ANTHONY W. ROLLINS, ENS, USN
Anthony Rollins '76
Anthony Wayne Rollins was admitted to the Naval Academy from Kentucky on June 10, 1872 at age 17 years 3 months.
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.
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.
In October 1876, Anthony and classmates Stevenson Mallory, Templin M. Potts, Stephen Jenkins, and Charles C. Rogers were ordered to the Plymouth at Philadelphia.
Anthony’s grandfather, Dr. Anthony Wayne Rollins, bequeathed money to the University of Missouri which amounted to $80,000 in 1871. His uncle James Sidney Rollins is considered the “Father of the University.” Their portraits were painted by James’ friend George Caleb Bingham. The portraits are in the McClain Collection at the Jackson County Museum in Independence. Dr. Rollins 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.
No grave site has been located for Anthony.
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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