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Of other Harrises, William, an older brother of Paul, sailed the Nevada . for the firm. His son, Thomas (1848-1892), engaged in fishing, coasting and fruiting trade. He commanded the fore-and-aft Annie L. Palmer (Bath 1874); and three-master Rocky E. Yates when, in 1885, she was wrecked on Ragged Island, Bahamas. In January 1889 Thomas nearly lost the Congress on the Motions at Damariscove. Finally she slid off into deep water. Caleb, master of the N. J. Miller in 1875 put in at Lewes, Del., from the W. I .; all hands sick except himself. Edward, of Bremen, was skip- per of the Nevada, and had the brig C. A. Sparks in W. I. and Surinam trade; and in 1887 Obed was skipper of the Cora Louise.
HILTON, SAMUEL K. He sailed the fishing vessels C. B. Jones and in 1861 the Liberator, managed by his brother Charles. In 1863 died John Hilton, of naval ship Tahoma.
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HODGDON, THOMAS, CALEB, TYLER and JOHN. They were brothers, born on 'Squam in the 1780 decade and became influential in the fishing industry of B'bay. Thomas commanded the Meridian of W'port. Later he estab- lished a fishing stand at Hodgdon's Island, operating the W'port-built ves- sels Champion, Planet and the Sargasso. Later still the C. B. Jones, Senator, Ripley Ropes, Mary S. Wonson, Israel Washburn and the Geo. Washing- ton cared for increasing business. His son, Stephen G. (1820-1901), com- manded the Princeton, Planet, Ruth S. Hodgdon and the Washington, assisted his father and continued the business.
Caleb was a B'bay shipbuilder. In 1815 Tyler was skipper of his new pinky Defiance, which he later operated from his stand on Sawyer's Island, together with the pinky Ruby, Regalia, Hannah Eldridge, Diploma, M. J. Sewall, Cynosure and the James Pool. Of his sons, Albion P. (1822-1900), continued the business and owned sch. Mary; Allen and Granville have been mentioned; and the Diploma was lost under his son-in-law, Alfred H. Pinkham.
John operated bankers Isabella, Ocean, Only Son, Belleview, Legisla- ture, Eastern Belle and the Exchange from his B'bay wharves. He was assisted by his sons Merrill (1816-1839), Freeman, John M. and Silas Lee. The Atlantic was built for Merrill's command, and the Resolution re- turned from Bay Chaleur with sad news; that the new pinky had been wrecked on Wolf Head, north side of the Magdalen Islands with their dis- mal names of Deadman, Coffin and the like; that the stern with B'bay on it had been found; and that all on board had been lost in the fall equinoc- tial gale.
Freeman (1820-1885) began his long career in fishing vessels and was skipper of the Exchange. In 1858 Stephen Sargent launched the War Eagle, a superior schooner partly owned and commanded by Freeman. Employed in W. I. trade, she sailed from Kingston in 1861 and in a hurri- cane lost overboard forty tons of logwood, and later weathered another bad storm on sailing from Tangier Sound. In 1864 she was sold for $8500 cash, to hail from Dennis. Other commands: Agnes, Bath-built sch. Nor- man, three-master Normandy and the Thomas W. Hyde, the last launched at Bath in 1881. His son Merrill E. had the Agnes too, was master of the new Helen H. Golder and the Bath-built three-master Carrie A. Norton, whose namesake he married. A half-brother, Leroy W. Hodgdon, followed the sea for a time.
John M. (1824-1914) commanded the A. I. Franklin, Belleview, Ex- change, Eastern Belle, Ocean, Only Son and the Hannah Eldridge. Master
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of the Benjamin Reed in 1882, he sailed from Bath with ice, and in threaten- ing weather put in at the Vineyard and anchored; the ensuing nor'easter to- "tally wrecked the sch. His brother, Silas Lee (1831-1894), was skipper of the Anna M. Nash and the Willie G., fishing craft.
Gilman P. (1841-1923) in youth made trips to the Banks from Hodg- don's Island; later he was a prominent master in W. I. fruit trade. The fast clipper-built Gertie Lewis was built for his command, and he was master, too, of the Mary Webber, a fast sailing vessel which discharged fruit car- goes in first-class condition. Other commands: Cayenne, Carrie Bonnell, Edith McIntire and the Bertha D. Nickerson, sold for a New Bedford- Western Islands packet.
