William Kern Gise (born 1871)
"Lieutenant Commander William Kern Gise"
Date of birth: June 22, 1871 ( [HI0002][GDrive] )
Date of death: June 28, 1909 (Age: 38 ) ( [HI0002][GDrive] )
Parents: Father is William Franklin Gise (born 1835)
Other relationships :
- Uncles
- Jacob Kerlin Gise (born 1849)
- Children include : (these are cousins of William Kern Gise)
- Grace S Gise (born 1886)
- William John Gise (born 1888)
- Father of Lt .Colonel William John Gise Jr (born 1920) (June 23 1920 to March 23 2015)
- <others>
- Children include : (these are cousins of William Kern Gise)
- Daniel Kerlin Gise (born 1843)
- Children include : (these are cousins of William Kern Gise)
- Lloyd Preston Gise (born 1873) ( Father of Lawrence Preston Gise (born 1915) / Great grandfather of Jeff Preston Bezos )
- <others>
- Children include : (these are cousins of William Kern Gise)
- David K Gise (1838)
- Jacob Kerlin Gise (born 1849)
Notes:
1900 to 1901 : Captain of USS Sylph (PY-5) (US Presidential Yacht) for President McKinley
US Naval Academy Information
WILLIAM K. GISE, LCDR, USN : William Gise '93
William Kern Gise was admitted to the Naval Academy from Illinois on June 14, 1889.
William Kern Gise "died while on duty" on June 28, 1909 as the executive officer of the naval station at Tutuila, Samoa. Unable to determine the circumstances of his death, but there is nothing to suggest it was operational in nature.
Register of Alumni gives date of death as June 29 but no other information.
He was survived by his mother and two siblings; he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (William's body was originally buried in Samoa, but re-interred in September 1910.)
In 1906 he was stationed in the Washington, D.C. area; as a Lieutenant he was in charge of "a battalion of marines and bluejackets" during a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.
He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having served in Texas during the Battle of Santiago. He at one time commanded the presidential yacht Sylph.
William K Gise was born on month day 1871, at birth place, Illinois, to William Franklin Gise and Millie Gise.
William had 2 siblings: Edgar Kern Gise and one other sibling.
William lived in 1880, at address, Illinois.
William passed away on month day 1909, at age 38 at death place, American Samoa.
He was buried at burial place, Virginia.
- July 1894 : Naval Cadet, Newark
- January 1895 : Naval Cadet, Newark
- January 1896 : Ensign, Texas
- Others at this command: LTjg Albert Beecher '84, Naval Cadet Worth Bagley '95, and Naval Cadet Joseph Breckinridge '95.
- January 1897 : Ensign, Amphitrite
- January 1898 : Ensign, Texas
- Others at this command: Naval Cadet Frederic Holman '97.
- January 1899 : Ensign, Topeka
- January 1900 : Lieutenant (j.g.), Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
- January 1901 : Lieutenant (j.g.), commanding officer, Sylph
- January 1902 : Lieutenant, Kentucky
- January 1903 : Lieutenant, Kentucky
- January 1904 : Lieutenant, Kentucky
- Others at this command: MIDN Ralph Griswold '02 and MIDN John Rodgers '03.
- January 1905 : Lieutenant, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
- Others at this command: LT Joseph Graeme '97.
- July 1906 : Lieutenant, Dolphin
- July 1907 : Lieutenant Commander, Dolphin
- January 1908 : Lieutenant Commander, Ohio
- Others at this command: MIDN Charles Hovey '07.
- January 1909 : Lieutenant Commander, Annapolis
TIMELINE
1880 census - William K Gise with parents
WK Gise is 8 years old
Father William Franklin Gise (born 1835) is described as a"Dry Goods Merchant"
Full Transcript : [HS0004][GDrive] / Image of census form : [HS0006][GDrive]
1897 (Feb 08) - Assigned to the Amphitrite
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1899
Gise and Powers Symington (born 1872) both junior lieutenants - https://www.newspapers.com/image/72207191/?terms=gise%2Bsymington
1900 (Jan 30) - Ordered to command the USS Sylph
https://www.newspapers.com/image/214857661/?terms=gise%2Bsylph
Captain of USS Sylph (PY-5) (US Presidential Yacht)
1900 (Feb 12) - Wedding / Best Man for Robert Whitehead McNeely
Full newspaper page : [HN00BF][GDrive]
Wedding completed - See ( https://www.newspapers.com/image/371681621/?terms=gise )
June 1900 Census - Lt. Col Gise living ON the Sylph !!!
