Navy
1877 – 1881: Commandant of U.S. Navy, League Island Navy Yard
1882 – 1883: Rear Admiral Commanding the South Atlantic Squadron
1883: Retired from the United States Navy as Rear Admiral in October
United States Assistant Secretary of State
Member of Military Order of Foreign Wars
Died: June 15, 1899
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 75 years old
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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