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First Name:
Napoleon
Last Name:
Fickett
Type: Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
B.
Born:
1885
Died:
1975
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
3rd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1918
Year Departed:
1919
Begin Salary:
456
End Salary:
720
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1919
Year Departed:
1919
Begin Salary:
780
End Salary:
780
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred and Promoted
Year Started:
1919
Year Departed:
1922
Begin Salary:
840
End Salary:
840
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1922
Year Departed:
1926
Begin Salary:
960
End Salary:
1560
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1926
Year Departed:
1948
Begin Salary:
1380
End Salary:
1560
Source:
Official Register of the United States, National Archives Retirement Card
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Entered Date:
May 23, 2018


The above picture has the 4 keepers of Matinicus Rock around 1920. From left to right are Keeper Frank O. Hilt, Napoleon B. Fickett, Unknown, and Arthur J. Beal.