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First Name:
John
Last Name:
Purington
Type: Light Keeper
Image Source:
Friends of Nash Island
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
E.
Born:
1880
Died:
1936
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1905
Year Departed:
1909
Begin Salary:
480
End Salary:
480
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1909
Year Departed:
1911
Begin Salary:
450
End Salary:
450
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1912
Year Departed:
1914
Begin Salary:
510
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1914
Year Departed:
1916
Begin Salary:
552
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1916
Year Departed:
1935
Begin Salary:
600
End Salary:
1560
Vessels
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Tender Fireman
Year Started:
at least 1903
Year Ended:
1905
End Salary:
480
Source:
Register of Lighthouse Keepers
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
May 23, 2018
Retired for disability at the end of September 1935.