William M. Folger
| William M. Folger | |
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| Born |
19 May 1844 Massillon, Ohio |
| Died | 22 July 1928 (aged 84) Cornish, New Hampshire |
| Buried at | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge and Watertown, Massachusetts |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1864–1905 |
| Rank |
 Rear Admiral
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| Relations | Mayhew Folger (1774–1828) (grandfather) |
Rear Admiral William Mayhew Folger (19 May 1844 – 22 July 1928) was an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and Philippine–American War, and briefly was Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet.
Folger was born in Massillon, Ohio, on 19 May 1844, the son of Robert H. Folger, grandson of the famed whaling captain Mayhew Folger, and descendant of Peter Foulger and Mary Morrill Foulger. He was appointed a midshipman from Ohio on 21 September 1861, shortly after the April 1861 outbreak of the American Civil War. He entered the United States Naval Academy, which moved from Annapolis, Maryland, to Newport, Rhode Island, for the duration of the war, as a member of the class of 1865. He graduated early from the Academy, on 22 November 1864, because of the pressing need for officers in the greatly expanded wartime U.S. Navy, and reported for duty on 6 February 1865 aboard the receiving ship USS North Carolina at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. He then served on the training ship USS Sabine, where he remained through the end of the war in April 1865 and until 25 July 1865.
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