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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:28:45 EDT

Jean's Maine Seamen's Deaths
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Seamen deaths extracted by - Janice Farnsworth

Posted:
APRIL 2, 1858
Deaths

At sea, March 3, on board the brig Sea Lark, on her passage from Cuba to New
York, George W., son of Nathaniel McFARLAND, of Hancock, age 20 years, 10
months, 10 days.



Posted:
FEBRUARY 15, 1861


The ship Sea Serpent from Whampo Bay Oct. 20 for New York, reported Capt.
Jacob D. WHITTEMORE of Bath dead.


Posted:
JUNE 7, 1861

Lost overboard from the brig Nellie Hunt, on a passage from Montevideo for
Boston, John E. PIERSON, second mate.


Posted:
FEBRUARY 14, 1862
Lost from the schooner Peru, in the mouth of Portsmouth harbor, Dec. 18,
Horace S., son of Samuel and Rebecca PHILBROOK of South Thomaston, age 22 years,
1 month, 18 days.

Posted:

1862

Killed in battle, James BRESLIN, a young man from Winterport, 18 years of
age, a sailor on board the frigate Congress, was killed at the late engagement
between the Merrimack and that vessel. He was shot through the right leg which
was amputated, but death ensued from the loss of blood. He was captain of
the Mizzentop, was a thorough seaman, and much beloved by his comrades. He was
buried at Newport News. His father, James Breslin, has two more sons now in
the service of his country.

Posted:
DECEMBER 5, 1862
San Juan del Norte, Graytown, Oct. 21, Alvah McFARLAND, first mate of the
brig Sarah Peters, and son of Nathaniel McFarland of Hancock, age 23 years, 7
days.


Posted:
FEBRUARY 13, 1863

Jan. 11, lost overboard on the passage from Turk's Island to Boston, George
W. BROOKS, age 20 years, son of Solomon H. and Mary Brooks of Steuben.

Posted:
FEBRUARY 13, 1863

Blue Hill, 6th inst., Alonzo L. OBER, age 24 years. Mr. Over had been absent
at sea for 18 months and returned but a few days before his death. He was an
active, intelligent and moral young man.


Posted:
APRIL 17, 1863

Surry, Apr. 13, Capt. George W. CURTIS, age 32 years. Capt. Curtis returned
home from sea Dec. 25 in a state of failing health. It was soon too evident to
his friends that he was falling a victim to that fatal disease, consumption.
Mar. 14 I attended the funeral of his youngest child and had a first
conversation with him on the subject on preparation for death. He leaves an
affectionate and deeply afflicted wife, a little son and other relatives to mourn
his loss. (Some narrative omitted.) (poem followed)

Posted:
APRIL 24, 1863
Hancock, Mar. 21, Capt. Leonard H. HIGGINS, age 29 years. He returned from
sea in the winter but out of health, and at last yielded to the angel of
death. (Other narrative omitted here.)


Posted:
JULY 3, 1863

Atchafala River, May 27, C. M. TINKER of Ellsworth, executive officer on
board the gunboat Estelle.

Posted:
JULY 24, 1863

Drowned, near Providence, R.I., 12th inst., Henry M. THOMAS of Bucksport,
age 19 years, mate of the schooner Frederick Warren.

Drowned, in New York harbor, 16th inst., Capt. Samuel M. LIMEBURNER of
Brooksville, master of the schooner Morris Hill. He belonged to Brooksville, was a
single man, age about 29 years.

Posted:

On board the American ship J. O. Baker, at the port of Bassien, May 11, of
cholera, William H. BEAL, 2nd mate of the ship, belonging to Ellsworth. The
captain writing home says: "He was a good officer and was much esteemed by all
on board. His funeral was attended by the American missionary of the port, and
his remains were followed to the grave by a procession of officers and men
of ships lying in port. A suitable stone bearing his name, age, and ship marks
the spot where his body now lies."

Posted:
AUGUST 26, 1864
Ft. Washington, Md., Aug. 4, of pneumonia, after a sickness of 3 days, Jesse
HOOPER, member of Copmpany A, Maine Coast Guard, age 20 years, 1 month, 29
days. The undersigned parents of the deceased feeling it their duty of taking
this method of publicly expressing their gratitude and heartfelt thanks to
Capt. Baker and other members of the company to which their dear son was lately
attached for their kindness to him during his brief illness and for their
generosity in contributing funds sufficient to defray the entire expense of
conveying his remains to his home where he might be interred among his near and
dear friennds, and while they lament the loss of their dear son, their
assurance that he died among kind friends tends much to allay the grief of a
sorrowing family.Signed - Ephraim Hooper, Mary Hooper, Franklin, Aug. 26.



Posted:
DECEMBER 9, 1864

In Elizabethport, NJ, Capt. Henry JORDAN of Ellsworth, age 26 years. He was
standing between 2 coal cars at the time, and his attention being called to
his vessel in the harbor,the rear car was pressed against him by an incoming
train. He survived but 4 hours after the accident. The accident occurred on the
30th ult.



Posted:
January 6, 1685
Drowned at sea off Cape Cod, Dec. 4, from the brig George Amos, William H.
COLLINS of Isle au Haut, age 21 years.


Posted:
FEBRUARY 24, 1865
Drowned in California, Dec. 4, Francis S. BONSEY of Ellsworth, age 31 years.

Posted:
APRIL 7, 1865

At Lewes, Del., Mar. 5, Philander JORDAN, son of Nahum and Julia A. Jordan
of Trenton, 1st mate of the brig Rowlerson of Boston, age 26 years.

Posted:
March 1865
Died, Mar. 16, 1865, on board the United States gunboat Lenapee, Wilmington,
N.C., age 31 years, 6 months, 10 days, Francis DELAITTRE of Ellsworth,
Maine. He was mustered into naval service at Portland on the 30th of April '65
(actual date in newspaper notice; perhaps '63 or '64?). After remaining a while
on board the receiving ship Ohio, was drafted for service on board the U.S.
ship Brooklyn lying in Boston harbor. On the 20th of August he sailed for
Hampton Roads and remained there until Admiral Porter sailed for Fort Fisher.
After the first attack made upon the fort, the Brooklyn anchored at Beaufort and
there made readiness for a second attack. After the capture of Fort Fisher,
the Brooklyn, badly injured, returned to Hampton Roads. About that time the
gunboat Lenapee was in want of 28 men; that number volunteered from the
Brooklyn, among them Mr. Delaittre. They soon sailed for Wilmington, and Mr.
Delaittre took part in the important battle by means of which Wilmington came into
our possession. The friends at home were soon cheered by a letter reporting
that he had gone through the fight unharmed and expressing much thankfulness
to God that his life had been spared and that his health was never better.
This was on the 27th of Feburary; in 18 days he had taken his departure into the
other world. Sickness was caused by the use of the river water which has
induced fatal disease in the bowels, the case of so many of our Northern
soldiers.

Edited by Janice Farnsworth


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