1901 (April 26) - Friends with President McKinley, but now off to China
June 1 1901 - Assgnment to Kentucky : https://www.newspapers.com/image/365317670/?terms=Kentucky%2Bnavy%2Bgise
Since WK Gise is going to China, and we know that he was assigned to the USS Kentrucky (BB-6) (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kentucky_(BB-6) ) as of January 1902, we will propose that WK Gise was on board the USS Kentucky during its trip to China.
USS Kentucky : Service during 1900 to 1904
During the summer of 1900, Kentucky was fitted out in the New York Navy Yard.[14] On 26 October [1900], during the Boxer Rebellion, she left Tompkinsville, Staten Island for China,[15] passing through Gibraltar[16] and the Suez Canal.[17] On 5 February 1901 she arrived at Manila,[18] and on 23 March she replaced the protected cruiser Newark as the flagship of Rear Admiral Louis Kempff.[19] Between 1901 and 1904, Kentucky visited numerous ports in China and Japan, including Chefoo,[20] Wusong,[20][21][22] Nanking,[21] Taku Forts,[23] Hong Kong,[24] Xiamen,[22]Nagasaki,[25] Kobe,[14] and Yokohama.[26] In 1902, Kentucky became the flagship of Rear Admiral Frank Wildes, although he moved his flag to the distilling ship Rainbow on 12 April 1902.[26] In November 1902, she became the flagship of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans.[27]
On 13 March 1904 she sailed from Manila, passing through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar, and arriving at New York City on 21 May.[28] After receiving upgrades at the New York Navy Yard, including the addition of smoke ejectors,[29] Kentucky joined the North Atlantic Squadron.[30] The battleship participated in the welcome of the British North Atlantic Squadron at Annapolis, Maryland, in October 1905.[30] During the 1906 Cuban Insurrection, she carried Marines to Cuba, embarking them from Provincetown on 23 September, and landing them at Havana, Cuba, on 1 October.[31] She remained there until 9 October, and then returned to New England.[32] Kentucky attended the Jamestown Exposition at Norfolk, Virginia, on 15 April 1907,[4] and then participated in exercises off the New England coast.[14]
1902 - WK Gise with USS Kentucky in China
USS Kentucky
1902 (Sep 12) https://www.newspapers.com/image/430806055/?terms=%22USS%2BKentucky%22
1903 - WK Gise with USS Kentucky in China
1903 (Dec 24) -
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1904 (Jan) to 1904 (May)- USS Kentucky leaved Manila, sails to New York City - Lt. WK Gise still assigned to the USS Kentucky
See Wikipedia page on Admiral Evans ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robley_D._Evans ) assigned to the Kentucky, to get insignt on where the Kentucky was ..
Commander-in-Chief – Asiatic Fleet[edit]
Admiral Evans transferred his flag from armored cruiser, USS New York (ACR-2) on 4 November 1902 to battleship, USS Kentucky (BB-6)at Yokohama, Japan. On 5 December 1903, the Kentucky left Japanese waters for Hawaii; on 17 December 1903, the Kentucky arrived at Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Hawaii. Admiral Evans hosted a Christmas dinner for the officers of Kentucky at the Moana Hotel in Waikiki. 31 December 1903 Evans' flagship departed Honolulu for Guam. Kentucky arrived in Cavite, the Philippines, on 18 January 1904. Admiral Evans called on the new Governor-General of the Philippines, Luke Edward Wright, at the Malacanang Palace. Evans' flagship departed Manila on 13 March 1904. The Kentucky coaled at Hong Kong and Colombo. Sailing through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea to the port of Naples, Italy, the voyage continued to Gibraltar, coaling at Madeira; the flagship Kentucky arrived at the New York Navy Yard, 23 May 1904. Admiral Evans hauled down his flag, 27 May 1904 from battleship Kentucky.