C. Owen, Lyman W. and M. K. Hodgdon were brothers, born 1840's, and masters. Owen's last vessel was the Mary E. Oliver. He had a promising son, James (d. young), who used the Oliver in shipping feldspar from the Kennebec and was mate of a five-master. Lyman W. (1846-1875), master of the Carrie Bonnell, arrived in New York from Baracoa ailing and died. Commands of M. K. Hodgdon: Annie L. Palmer, Lewis A. Hodgdon and three-master Lizzie Hodgdon, the last two constructed by his father-in- law, Jacob G. Fuller.
Of other Hodgdons, Wadsworth (b.1814) was the first master of topsail sch. General Tacon, and doubtless was the Hodgdon under whom she was lost off Florida Key in 1844. The first voyage, in January 1841, was from Wisc. to Trinidad de Cuba. Samuel, in the 1880's, commanded the Ira D. Sturgis and the Starlight. Capt. Lawrence A., of Sawyer's Island, took steamship Geo. A. Warren out of Rotterdam safely through a mine-field; and a few years later voyaged from Newport News via the Canal to the East Indies, thence through Suez Canal and the Mediterranean to Liver- pool and homeward to America. The around the world trip occupied thirteen months and covered 44,000 miles.
HOWARD, SAMUEL. He owned the Industry, one of three sloops constructed in 1763 at B'bay; in 1770 his name appeared on the roster of the Boston Marine Society. In March 1840 Joshua Howard, of B'bay, was drowned in the wreck of brig Tariff on Minot's ledge, Boston harbor. This and other shipwrecks there caused the erection of Minot's light in 1848. Silas Howard (1820-1907) owned slp. Captain Free and was skipper of the Mary Snow- man.
HUMPHREY, WILL S. He conducted a B'bay-Monhegan packet service with the Goldsmith Maid, which was dismasted in a September blow in 1885,
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and the skipper made East B'bay with considerable difficulty. In 1887 William Adams and Son rebuilt the fore-and-aft Effort, an old Boston . pilot boat with fine lines. In the earlier days of summer travel to the bluff island Captain Humphrey (always in a hurry) and the Effort are recalled as one of the features of the island. With a smacking northwest breeze the good skipper would land his passengers in about two hours; on one occasion the trip of sixteen miles consumed a full astronomical day of twenty-four hours.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM. A fishing and coasting master, he lived on the B'bay shore opposite the Ink Bottle and had schs. Agnes and the Catalina. His son, Ernest (d.1894), was master of Catalina, James Pool and the Fred A. Emerson. The first stranded at Rockland, the last was lost on Nantucket. W. H. Johnson was skipper of the Two Brothers and slp. Adonis (B'bay 1873), called 'Big I.'
KELLER, BENJAMIN and LUTHER. The brothers lived on Linekin's Neck; in 1862 Luther was lost at sea; in 1864 Benjamin enlisted in the navy, served on ships Princeton and Houghton and was in the Fort Fisher engagement. Later he was master of fishing steamers Lincoln and the Mabel Bird. In 1885 a boy named Keller survived the wreck of the Australia, Captain Lewis.
KELLEY, BENJAMIN. While living at Belfast in 1826, he owned and was master of slp. Abigail (B'bay 1806). In 1853 Robert B. Kelley, aged twenty- two, was lost from the Charlie and Willie. Wm. Kelley (a.1803-1824), of B'bay, d. on brig William at Havana.
KENNISTON, JOSEPH Ross (1836-1926). In youth he sailed before the mast on square-riggers; in Civil War days he commanded schs. Mount Hope and the Mayflower; and in January 1877 his vessel, the Massachusetts, was wrecked on Cape Cod. With one exception the crew saved themselves by floating ashore on wreckage. The Captain was picked up insensible. Later he was a prosperous resident of B'bay.
KIMBALL, ALBERT (1824-1887). He followed fishing from Barter's Island, was skipper of Banner and the Morning Star and managed pinky Ruby, bankers Annie Sargent and the Josephine Swanton; the last one captained by his son-in-law, Manson D. Mckown. Albert, a native of Barter's Island, also engaged in coastwise trade. Likewise eight sons were masters as follows:
Albert Leroy (1850-1914). He began at eleven, captained a vessel at nineteen, and continued successfully for thirty years without loss of man .
