Background
KITTELLE, Sumner Ely Wetmore was born on June 14, 1867 in Peekskill-on-Hudsoji, New York, United States. Son of George Wetmore and Marie Louise (Geer) Kittelle.
KITTELLE, Sumner Ely Wetmore was born on June 14, 1867 in Peekskill-on-Hudsoji, New York, United States. Son of George Wetmore and Marie Louise (Geer) Kittelle.
United States Naval Academy. United States Naval War College. Packard’s Business College, New York.
Of late Charles Dwight Sigsbee, Rear Admiral, United States Navy. March 22, 1897, Washington, District of Columbia Ensign 1891-1898. Spanish War, Junior Lieutenant 1898-1899.
Lieutenant 1899-1905. Lieutenant Commander 1905-1910. Commander 1910-1915; Mexico Revolution 1913.
Captain 1915-1921, Great War. Rear Admiral 1921; Third American Governor and fifty-second Governor of Virgin Is. 1920-1922; Commander Destroyer Squads, of both Scouting and Battle Fleets.
Commandant of both 8 and Philippine Naval District. Commander of Fleet Base Force, United States Fleet. Pres, of Naval Examining Board and Board of Inspection and Survey.
Member of Sons of American Revolution. Masons; Foreign Wars. Clubs: Army & Navy (Washington).
New York Yacht; Army & Navy (Manila, Philippine Islands).
Spouse Anna Lockwood Sigsbee, d.