Category: Bloody Point Bar
Date of Service: 1901 – 1914 1874: Born November 2 to parents Richard and Mary Drusilla (Bunting) Humphreys in Calvert County, MD. 1897: Marries his wife, Ellen Delilah “Nellie” Lusby on August 25. They go on to raise 4 children – 2 sons and 2 daughters. 1900: In the U.S. Census, Loch Humphreys is married, …
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Date of Service: 1919 – 1958 1892: Born on November 18 to parents Tobey & Matilda, Somerset County, MD. 1919: Served as First Assistant at Cove Point Lighthouse in MD. His annual salary was $1,115/year. 1919-1920: Served as First Assistant at Point No Point Lighthouse in MD. His salary was $1,182/year. 1923: Served as First …
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Date of Service: 1936 – 1947 1907: Born October 13 in Delmar, Wicomico County, MD1926: Marries Gladys Ruth Elmore on September 1 in Crisfield, Somerset County, MD.1931: The couple has their first child, a son, Lewis Riggin Carman, Jr. on April 16.1932: The couple has their second child, a daughter, Caroline Virgie on October 24.1936-1938: …
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1882 37 foot tall iron beacon on 30 foot caisson (similar to Sharps Island light) constructed off the tip of Kent Island. Equipped with 4th order Fresnel lens, foghorn & bell backup. 1883 Gales scour sand from under northwest side of lighthouse and cause six degree tilt. 1884/85 Dredging and construction of a 760 ton …
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The U.S. Lighthouse Board received several requests for the establishment of a lighthouse on Kent Island. Bloody Point Bar was the final choice and a request was submitted in 1868 to mark both the bar and the northern entrance to the Eastern Bay. The request was repeated in 1869. In March of 1881, Congress finally …
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