Naylor was born on November 14, 1843, in
Thompsonville, Connecticut. Naylor was still living in that state when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a
landsman on the . At the
Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864, he supplied gunpowder to one of his ship's
Parrott rifles as a
powder boy. When his passing box, used to protect the powder as it was being carried, was shot from his hands and fell overboard into a small boat of the , Naylor retrieved the box and resumed his duties. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864. Naylor died on February 7, 1926, at age 82 and was buried at River Bend Cemetery in
Westerly, Rhode Island. == References ==