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or vessel. A well-liked skipper, on more than one occasion he was high- line in mackerel fishing. While pursuing them in the Rushlight he ran in- side the legal limit on the Nova Scotian coast whereon a cutter started to investigate; sail was crowded on the fisherman. Considered a dull sailer, she astonished the crew by escaping. Other commands: Lewis H. Giles, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry W. Longfellow, Ivanhoe, Vanguard, E. F. Willard, Fannie S. Orne, and three-master Harry S. Lord jr.
Phineas (1854-1893), named after an uncle lost with the Florida, had the Sadie A. Kimball, Orissa B. Kimball, Herman F. Kimball, and three- master Ella B. Kimball. Fremont (1857-1934), a master early in life, com- manded Exact, three-masters Annie F. Kimball, Harry S. Lord jr., and four-master Fred A. Davenport (Bath 1902). Latterly he carried on a paper- stock business in Wakefield. Laburton (1860-1924) was with skipper Mc- Kown when his mackerel seiner was run down and sunk; and the Mary E. Oliver, 'twas said, sank under him at the Vineyard. He also had E. F. Wil- lard, and the new Fannie S. Orne. Samuel S. (b. 1862). Commands: Annie F. Kimball, Orissa B. Kimball, and three-master Henry G. Milliken. Ship- wrecked on one occasion, he died before 1914. Louville (b.1865) had the Fanny Hodgkins, Fisherman, and Ripley Ropes. Relatives inform that he sailed from Haiti with the Lord jr. in October 1895, encountered a hurri- cane 'and his vessel was never heard from again.' The truth, or a close co- incidence, is the authentic report of the sailing from Santo Domingo, July 1, 1916, of the Flora A. Kimball (400 tons, b.1904), Captain Kimball, and disappearance without trace. Elbridge Henry (b.1869) was skipper of fish- ermen. Wendell P. (1872-1931) had the Ella B. Kimball briefly, gave up sea- life, and during the late war was assistant to the port captain in New York.
Maxwell C. (b.1899), son of Capt. Albert L., was a native of Trevett. On declaration of war (1917), he left high school to enter the navy, and the fol- lowing year was furloughed to graduate with his class. Afterward he joined the merchant marine on Standard Oil tank-ships, was a second mate and knows the force of a hurricane. While ill in the U. S. Marine Hospital on Staten Island, he niet Emma Lydia Miller, whom he married in 1925. Soon after the officer left the sea to enter business at her birthplace, Cincin- nati, where their children Maxwell Crooks Kimball jr., Albert Leroy Kim- ball 2d, Mary Ardelle and little Arletta Frances, born between 1927 and 1935, perpetuate family names.
LEWIS, ALONZO and ALBION. They were brothers and lived at Back River. In sch. Emma S. Briggs (Wisc.) Captain Alonzo (1837-1885) sailed from
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Saint Johns River bar in December for New York. At first moderate weather prevailed, but off Hatteras a southwest gale sprang up, which increased in force with heavy following seas. On deck next morning he noted a huge wave, and said to helmsman Adams: 'Keep her steady, Charlie, it's com- ing,' and both clung to the wheel. The heavy volume of water rushed and roared over the stern, carried away boat, monkey-rail, wheel-house, broke the wheel and washed the master overboard. He was not seen again. Al- bion H. (1842-1932) followed the sea for twenty years on fishing and coast- ing trips in the Arizona and Olive H. Robinson, managed by Alonzo, and on W. I. voyages with Captain Scott of Wisc.
LEWIS, CHRISTOPHER. He was a Barter's Island skipper who lived at S'port, and in 1866 had the Mary Elizabeth. His son Oliver had an unusual ex- perience while dory fishing from the G. W. Pierce of S'port. Shut off from the vessel by fog, after several days without sufficient nourishment he grew weaker and weaker. Meantime the skipper had cruised hither and thither in search, and on the sixth .day lay at anchor many miles away. It was breezy and all hands below when the cook chanced to come on deck, or heard a thumping forward, and investigated. There was the dory with its occupant, more dead than alive. He had drifted alongside, was handed in and recovered.
