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First Name:
Merrill
Last Name:
King
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
B.
Born:
1897
Died:
1963
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1919
Year Departed:
1920
Begin Salary:
660
End Salary:
600
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1920
Year Departed:
1921
Begin Salary:
720
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1921
Year Departed:
1923
Begin Salary:
900
End Salary:
900
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1923
Year Departed:
1923
Begin Salary:
720
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Resigned
Year Started:
1923
Year Departed:
1931
Begin Salary:
900
End Salary:
1740
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Entered Date:
Oct 05, 2018
Son of Keeper Vurney L. King and brother of Keeper Pearl S. King.
Keeper Merrill B. King was forced to resign in 1931 or be dismissed after the keeper was found to be brewing several gallons of beer at the station and the general condition of the station was unsatisfactory.