Prudence Island Lighthouse
Keepers
1855 - 1905
| Lighthouse Keepers |
Annual Salaries |
Dates Appointed |
| Pelig Shearman |
$350.00 |
* |
| Henry Dimond |
$350.00 |
* |
| Edward M. Spooner |
$350.00 |
December 7, 1855 |
| Wm. L. Yewel or Jewel** |
$350.00 |
* |
| Thomas J. Cory |
$500.00 |
November 15, 1862 |
| Isaac Aldrich (acting) |
$500.00 |
September 28, 1875 |
| Isaac Aldrich |
$500.00 |
December 5, 1878 |
| John J. Clarke (acting) |
$500.00 |
October 19, 1886 |
| John J. Clarke |
$500.00 |
August 10, 1887 |
| Olney Coyle (acting) |
$500.00 |
December 17, 1887 |
| Olney Coyle |
$500.00 |
June 21, 1888 |
| John F. Follet (acting) |
$500.00 |
December 13, 1888 |
| John F. Follet |
$500.00 |
April 3, 1889 |
| Thomas Burke (acting) |
$500.00 |
April 23, 1894 |
| Thomas Burke |
$500.00 |
January 8, 1895 |
| Nathaniel Dodge |
$500.00 |
June 22, 1898 |
| Martin Thompson |
$500.00 |
October 1, 1905 |
* No
date or year given in the Lighthouse Board Records.
** He
was listed in an early Lighthouse Board records, but does not
appear in later records.
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