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Number 2
Payroll for sundry persons belonging to Captain George Has- ten's company in Col. Foster's regiment militia, who marched to Machias on three different times, paid duty in Capt. Sullivan's company for 50 percent bounty.
Sgt. Allen Hopkins; Privates John Tinker, Eliakim Wescot,
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James Clark, Benjamin Libbon, Paul Simpson, Melatah Jordan and Joseph Jellison.
Number 3
Muster roll of Captain Daniel Sullivan and his company of volunteers on the expedition against Major Bagaduce from the 28th day of July, 1779, made up for two month's agreeable to a resolve of the General Court, passed December 23d, 1779.
Captain Daniel Sullivan; Lieuts. John Bane, James Clark, Levy Higgins, Asa Dyer.
War of the Rebellion
No section of Maine responded more quickly or loyally to President Lincoln's calls for volunteers than did the towns which are the subject of this historical account. Many citizens of these towns rendered valiant service to the Union cause in the army and navy, and there has been recorded many acts of heroism on the southern battlefields during the entire period of the war.
The roll call of the soldiers of the Civil War will be formed in the historical sketch of each of the several towns. The list, ex- cept that of Gouldsboro, which is compiled from the "History of West Gouldsboro," and a few additional names were ob- tained from the files in the Adjutant-General's office at Augusta. In these lists will be found the names of many now deceased. The ranks of the living veterans are thinning fast, but only a few who read this sketch will find their own names with those of their comrades, who are remembered among the dead. The nation will never forget the soldiers of Maine and the part they played in the great struggle.
Soldiers of the Civil War. Sullivan-Sorrento, 1861
13th Infantry - James C. Chilcott, Agustus E. Perry, Edward Preble, William H. Springer, Corp .; Joseph Stover, Nervlon C. White.
1862
11th Infantry - James R. Ash, Peter D. Hagan, Josiah F. Stover, Fred K. T. Mason.
18th Infantry - Moses N. H. Baker, Daniel S. Bunker, Fran- cis G. Cain, Daniel Wilkinson.
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26th Infantry - Merrill M. Bean, Clifford E. Bragdon, James E. Cormus, 2nd. Lt. Col. E .; James N. Derney, Josiah A. Hanna, Alford L. Heagan, E. G. Ingalls, Capt. Co. E; Abner I. Pettee, Nathan W. Pettee, Gipson Robinson, Joseph Robinson, George F. Simpson, Edward H. Smith, George H. Sperry, Ransom Sperry, Stephen Tripp, Watson C. E. White, Gipson H. Robert- son Co. E.
28th Infantry-Joshua B. Johnson, Capt. Co. C.
1863
B. F. Cousins, Augustus D. Hoyt, Otis B. Patterson, Levi M. Reed, James Yeaton.
1864
6th Battery - Clifford E. Bragdon, James N. Derney, Na- thaniel Mitchell, Augustus E. Perry, John L. Perry, George H. Sperry, George C. Stover. Coast Guards - Otis Downing, Sherman Downing, George W. Hodgkins, John B. Preble, Stephen B. Preble, David A. Sperry, Stephen Tripp, Watson C. E. White, Gipson H. Robertson, Co. E.
13th Infantry-Edward Preble.
31st Infantry - James E. Cormus.
Navy - Owen F. Bainpus, George Haven, James P. Loring, Phillip Lynch, Joseph Fenton, Alexander Seymour.
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14th Infantry - Frank G. Ingalls.
Unassigned Infantry - Amasiah Havey, Raymond Havey, Sidney T. Preble, Henry J. Simpson, Marcus M. Urann, 1st Sergt.
Navy - Joseph Mannel, Henry McGinins, William Siple, Tyra Sheldon. James R. Ash was wounded at Shawberry Plains, July 26, 1864, and was twice wounded in the same year.
R. H. Blaisdell, enlisted Franklin; Andrew Doran enlisted Portland Co. D., 18th Infantry, E. H. Young, enlisted Goulds- boro Co. I. 2nd Infantry.
