Date of Service: 1873-1879
1827: Phoebe Dwight is born in Pennsylvania.
1873-1879: Phoebe D. Richards serves as First Assistant at Craney Island Lighthouse, VA. Her annual salary is $420. (Her husband Elisha Richards, served as Principal Keeper)
1910: Phoebe D. Richards dies.
Sources: Chesapeake Chapter Keeper’s Database; familysearch.org; uslhs.org, The Norfolk Virginian, July 22, 1879
