First Name:
Daniel
Last Name:
Smith
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Born:
1803
Died:
1881
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Dismissed or Removed
Year Started:
1853
Year Departed:
1859
Begin Salary:
350
End Salary:
350
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Oct 05, 2018
Daniel was the son of Daniel and Abigail (Coffin) Smith of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Daniel Smith was married to Alice Merrihew on April 29, 1833 in Fairhaven, Mass. They had filed intentions on July 28, 1832.
Daniel was born on the island of Martha's Vineyard where his ancestors had lived for several generations chiefly as farmers. He chose the occupation of seaman, but subsequently adopted farming and gardening as his employment. He went to California in 1849 at the time of the gold discovery, but poor health prevented him from staying there any length of time.
Daniel also spent some years as the lighthouse keeper at Cape Pogue (located on the northeast tip of Chappaquiddick Island).
He resided at Edgartown, Mass. until 1871, when he sold his property and moved to East Abington, Mass., which later became the town of Rockland, Mass., where Daniel passed away in 1881.