Date of Service: 1867-1872 1820: Sally Bell is born in Virginia. 1840: Marries David Nottingham Boole on November 23rd. 1867-1872: Sallie Boole, named the First Assistant Keeper at Hog Island Lighthouse, VA. Her salary is $400/year. (Her husband David Boole served as Principal Keeper) 1895: Sallie Boole dies on January 15th. She is buried at …
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Date of Service: 1864-1872 1821: David Boole is born in Northampton County, Virginia. 1840: Marries Sally Bell on November 23rd. 1864-1872: David Boole is named Principal Keeper at Hog Island Lighthouse, VA. His beginning salary is $400/year, and his ending salary is $560/year. (His wife Sallie Boole served as First Assistant) 1896: David N. Boole …
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Date of Service: 1877-1881 1847-1850: Alfred James Spady is born in Northampton County, VA., to parents James & Adah Spady. 1847+/-: Mary A. West is born in Virginia. 1867: Marries Mary A. West on December 26th in Northampton County, VA. 1877-1879: Served as Assistant Keeper at Cherrystone Bar Lighthouse, VA. His annual salary was $420/year. …
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Date of Service: 1876-1883 1845+/-: Thomas H. Braxton is born in Northampton County, VA., to parents Hamson & Elder Braxton. 1853+/-: Priscilla Downes is born in VA. to parents Abe & Gennie Prower (Trower?) 1875: Marries Priscilla Downes on January 9th in Northampton County, VA. 1876-1879:Served as Principal Keeper at Cherrystone Bqr Lighthouse, VA. His …
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Date of Service: 1875 – 1919 1855: Born on April 15 in Mathews County, VA 1875: Serves as Second Assistant Keeper at Windmill Point Lighthouse (VA). Annual salary – $400. 1875-1876: Serves as First Assistant Keeper at Windmill Point Lighthouse (VA). Annual Salary – $440. 1876-1907: Serves as Keeper at Windmill Point Lighthouse (VA). …
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1837: On March 3, Congress appropriates $5,000 to construct a lighthouse on the south end of Hog Island, Virginia. 1837: In a letter dated April 18, Commander Alexander Claxton wrote a letter to Commodore John Rodgers, President of the Board of Navy Commissioners. In the letter, he recommended that the money appropriated by Congress was …
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Date of Service: 1894 – 1925 1877: Born in Mathews County, VA 1894 – 1903: Serves at Old Plantation Flats Lighthouse. 1904: Married Fannie May Hudgins. Had three children – two daughters – Jessie Olga Salter Crouch and Mabel Salter Best; and one son – Charles Bradley Salter. 1903 – 1908: Serves at York Spit …
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The first Hog Island Lighthouse was built in 1852. It was a white conical brick tower equipped with 15 lamps set in 21-inch reflectors exhibiting a fixed white light that could be seen for 13 miles. Adjacent to the lighthouse was a keeper’s dwelling. In 1855, the lamps were replaced with a fourth-order Fresnel lens. …
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