The Mallory Family Had Ties to the Sea: Charles' Brother Stephen

A letter to the William and Mary College Quarterly from John S. Mallory, brother of Charles K. Mallory, written in 1925.

Stephen Blount Mallory was born at Hampton, Virginia, June 15, 1856.  In 1872, as a result of a competitive examination he was appointed a Cadet Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy after taking a short preparatory course at William and Mary College.

Upon graduation in 1876 from the Academy, he was appointed midshipman in the U.S. Navy and served as such until his untimely death of yellow fever in 1878, contracted while his ship, the USS Plymouth, lay in the harbor of Frederiksted, St. Croix, (Santa Cruz), Danish West Indies, now the Virgin Islands of the United States.

He was buried in the cemetery of St. Paul's Church (Anglican), Frederiksted, where his remains still are.  He had the reputation of being a very efficient and popular young officer.  He died unmarried.

--Old B-Runner