Personal Life
He married the former Catherine Sampson in 1897; she died in 1924. Toward the end of his life, he lived in a two-story house across from a golf course in Coronado, California, attended by an aide and housekeeper. He died of cardiac failure while being treated for a hip fracture at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego, California at the age of 105. At the time of his death, he was the oldest military officer in the United States.
He was a tenth-generation descendant of Pocahontas and a third cousin of Air Force four-star general Charles P. Cabell.
His decorations include the Navy Cross, awarded for distinguished service as naval attaché and liaison officer in Paris during World War I. In 1898, he took honorable mention in the annual essay contest administered by the United States Naval Institute. He won the top prize in 1900 with the topic of "Torpedo Craft, Types and Employment", earning a gold medal, life membership in the Naval Institute, and $100 in cash.
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