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First Name:
Elijah
Last Name:
Hozier
Type: Light Keeper
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Marsha Stark
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Middle Initial:
A.
Born:
1850
Died:
1918
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Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1885
Year Departed:
1908
Begin Salary:
540
End Salary:
600
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1908
Year Departed:
1918
Begin Salary:
600
Source:
Registers of Lighthouse Keepers, Charles E. Kirwan OPF
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Entered Date:
Nov 13, 2018
Elijah Albert Hozier, for ten years a light-house keeper, died yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. He was sixty-eight years old, a native of Norfolk county; he had lived here until ten years ago when he assumed the duties of light-house keeper. He was a son of the late David and Frances Hozier. Besides his widow, Mollie Hozier, he is survived by four sons, C.R., of Richmond; J.P. of Norfolk; J.R. of Pittsburgh, Pa., and L.S. Hozier, of Birmingham. Mr. Hozier was a member of Lee Lodge, No. 48, Knights of Pythias. The body will arrive in this city tomorrow morning on the N.Y.P.& N. steamer Maryland. Upon the arrival of the steamer, the funeral and interment will take place in Magnolia cemetery, Berkley.