WORLD WAR II
Following are the names of the boys and girls from Sullivan who served their country and whose names were on the honor
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roll dedicated Nov. 12, 1945; Maurice Andrews, Rodhey Ashe, Wesley Ashe, Carleton Babbage, Cecil Bunker, Laurence Bagley, Clinton Barrettt Jr., Dr. William Blaisdell, John Blaisdell, Caris Bennell, Dr. Russell Black, Arno Bowden, Kenneth Bunker, Reginald Butler, Richard Butler, Charles Carpenter, Paul Car- penter, Jr., William Carpenter, Edwin Clark, Earle Cook, Ed- mond Crosby, Winfred Crosby, Curtis Davis, Emery Dunbar, Paul Estabrook, Russel Estabrook, Clyde Farrin, Eugene Farrin, Carle Gray, Charles Griffin, Leland Griffin, Sidney Griffin, Wal- ter Guyette, Zemro Hall, Keith Havey, Chandler Havey, Dwight Havey, Albion Hooper, Kenneth Havey, Will Havey, Dr. Walter Hanna, Wilton Hanna, Elliot Hammond, Donald Jackson, Wil- liam Jackson, Elmer Jewell, Melvin Jewell, Lt. Bertha Johnson, Harold Johnson, Lamont Johnson, Leonard Johnson, Willis Johnson, Leo Martin, Wayne Milne, Lt. Philip Martin Jr., Wil- ton Martin, Arthur Mathews, Robert Merriman, Louis Meynell, William Newingham, David Newman, George Ober, Harvey Ober, Doris Orcutt, Kenneth Ober, Arthur Preble, Clive Preble, Francis Preble, John Robertson, Frank Preble, Philip Rich, Philip Robertson, Ralph Robertson, Abner Sargent, Leroy Sar- gent, Donald Severance, William Smith, Everett Stewart, Dr. Charles Sumner, Robert Sutherland, Ralph Springer, Robert Thomas, Merle Tracy, Christina Urann, Cecil Whalen, Jr., Chandler Whalen, Harry Martin, Bertram Whalen, Ronald Wha- len, Hershyl Warren, Manley Warren, Chandler Williams, Mont- gomery Williams, Lt. Lillian Woodworth, David Libby, Philip Woodworth, Morris Foss, Steven Grindle, Calvin Woodworth, Richmond Noyes, Willard Noyes, Herbert Bunker, Wilbert An- drews, Bernard Sinclair, Jr., Joseph Leighton Jr., Maurice Grif- fin, Julian Leighton, Malcolm Urann.
Two boys were killed in action, Cecil Whalen and Leonard Johnson.
LIST OF WORLD WAR I VETERANS
Harvard Blaisdell
Lysander Hooper Ralph Robertson
Virgil Blaisdell
William Hooper Fay Sargent
Stanwood Boynton
Harold Hooper Eugene Simpson
Dallas Butler
Earl Jellison
Walworth Simpson
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Wallace Clark
Seth Johnson
Thomas Simpson
Bertrum Cummings
Henry Johnson Justin Johnson
Francis Sinclair
Frank Cummings
Theron Staples
John Daley
Clarissa Johnson
Harvard Tracy
Raymond Daley
Allen Joy
Ronald Tracy
Guy Davis
Armond Joy
Sidney Tracy
Fred Gerrish
Curtis Leighton
Eddie Tracy
Chester Ginn
Orma Leighton
William Tracy
Pearl Gordon
Everett Libby
Leroy Tracy
Earl Gordon
Pearl Martin
Ralph Urann
Linwood Gray
Archie Merchant
Milton Urann
Kennard Haskell
Harry Merchant
Fred Urann
Harry Harvey Harry Meynell
Hollis Watson
Maynard Havey
Douglas Milne
William Wentworth
Morton Havey
John Moon
Harold Whalen
Lloyd Havey
Harold Noyes
Merrill White
Walter Havey
Lawrence Orcutt
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MORANCY
A glance at the families of Morancy Stream doing bus- iness there in Ye Olden Times, and their descendents.
