ANTHONY W. ROLLINS, ENS, USN

From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall
Anthony Rollins '76

Date of birth: 1855

Date of death: November 10, 1878

Age: ~23

Naval Academy Register

Anthony Wayne Rollins was admitted to the Naval Academy from Kentucky on June 10, 1872 at age 17 years 3 months.

Naval Academy Photo Album

1876 Rollins 1.jpg

Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1876 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.

Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.

1876 Rollins 1.jpg

Prior to the publication of the Lucky Bag in 1894, most portraits of officers and midshipmen of the Naval Academy were captured in yearly photo albums. The album for 1876 is available in the collections of the Naval Academy's Digital Collections.

Special thank you to historian Kathy Franz for identifying this resource and then extracting several dozen photographs for this site.

Loss

Anthony died of yellow fever on November 10, 1878, at the Civil Hospital, Frederiksted, Santa Cruz, West Indies, while serving aboard USS Plymouth. The steamer had sailed "a day or two earlier" and left him in the care of the American Vice-Consul.

Other Information

He is pictured in a photo montage of Plymouth's officers.

From researcher Kathy Franz:

Born in Boone County, Missouri.

Anthony’s father was John W. Carson Rollins, born in 1824, and his mother was Nannie (Agness Lamme Stowers.) His parents were both born in Kentucky and married on May 4, 1848. Anthony’s brothers were Richard, Cliffton, and Carson. His sisters were Eliza, Belle, and Maud. All the children were born in Missouri. In 1850 Perche Township, Boone County, Missouri, John’s mother Sarah lived with them. She died in 1856, a year after Anthony was born.

In September 1860 at the Boone County Fair in Columbia, Anthony’s father showed 75 yearling mules and 75 calves (sired by White Eagle). He wrote that he would meet any of his Kentucky friends at the next St. Louis Fair. The Rollins’ farm was known as Rollins’ Park.

Anthony’s grandfather was Dr. Anthony Wayne Rollins who died in 1845. His uncle was Major James S. Rollins who was a member of the Missouri Legislature and the U.S. Congress during the Civil War years.

Career

From the Naval History and Heritage Command:

Midshipman, 10 June, 1872. Graduated 20 June, 1876. Died 10 November, 1878.

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Stevenson Mallory '76 was also serving aboard Plymouth when he died, at the same hospital, four days later.

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Class of 1876

Anthony is one of 3 members of the Class of 1876 on Virtual Memorial Hall.

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