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Commodore '''William Nicholson Jeffers''' (16 October, 1824 – 23 July, 1883) served in the [[United States Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Revision as of 16:27, 11 January 2017

Commodore William Nicholson Jeffers (16 October, 1824 – 23 July, 1883) served in the United States Navy.

Life & Career

Jeffers entered the Navy as a Midshipman on 23 September, 1840.

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Augustus L. Case
Chief, Bureau of Ordnance
10 Apr, 1873[1] – 1 Jul, 1881[2][Inference]
Succeeded by
Montgomery Sicard
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of U.S.S. Fanning
26 Jun, 1912[3] – 23 Sep, 1914[4][5][Inference]
Succeeded by
Clarence A. Richards
Preceded by
Powers Symington
Captain of U.S.S. Illinois
7 Feb, 1919[6]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Edward B. Fenner
Captain of U.S.S. Denver
30 May, 1923[7] – after 1 Jan, 1925[8]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1879. pp. 7, 12-13.
  2. Register of Officers, 1890. pp. 6-7.
  3. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 24.
  4. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 24.
  5. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 28.
  6. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
  7. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 16-17.
  8. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 16-17.