Written in the early 1900s by Helen Campbell Hill
Morancy is a winding stream one and one-half miles in length, the outlet of Morancy Pond and flowing into the sea. In the early part of the last century John and Josiah Bean purchased the mill near the head of the stream for sawing long lumber, with material in abundance near at hand. This mill was built by the Beans who first settled on Waukeag Point, coming like most of the old families from York, Maine. They also built a house on the site of the one now occupied by James Ash in 1902. Later a mill was built lower down and the machinery put in by other parties, for sawing shingles, and about the first staves manufactured in this section of the state. Both mills have dis- appeared.
The farm of John and Josiah extended to the salt water, and the house was moved from the "shore road" to the present loca- tion on the county road. No descendents of those two brothers were left to carry on the farm, which was purchased by Fred L. Orcutt, of Franklin, and occupied by him until his death. It was on this farm near the shore that gold was plowed up, also cases of silks and other dry goods, which were supposed to have been buried during the French and Indian war, for safe keeping.
The revolutionary descendents found the gold very acceptable in getting a start in this locality. Another brother Eben Bean, built the house now occupied by Capt. Oliver Bragdon, where he kept a tavern, and attraction of which was a dance hall on the second floor. (This house burned, property owned by Mrs. Spring. )
A sister married Oakman Ford, who entered largely into the business life of the hamlet, he built what is now known as the Bridgham House, before the road led over the hill, the house is now the home of J. D. Holmes of Brewer, (now owned by Mrs. Spring). Returning to the Bean's mill we find the John Ashley house in which was born fourteen children. This has long since
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disappeared. Only one grandson bearing the name of Ashley lives in this part of the town. Henry, son of Frederick Daniel Martin's family comprised ten children. A grandson, William Martin Sr., has a neat house and model farm on the old site where he raises fruits and vegetables for the Bar Harbor market. Here again is a large family growing up. The John Preble place is kept up by a great-grandson, Hiram Preble, who has a large family. Some two miles beyond through a hardwood growth, a son George Preble, cleared a farm in the wilderness at the head of Morancy Pond. Here a son and two daughters, Emerson, Pruda and Ellen Preble, carry on the work of their father in comfort and prosperity. Miss Ellen made a successful school teacher, driving her team through storm and shine to the school- house on Bridgham Hill, where she got her education. A brother John, twin brother to Eben, was drowned in Morancy Pond, while the two brothers were coming down on the ice.
Following down the winding, sandy road, one comes to one of the finest views on the Maine coast, a panarama of points, islands, bays, a far reach of coast-line and beyond, the ocean with its highway, never without its ships sailing to and fro. Here was the Nahum Hill place, built by the first Wylie Hall. Nahum, Green and Enoch Hill were the sons of Thomas Hill, who built the house now owned by Mongomery Sears of Boston, Mass. In this family were ten brothers, and a vessel was built bearing that name. The vessel "Ten Brothers" was built at Gouldsboro. Thirteen children grew to manhood and womanhood in the house on Nahum Hill. William Hill, Mrs. D. S. Emery, Mrs. E. H. Harden, Mrs. Caroline Ginn. For many summers the old house renewed its youth with returning children and grandchil- dren, but this too, has passed away.
Continuing on the side road we come to the Isaiah Hall place which is at present unoccupied, owned by Miss Lizzie Hall. No sons live to perpetuate the name, but for many years the four daughters assisted their parents in the care of the farm. These daughters are all living, Mrs. J. S. Lord, Mrs. Henrietta Johnson, Mrs. Philo Lewis and Miss Hall.
A little farther on where the road joins the main, is the Green Hill place, long occupied by his son, Augustine, now by his
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grandson, Fred Bean, whose mother Rebecca Hill Bean, is the only surviving member of that family. Now comes the Enoch Hill place, occupied by Langdon Hill. His widow still keeps up the place, but neither child nor grandchild come after.
Coming back to the place where the stream intersects the county road we find the mill built by Mr. Ford for carding and dressing cloth, with the assistance of his neighbors, who felt the need of such manufacturing at that time.
