John M. Reynolds

First Name:
John
Last Name:
Reynolds
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
M.
Born:
1881
Died:
1919.01.16
Comments
On the afternoon of January 16th, John M. Reynolds, accompanied by the First Assistant Keeper, left Sand Island Light Station in motor boat to go to Fort Morgan to meet the new second assistant and has not been heard from since. A landing party which visited Sand Island on January 17th found the station deserted. Continued search and inquiry by the tender CAMELLIA in the Gulf and along the south shores of Dauphin, Petit Bois, and Horn Islands failed to reveal any trace of the missing keepers or the launch, and all hope of their recovery has been abandoned.
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
Acting Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Temporary
Year Started:
1911
Year Departed:
1911
Begin Salary:
720
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Resigned
Year Started:
1911
Year Departed:
1914
Begin Salary:
540
End Salary:
540
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1914
Year Departed:
1915
Begin Salary:
480
End Salary:
480
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Resigned
Year Started:
1915
Year Departed:
1915
Begin Salary:
480
End Salary:
480
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1918
Year Departed:
1918
Begin Salary:
480
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1918
Year Departed:
1919
Begin Salary:
1020
End Salary:
1020
Source:
Registers of Lighthouse Keepers, OPF, Theodore Silling OPF, Newspaper Article

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Entered by:
trholman
Entered Date:
Nov 13, 2018