George Washington Storer was in the US Navy for nearly fifty-five years. He was born in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1789 and died at his residence in Portsmouth, on January 8, 1864, aged 74, ranking as a Rear Admiral.
After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic Post in Portsmouth was named in his honor as Storer Post #1.
On November 3, 1879 when President George Washington was visiting Portsmouth he called on the mother of his private secretary, Colonel Tobias Lear, Mrs. Tobias Lear and in south-west parlor was introduced to members of the family. When told a grandson had been named George Washington Storer, the President placed his hand gently on the child's head and said may "...he be a better man than the one whose name he bears."
(Brewster's "Rambles about Portsmouth" 1st issue page 254, 266)
After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic Post in Portsmouth was named in his honor as Storer Post #1.
On November 3, 1879 when President George Washington was visiting Portsmouth he called on the mother of his private secretary, Colonel Tobias Lear, Mrs. Tobias Lear and in south-west parlor was introduced to members of the family. When told a grandson had been named George Washington Storer, the President placed his hand gently on the child's head and said may "...he be a better man than the one whose name he bears."
(Brewster's "Rambles about Portsmouth" 1st issue page 254, 266)
George Washington Storer was in the US Navy for nearly fifty-five years. He was born in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1789 and died at his residence in Portsmouth, on January 8, 1864, aged 74, ranking as a Rear Admiral.
After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic Post in Portsmouth was named in his honor as Storer Post #1.
On November 3, 1879 when President George Washington was visiting Portsmouth he called on the mother of his private secretary, Colonel Tobias Lear, Mrs. Tobias Lear and in south-west parlor was introduced to members of the family. When told a grandson had been named George Washington Storer, the President placed his hand gently on the child's head and said may "...he be a better man than the one whose name he bears."
(Brewster's "Rambles about Portsmouth" 1st issue page 254, 266)
After the Civil War the Grand Army of the Republic Post in Portsmouth was named in his honor as Storer Post #1.
On November 3, 1879 when President George Washington was visiting Portsmouth he called on the mother of his private secretary, Colonel Tobias Lear, Mrs. Tobias Lear and in south-west parlor was introduced to members of the family. When told a grandson had been named George Washington Storer, the President placed his hand gently on the child's head and said may "...he be a better man than the one whose name he bears."
(Brewster's "Rambles about Portsmouth" 1st issue page 254, 266)
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