Here also came Thomas Cook and his wife Margaret from Scotland. They built a little 16 foot square house under the hill, the cellar of which still remains to give substance to the present generation that such people lived and died among us. Tradi- tion says, that the couple were people of education and refine- ment, expert reapers both. Mr. Cook, after finishing his season in the mill, shipped as steward on a coasting vessel. While eat- ing his dinner in a restaurant in New York, he choked over a piece of meat, died from the effects and was buried there. This left Mrs. Cook alone with her cat and her geese, with her kindred all over seas. Here in her last days she was tenderly cared for by her neighbors, only at the last the town giving aid. She is in the cemetery on the Hill farm, in an alien land, among alien people. Perhaps she yet feels the touch of common brotherhood.
Mr. Ford sold the mill to Green Hill and Reuben Smith. Mr. Smith carried on the business for many years. Now past ninety years of age he crosses the road to watch his son, Herman, who has tried his skill in other states, run a gasoline engine to thrash grain, while the water is still utilized for grinding. In his home are also a grandson, and a granddaughter in whom he takes great pride, Edward Smith, a graduate of the U. of M., super- visor of schools, and principal of the high school in his native town and Miss Bernice Smith a successful teacher and musician.
William Hill built a house on the flat between the two hills, within the sound of the rushing Morancy Stream which has seen generation succeed generation. Here he lives in his old age giv- ing up the active duties to his son Harry. On this stream he built, alone, a vessel, named the "William W. Hill," which he sold to Capt. Berry and other Hancock parties. This vessel had a long and prosperous career. The brig "Morancy" was built
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in Sullivan for his brother Capt. Thomas Hill.
Where the stream joins the sea the early settlers formed a company for a tide mill, sawing long and short lumber. This did a large business, logs being rafted many miles from other settlements.
Today Morancy stream turns only one wheel yet it still rushes to join the ocean and mingle with its tide of vastness, while the tide of humanity which has flowed out from the little hamlet, toils and hopes and mingles with the vast sea of human life and passes on.
EARLY TUNK HISTORY
By Chief Stanwood, January 23, 1946
When the first lumbering operation started at Tunk Lake, then known as "Great Tunk Pond," the hills and mountains were covered with virgin pine, spruce, hemlock, cedar, and hardwood varieties. Caribou ranged the hills. The last one was killed about eighty-five years ago on the side of Black Mountain, so- called. For many years a flock of native wild sheep roamed the hills until killed off by hunters. The first extensive lumber opera- tion was started on Catherine's Hill where a log fume was built from the top to the pond and the logs sluiced to the water. A log dam was constructed at the outlet and this was the first land- locking of Atlantic salmon, around 170 years ago. in which Tunk and one other was locked. The water was raised in the pond to drive logs down the outlet, across Spring River, down Tunk stream to the lumber mills at Smithville, Steuben.
Before raising the water in the pond, there were three islands. High water destroyed two and created two new islands, leaving only one original island "Patridge;" and creating "Moose" and "Narrows Island." The original channel followed the right shore to deep water three miles down the pond. Togue and lake trout were very numerous, fished mostly through the ice. Trout was caught sitting on "Bluff Ledges" with pole and worms. Still fishing and anchoring at spring-holes were the common methods of fishing.
Atlantic salmon ran up to little Tunk with many being caught from eight to twelve pounds. Not many signs have been found
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of Indians spearing salmon on these streams on some of our local rivers, so it has been taken for granted that the salmon runs were not large, considering the size of the stream where it meets the salt water at Steuben.
Search has been made in the past twenty-five years as to how the name, "Tunk," originated. One "old-timer" stated that an Indian named Tunk lived here. But Indians did not have any place, but water means "tunk" and is used many times in place names around Maine, such as "Carritunk," and others ending in "tunk."
Another version was by the Boston Herald, "Why 'Tunk Pond'?" In the early days a party went fishing on the waters. The cooking fell to one of them who was not adept. His bis- cuits resembled the traditional ones of the bride. One of the party threw a biscuit against the wall of the camp where it land- ed with a sound of Ket-tunk which later came to be shortened to "tunk."
At this time only a few lumber mills were in operation in Hancock County, and the population numbered only a few thousand. In the year 1811 the population of Hancock County was 22,560 and Penobscot only had 7,471. The largest lake trout, "Togue," caught weighed twenty-six and one-half pounds, largest land-locked salmon, nineteen pounds, largest brook trout, seven pounds.
