First Name:
Alton
Last Name:
Cheney
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
S.
Born:
1887
Died:
1952
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1924
Year Departed:
1924
Begin Salary:
780
End Salary:
1020
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1924
Year Departed:
1926
Begin Salary:
1080
End Salary:
1320
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1926
Year Departed:
1928
Begin Salary:
1140
End Salary:
1260
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1928
Year Departed:
1935
Begin Salary:
1320
End Salary:
1380
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1935
Year Departed:
1936
Begin Salary:
1500
End Salary:
1500
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1936
Year Departed:
1939
Begin Salary:
1500
End Salary:
1500
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1939
Year Departed:
1945
Begin Salary:
1500
End Salary:
1680
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
May 23, 2018
Retired for disability on March 1, 1945.