LEWIS, EBEN T. (1856-1928). The skipper was very successful in seining mackerel and commanded the Arequipa, Golden Hind, the new Nellie N. Rowe, Joseph Rowe, Flora L. Nickerson, the new Natalie B. Nickerson, Elizabeth Silsbury and, briefly, the Killarney, mostly G'ter fishermen. The N. B. Nickerson was one of the first fishing vessels to use auxiliary power.
LEWIS, FRANK (a. 1877-1925). Born on Barter's Island, he died in G'ter. There he had the Killarney, Mildred Robinson and another fisherman; and unfortunately lost a three-master on the coast of Newfoundland.
LEWIS, GILES and WILLARD. Brothers, the homestead was at Back River. Giles settled at Bristol, where he had the codfishing boat Norther and partly owned the brig Amina. His son, Isaiah, commanded schs. Oliverean, Loeller, the Little Mary and in 1857 the brig Amina. Later he came to B'bay, and engaged in business until his death (1894). Willard (1810- 1898) was master of sch. Sophronia.
LEWIS, HIRAM, ALBERT and WILSON. They were masters and are said to have been brothers. In W. I. trade Hiram had the Annie D. Merritt and the Mary
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E. Douglass. In the latter, off Bermuda in 1881, he fell in with the Nova Scotian bark Medford, dismasted and sinking. For rescuing the crew Hiram received a letter of thanks from H. M. Government at Ottawa. Also in the 1880's he arrived in B'bay with a cargo of salt in the bark Chattanooga, from Spain. Albert also commanded the Douglass and the Merritt in fruiting. Later he had the fast boat Yolande. Wilson was master of the Annie L. Palmer and the H. S. Rowe.
LEWIS, JAMES E. Although rendered fatherless in infancy by the April gale of 1851, he was successful in life. James followed the sea, and early in 1883 the three-masted sch. Lawrence Haines was launched at Wisc. for his command. On the first trip she put in at Norfolk with loss of fore and mizzenmast. Later the Captain conducted a coal and lumber business in Everett, Massachusetts, and in the 'nineties was prominent and popular in B'bay reunions at Wakefield. Of full figure, he was a pleasant and genial man.
LEWIS, JOHN WALLACE (a. 1848-1885). He was master of the fishermen General Grant and the Australia. On a coastwise trip John sailed from B'bay with a light wind which failed and left him becalmed off Seguin. A storm was brewing and a nor'easter developed into a January blizzard. However, he proceeded and sighted Half Way Rock, then stood off a lee shore and hove to, but in the storm bearings were lost and the Australia was cast away on rocks and went to pieces, at Cape Elizabeth. John was washed overboard. A man and a boy took to the rigging, and were perish- ing from cold when saved by the lighthouse keeper. The master's body was recovered.
LEWIS, SAMUEL and WILLIAM. Brothers, they lived at Back River and in 1830 Samuel was skipper of the Swallow (Warren 1814), a W'port craft; and in March 1853 a William Lewis, of B'bay, first officer of sch. Mt. Vernon, inbound to New York, was lost overboard. Four sons of Samuel followed the sea as follows:
Charles was lost from his vessel. Morrill B., son of Charles and born near the B'bay homestead, sailed for R. Lewis and Co. and while bound to Buenos Ayres died off the Brazilian coast. Morrill had a son, Herbert, who worked his way to a captaincy in the White Fleet of R. Lewis and Co. While in command of a large British bark, American owned, he was lost under suspicious circumstances. The crew was picked up in the long boat; they asserted it was necessary to abandon ship, homeward bound from
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Turks Islands and leaky; that Herbert, his wife and officers got into the ship's boat astern with a slip-line, but on account of rough weather the boat disappeared. It was never heard from, and a belief of foul play pre- vailed. The Lewis firm stated it was unlike Herbert to act that way.
Benjamin H. (1824-1911) in early manhood, a big six-footer, sailed as mate with 'Bully' Waterman of clipper ship fame, and a bit later was a master. Before taking the new ship J. G. Richardson he had the brig Mazatlan. On one occasion he sighted a distant ship on fire, and rescued its English crew. Later he was connected with his brother, Russell, in ship- building and South American trade, and died full of years and maritime honors.