The first settler to locate at Tunk was a man named Baker, on Urann Hill, near Little Tunk Pond. The second settler was named Urann, and the third was a Havey and Robertson. Fol- lowing in line were John Springer, Aaron Robinson, John Bunker, Lawrence Doyle, Charles Doyle, Jerry Bunker, Issac Bunker, Bradford Griffin, William Bunker, a man by the name of Welch, William Johnson, Simon Bunker, Homesteads were taken up. Thomas Havey, William Robertson, John Havey, Wil- liam Johnson, Andrew Havey, M. H. Havey, A. B. Havey suc- ceeded by sons, Eugene and Oscar Havey. These settlers had no roads. Provisions had to be packed in on ox backs or by sled in winter. General David Cobb, of Gouldsboro, who was ap- pointed agent of Bingham estate, in 1795, constructed a road from Gouldsboro running near Little Tunk Pond, by Schoodic
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mountain which came out at Hog Bay, at East Franklin via Bangor, a distance of 65 miles. Even after more than a hun- dred years the line of the old road can be followed. The first school house was built about 1852, and the road from Tunk Lake to East Sullivan about 1836. This was the summer hunt- ing ground of an old Indian by the name of "Big Thunder" who spent his winters near the falls on the Steam-mill road at Ells- worth Falls.
Margaret Nickerson Caldwell writes, February 6, 1946,
"Chief" Stanwood's article of January 23, on Early Tunk His- tory was most interesting. May I add Sullivan's oldest school- house, built about 1840 is believed to be the town's first. This building has been moved several times, but now stands on the Caldwell property, the farm on which it was built, though not the original site.
The old Cobb road, as described by "Big Chief," a part of which was corduroy, was the first and only road between Frank- lin and Cherryfield. In the early days, residents of the Tunk Lake settlement went to Hog Bay via Cobb Road to attend church services, among them a family named Bunker, who with a young daughter, "tramped" to and from services regularly as was the custom.
The Indian chief, Big Thunder, also chose Franklin for a wigwam site one or two winters. In 1884 and 1885, Big Thun- der, whose surname was Loring, with members of his family, were encamped on the Lewis Wilber property, near the lot after- ward owned by Frank and Caroline Blaisdell, and upon which the house built by Mr. Blaisdell now stands.
During this period the Loring's who were clever craftsmen, wove baskets, made snow shoes and articles of birch bark.
Big Thunder had several sons, one at least attended Ryefield school. That was Peter Loring who will doubtless be remem- bered by Miss Addie Bunker, Mrs. Effie Whittaker Baker, and other pupils of that period.
Years later, in New York City, a handsome and well-to-do stock broker, whose name was Loring, asked if I knew the Loring's of Calais, Maine. Replying that I knew only the Indian
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family named Loring, Mr. Loring said,-"Well! That's my tribe !"
To "Big Chief" Stanwood, may the ice be strong and the fish hungry in Tunk Lake this coming season.
More is written about the "little Red Schoolhouse," by Mr. Sherman S. Scammon of Ellsworth (Franklin), and who is spending the winter in St. Petersburg, Florida, says:
We were much interested in the article in the last week's American relative to old times in Sullivan, Franklin and Tunk. There was no name signed but there is little doubt but the arti- cle was the product of the versatile pen of Mrs. Caldwell, a des- cendent of the Card family of Franklin.
She writes of the building on the Caldwell property, which was formerly perhaps the oldest schoolhouse in Sullivan. Old residents of Sorrento will recall that Frank Jones, the "Beer Baron" of Portsmouth, who created Sorrento, from what was known in the old days as "Wankeag Point," heard that the little old red schoolhouse at the Point was the oldest in the State --- planned to restore it for use as a museum. Before anything was done he learned there was a schoolhouse in the southwestern part of the state a year or two older --- so abandoned his project.
