Date of Service: 1887 – 1917 1846: Thomas E. Speake is born in August to Thomas & Mary Speake in MD. 1876: Thomas Speake marries Buena Clagett in MD. 1887-1917: Thomas E. Speake is appointed Principal Keeper at Upper Cedar Point Lighthouse, MD. (His wife Buena Speake serves as First Assistant) His beginning salary is …
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Date of Service: 1895 – 1917 1847: Buena Clagett is born in December in MD. 1876: Thomas Speake marries Buena Clagett in MD. 1895-1917: Buena Speake is appointed First Assistant at Upper Cedar Point Lighthouse, MD. (Her husband Thomas E. Speake is Principal Keeper) Her beginning salary is $360/year and ending salary $480/year. 1935: …
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Date of Service: 1875 – 1882 1837: Mary Brawner is born in 1837 in MD. 1858+/-: Richard M. Smoot marries Mary Brawner in MD. 1875-1876: Mary E. Smoot is appointed First Assistant at Upper Cedar Point Lighthouse, MD. Her salary is $400/year. (Her husband Richard M. Smoot serves as Principal Keeper). 1876-1882: Mary E. …
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Date of Service: 1872 – 1886 1833: Richard M. Smoot is born to parents William & Violetta in MD. 1858+/-: Richard M. Smoot marries Mary Brawner in MD. 1872-1876: Richard Smoot is appointed Principal Keeper at Upper Cedar Point Lighthouse, MD. His salary is $550/year. (His wife Mary Smoot serves as First Assistant). 1876-1886: Richard …
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Date of Service: 1918 – 1941 1879: Born on September 29 in Leonardtown, Maryland.Marries wife, Ada Viola Wible. The couple raises sixteen children. Works as a waterman and blacksmith.1918: Joins U.S. Lighthouse Service. Serves as Assistant Keeper at Tangier Sound Lighthouse (Virginia) with brother-in-law.1919: Serves as Keeper at Lower Cedar Point Lighthouse (Maryland). Resigns for …
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Date of Service: 1930-1968 1908: Born on November 16 in Mathews County, VA.1930: Marries Melva Sadler on June 21. The couple raises three children.1930: Joins the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Serves as a seaman on Diamond Shoals Lightship #105.1933: Survives 150 mph winds of Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane. The Lightship is swept off course 5 miles.1937: Transferred to …
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Timeline: A screwpile lighthouse located on the Potomac River in Maryland 2 miles west of Mathias Point. 1867: A white, square, screwpile lighthouse was constructed to replace lightships. It was equipped with a 5th order Franklin type Fresnel lens and hand operated fog bell. 1867: Keeper James Treakle complained that the boat was too large …
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In 1821, a lightship was stationed at the location of the Upper Cedar Point Lighthouse. For the next 46 years, a total of four lightships remained there until the Lighthouse Board began replacing lightships with permanent structures. In 1867, a white, square screwpile light was built. It was nearly identical in appearance to the …
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