Russell (b.1826) in 1845 shipped with Capt. Wm. Emerson, brig Olive Branch, and was a mate of the vessel from which his brother Charles was lost. Among his commands were brig Mazatlan and barks Archer and M. R. White. He moved to Portland, founded the firm of Lewis, Dyer and Co., succeeded by R. Lewis and Co. and built up the White Fleet of barks used largely in River Plate trade. The firm's shipyard was at East Deering where, between 1866 and 1880, over a dozen vessels, mostly barks, were con- structed under supervision of Stephen Sargent, former B'bay shipbuilder. Captain Lewis was very prominent in Portland shipping and died well-to- do, about 1911.
Wadsworth H. succeeded his brother Russell in command of bark Archer and was master of the Annie Lewis, John F. Pearson, Tatoy, Ella and the Sarmiento, all White Fleet barks. A likeness of the Captain portrays a bearded, intelligent and pleasant appearing face. Genial and an occa- sional visitor at B'bay, he had many friends there and in Portland.
Charles R. (a.1857-1933). Son of Russell Lewis, both were natives of B'bay; when Charles was five the family moved to the environs of Portland. As a youth of fifteen, perhaps to familiarize him with the company's ship- ping, Charles was sent or made a voyage in bark Sarmiento. At first seasick, five days out it was 'blowing a gale,' the lad noted in a diary, and -
Lowered the maintopsail. Saw squall arising. ... Blew the topsail adrift and almost knocked the men off the yard. They came sliding down on Backstays and anything they could get hold of. ... [It] blew fearfully, harder than anybody aboard ever saw it blow before. They thought the masts were going out of her, but we got out all right. I was pretty scared.
On the passage of about fifty days, Charles helped aboard, made friends with 'cookie' and with boyish interest noted sharks, whales, strange sea birds and fish-'Two flying fish came right on board,' and on arrival still
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stranger sights in Buenos Ayres. From Portland the bark logged 6289 miles at an average daily run of 142 miles; homeward bound with fair winds she averaged 173 .. On arrival in Boston the lad carried home to envious comrades the story of his brief sea-life.
For many years thereafter Mr. Lewis was connected officially with R. Lewis and Company. Their white-painted barks engaged primarily in ship- ments of lumber southward. A December 1891 newspaper notes: 'The wharves in our lumber district present a much more lively appearance than at any time during the past two years. ... These shipments indicate that Portland still occupies the leading position that she has always held in the South American lumber trade.'
LEWIS, STEPHEN, SILAS and ALLEN. These brothers were active in shipping. Stephen had pinky Union and in the 1830's, then living at Whitefield, owned in and commanded topsail sch. Louisa (Pittston 1832). In 1840 Silas was master of topsail sch. Globe (Pittston 1834). Westbrook G. (1822- 1896), son of Silas, sailed with his father and commanded brig Phoebe A. Paige. In the fall of 1864 brig Hyperion, owned in New York, was launched at Wisc. and commanded by Westbrook, but was sold in 1866. On re- tirement from sea, the Captain conducted a general store on the eastern side of the harbor, near his wharf. The writer recalls him as of full figure with prominent eyes, kindly disposed toward boys who used the wharf for swimming purposes.
Allen (1805-1879) was master of pinky Union and, in 1830, topsail sch. John Adams. In addition to his W. I. interests, he carried on an extensive fishery as managing owner of Superior, Forest, Mary E. Bunker, Dennis, Nevada, Oregon, Elizabeth, Primrose, James Pool and the Allen Lewis. A son, George A. (1845-1912), was skipper of the H. E. Willard and was mate with Thomas Harris when the Rocky E. Yates was lost. He ended as keeper of Cuckolds light.
LINEKIN. The peninsula and bay took their name from this family. In late summer of 1777 the Rainbow frigate appeared in B'bay and Clark Linekin was suspected and arrested for trading with the enemy. In a petition for redress in October 1777, he wrote in effect that two men-of-war lay off Fisherman's Island, took him prisoner, requested him to provide vegetables, took his steers, promised payment but did not pay.