I well remember, as a mere boy, not yet out of high school, teaching my first term of school in that schoolhouse. In those days what books there were, had to be purchased by the parents. I recall there were about eighteen pupils in the school with probably not more than eighteen books. Forty years later, Mrs. Scammon and I climbed through the brush of a former lum- bering operation and sat down on the old bench where I held forth so long before. There was an aisle up through the middle of the building and rough benches on either side-each bench seating five pupils. When the fifth pupil had to recite or be seated-one can imagine the confusion. "Much water has gone over the dam" since then, but I do not recall any term I en- joyed more."
In an article by Howard H. Hardison of Franklin writes in 1902 Sherman S. Scammon, one of the leading young men of the town, who for many years has held the office of Selectman and Superintendent of schools, was representative to the legis-
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lature two years ago and has been closely identified with the busi- ness, political and educational interest of this section ever since he has been old enough to vote. He is a prominent Forester and Mason and is engaged in the lumbering business, operating a mill at West Franklin, where he manufactures staves, heading, shingles and long lumber. He also conducts a general merchan- dise business and finds time to superintend the work on a large farm. The schools are under the direct supervision of Superin- tendent S. S. Scammon who always selects the best teachers that can be secured.
Mr. Sherman S. Scammon died in 1946.
THE SETTLEMENT OF TUNK LAKE
The date is not known but Sidney Doyle thinks about 1800.
Lawrence Doyle and Andrew Havey landed at St. John from Ireland, then walked to Tunk Lake. They built crude log cabins to live in. Lawrence Doyle was the father of Joseph Doyle who built the house that Oscar Havey lives in now, only he built it out in the field somewhere and it was moved to the location that it now is. It was purchased by Albion Havey, who married Eliza- beth Bunker, a sister to Oakman, Simon and Howard, and the building has been retained in the family ever since.
Andrew Havey passed his property and house down in the family to Mongomery and then to Edna Havey.
Eugene Havey's house was built by his grandfather Simon Havey.
Isaac Bunker built the house now owned by Sidney Griffin, Isaac's daughter Mary married Bradbury Griffin, the father of Alvah, Charles, Belle and Sadie.
The house that Joseph Bosse lives in was built by William Welch's father, then he went to Franklin to live. William John- son was the next to live there, he probably married into the Welch family. His children were: George, Edward and Sis. George married Eva Sherman and built the second house south of the railroad track. Their children were: Ina, Josie and Ber- nice. Ina married Edward "Reddy" Garbett of Franklin and he built the house the Leland Griffins live in now. The George Johnsons moved to Franklin before 1910. Edward Johnson
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married Augusta Patton and built the house in East Sullivan where George and Myrtle Anderson live. Sis married Nate Bunker, they lived in the John Farrin house for a short while, Nate died and Sis went to live with Lena Whalen, Nate's sister. Simon Bunker bought that house of George Johnson, and later it was sold with the Tunk Pond property to Wicky-up.
Augustus "Gus" Havey built the Hardison house, the father of William R. Havey. William Robertson married Elizabeth Havey, a sister, and succeeded to the house. Their daughter, Annie, married Alvin Wentworth from Franklin, who built the house across the way, and had two children, William and Grace. The Wentworth family moved to Franklin before 1910. William Robertson married second Mary Libby and their sons were Ira and West.
Oakman Bunker, whose second wife was a sister to Albion Havey, built a house on the site of where Eugene Hanna's gravel pit is now. Their sons were: John Oakman, Simon and Howard. Oakman Bunker's daughter, Elizabeth, by his first wife, married Albion Havey.
The house where Alvah and Ila Griffin now live was built by Elder Foy. Tradition has it that he was an escaped slave from New Jersey. He probably came here in the 1860s or 70s. (See church.)
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CRABTREE LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE
The Crabtree Ledge Lighthouse was started in 1888 and fin- ished in 1890 under the Presidency of Benjamin Harrison. For thirty-four years it winked and blinked and guided steamers ir. and out of Frenchmans Bay. It was located just off the shore of Hancock Point, but its presence made itself felt so keenly seemed like it was nearer to the Sullivan shore. Its keepers were: Cap- tain Amaziah Small, Edward Small, his son, Charles Chester, Alton Triveau, Jerome Peaseley, Ora Jorden, and last of all, Captain Bulgar.
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