Commander-in-Chief – North Atlantic Fleet[edit]
Evans (left) and President Theodore Roosevelt aboard Roosevelt's yacht, The Mayflower
On 31 March 1905, a 13-gun salute was fired by the battleship USS Maine at Pensacola, Florida, as the flag of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Fleet, was broken at the main mast. The fleet sailed on 7 May 1905 for Hampton Roads, Virginia. Admiral Evans returned to his alma mater the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, on 30 October 1905.
The British Fleet under command of Prince Louis of Battenberg arrived at Annapolis. On 1 November 1905, the Prince visited Evans on Maine. Admiral Evans gave Prince Louis a tour of the Naval Academy and battleship Maine. A reception by Evans was held later in the week on the Maine for Governor Edwin Warfield of Maryland.
Admiral Evans on the flagship Maine sailed on 7 November 1905 from Annapolis to New York. Admiral Evans stayed on board Maine during repairs from 20 November 1905 to January 1906. After winter quarters in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 3 May 1906, Evans returned the fleet to New York. On 2 September 1906, the Maine anchored next to the presidential yacht Mayflower off Oyster Bay, Long Island. President Theodore Roosevelt came on board Maine to confer with Evans. Admiral Evans o the Maine departed New York on 28 December for winter quarters in Cuban waters. On 15 April 1907, Evans' flagship Maine returned to Hampton Roads. On 16 April 1907, Evans hauled down his flag on the Maine and then hoisted it on the battleship Connecticut, flagship for the world cruise.
1905 (May 23) wedding - Miss Rita Hamilton Ryan to Mr. Alan Ogilvie Clephane
https://www.newspapers.com/image/145528862/?terms=%22William%2BKern%2BGise%22 )
1905 (Oct 29) - At wedding with Powers Symington (Misspelled a "Powell Symington")
Also in attendance - Powers Symington (born 1872)
Lieut. Comdr. William K. Gise, U.S.N., executive officer of the Annapolis, stationship at the naval station at Tutuila, Samoa, died at that place July 5, 1909. The body will be brought to the United States for interment as soon as suitable arrangements can be made. Lieutenant Commander Gise went out as ordnance officer on the Ohio when the Battleship Fleet began its world cruise in December, 1907. He was transferred to Samoa about the time the fleet left San Francisco. His position at Navy was a most important one, he acting practically as captain of the yard and having much to do with naval affairs on the island. Commander Gise was born in Dwight, Ill... on June 22, 1871, and entered the naval Service as a naval cadet on June 14, 1889. He was promoted to ensign on July 1, 1895, and served during the Spanish-American War, 1898, on board the U.S.S. Texas. He was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on March 3, 1899, and to lieutenant on March 3, 1901, the most important part of his service in the latter grade being as follows: On U.S.S. Kentucky, May, 1903, to June 21, 1904: at Naval Gun Factory, navy yard, Washington,D.C.. Aug. 18, 1904, to Jan. 3. 1906: as executive officer, of U.S.S. Dolphin from Jan. 4, 1906, to Oct. 21, 1907. He was promoted to lieutenant commander from Feb.8,1907. On Oct. 22, 1907, he reported for duty as ordinance officer of the U.S.S. Ohio, performing that duty until detached on June 27, 1908. Form June 28, 1908, to July 26, 1908, he was attached to the U.S.S. Panther. On July 27, 1908, he reported for duty on board the U.S.S. Panther. On July 27, 1908, he reported for duty on board the U.S.S. Annapolis, stationship at the naval station, Tutuila, Samoa, and was engaged upon that duty at the time of his death.
(NOTE: the other governor died in 1911... of 'Bright disease'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%27s_disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frederick_Parker_(United_States_Navy)
US Military Logs
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