LINEKIN, ALEXANDER, ORRINGTON and ORLANDO. They were brothers and seafarers. Alexander (1826-1854) was lost at sea, seemingly from brig
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Phoebe A. Paige, which he or one of the family commanded. Captain O. Linekin and probably James too, commanded ship Sandusky. For years Orrington ran a. G'ter towboat, and Orlando retired from sea to live in New Jersey. A promising brother is said to have died on brig H. G. Berry and was buried at sea. In the 1820's a Linekin was master of sch. Union, and later another Linekin had the D. L. Sturgis. Ship Jenny Lind (Boston 1848), with government stores for New Orleans, was lost in 1864 on Ba- hama Banks under a Linekin.
LINEKIN, JAMES (1801-1874). He was a shipmaster, and later became a farmer. This was not uncommon among sea-captains, but not always were they successful. One is known to have hoed up corn instead of weeds; another, so the story goes, unwittingly bought a yoke of steers that would turn their yoke. One day a neighbor, noting the Captain much perturbed, inquired the cause:
I don't know, Mr. Small, I yoked the steers and put the old mare on ahead and went out to plow in the after field. I went around the piece of ground two or three times and I thought I would give 'em a little rest. They stood still a few minutes and something happened, and the first thing I knew the larboard ox was on the starboard side, and the starboard ox was on the lar- board side and the old mare was foul in the rigging and we were going to hell stern foremost.
LOVE, JOHN (1796-1865). In 1843 he and his son James shipped on coaster Texas. John was skipper of pinky Isabella (Edge.), boat Element and the Sea Foam, fishing craft. His son, Elbridge G. (1821-1882), sailed for John McClintock as master of the Alva and the Northern Chief, and in 1876 the latter drove ashore at Cheticamp during an October gale, high up with bot- tom stove. Of slight stature, he was dark complexioned.
MACAULAY, JOSEPH (1831-1914). A native of Prince Edward Island, he was a Barter's Island fishing skipper of the James Pool, Mary Edward and the Maud Murray. His son Millard was cook on fishermen.
MARSON, ARBER (1800-1889). His wharf, on the eastern side of the harbor, was a scene of activity in the 1850's; there the B'bay brigs were calked and fitted out for W. I. voyages. His eldest son, Henry P. (1830-1851), followed the sea in brig Rainbow, and was lost with the ill-fated C. G. Matthews.
MATTHEWS, JOHN JR. (1779-1848). He was skipper of the Polly (Barnstable) and Tyler Hodgdon's new Ruby, fishing craft. John was lost at sea. His son, Alfred (1806-1879), had the fishing pink Susan (B'bay). Elbridge
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(1840; d. after 1905), son of Alfred, commanded brig Tangent and other local vessels, later the White Fleet barks Ella, damaged by fire in Buenos Ayres, and the Samuel B. Hale.
In the 1830's Stephen Matthews (b.1811) was master of topsail sch. John Adams. A younger brother, Thomas sailed on brig Creed.
MCCLELLAN, GEORGE B. He was a son of Randall (chap. xvii). George was master of the Ambrose H. Knight, and mate with Capt. Mitchell Reed when the Wm. C. Carnegie was wrecked.
MCCLINTOCK. John and Waterman T. (b. 1808) were brothers; in 1838 the latter commanded topsail sch. Shipwright. John (1806-1874) established and conducted for about four decades the largest fishery of B'bay. With a dozen vessels employed, his sons, Edgar and John, assisted their father. Edgar (1840-1897) was master of fishing vessels and steamboats; two of the latter were the Henry Morrison and the Della Collins. The Captain was considerate and courteous, and very popular with patrons; in person a large man, his regular features were adorned with a heavy black beard. He was noted for his expert penmanship.
John Howard (1843-1906) was a typical fishing and coasting master. In youth he sailed for his father, and from 1868 on had the Kate S. McClin- tock, built for the firm and named after his sister. In 1879 the schooner, bound for the Western Banks, encountered a spring gale, lost anchors, cables, trawl gear, and put in at Halifax in distress. Later commands: Carlton Bell, Lady Antrim (lost 1906) and the Frank G. Rich. In a sudden squall the fisherman John Somes capsized and sank off Burnt Island; when raised a sum in greenbacks was recovered, and early in 1876 the vessel was taken to Portland by a McClintock.
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