First Name:
James
Last Name:
Cater
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Born:
1878
Died:
1948
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1920
Year Departed:
1921
Begin Salary:
720
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1921
Year Departed:
1922
Begin Salary:
780
End Salary:
780
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1922
Year Departed:
1926
Begin Salary:
780
End Salary:
1200
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1926
Year Departed:
1932
Begin Salary:
1680
End Salary:
1800
Source:
Official Register of the United States
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Entered Date:
Oct 12, 2018


This is the same person as Keeper Arthur J. Cater. He decided to go by his middle name James later in life. This also masked the fact that he had been dismissed from the 11th district when he applied to the 10th district.
Retired on disability beginning June 1, 1932.