Light Keepers
This is a work-in-progress. Records at the National Archives list keeper appointments through 1912 only. The US Lighthouse Service civilian keepers continued their service until 1939, when the Lighthouse Service merged with the U.S. Coast Guard. A few station logs of USCG keepers from the 1950s and 1960s have provided some names during that period. If you know of others with documented service at Thomas Point Shoal lighthouse, please contact us so we can continue to expand our keeper list.
Compiled by Sandra Clunies, Historian of the Chesapeake Chapter,
U.S. Lighthouse Society.
| Position |
Name | Appointed |
Departed |
Reason |
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Keeper |
Sullivan, Geo. E. |
7/6/1874 |
|
Transferred |
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Keeper |
Burchenal, Eugene |
11/4/1875 |
11/27/1880 |
Resigned |
|
2 Asst |
Miller, Charles |
11/16/1875 |
2/15/1877 |
Promoted |
|
1 Asst |
Sullivan, Geo. E. |
11/4/1875 |
1/25/1877 |
Removed |
|
Actg 2 Asst |
Miller, Geo. A. |
2/15/1877 |
3/26/1877 |
Perm Appt |
|
2 Asst |
Miller, Geo. A. |
3/26/1877 |
8/12/1879 |
Resigned |
|
1 Asst |
Miller, Charles |
2/15/1877 |
11/27/1880 |
Promoted |
|
Actg 2 Asst |
Maley, John |
8/12/1879 |
8/12/1879 |
Declined |
|
2 Asst |
Warmkessel, Julius |
8/19/1879 |
12/3/1880 |
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|
Actg Keeper |
Miller, Charles |
11/27/1880 |
2/16/1881 |
Perm Appt |
|
Actg 2 Asst |
Parrish, John W. |
12/7/1880 |
6/17/1881 |
Removed |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Warmkessel, Julius |
12/3/1880 |
2/17/1881 |
Perm Appt |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Atwood, Benjamin |
7/6/1881 |
8/16/1881 |
Removed |
|
Actg 2 Asst |
Culleton, George F. |
9/16/1881 |
1/2/1883 |
Promoted |
|
Keeper |
Miller, Charles |
2/16/1881 |
6/17/1881 |
Removed |
|
Actg 2 Asst |
Roberts, Charles G. |
8/31/1881 |
9/16/1881 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 2 Asst |
Suit, John B.T. |
7/1/1881 |
8/31/1881 |
Promoted |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Suit, John B.T. |
8/31/1881 |
1/2/1883 |
Resigned |
|
1 Asst |
Warmkessel, Julius |
2/17/1881 |
6/17/1881 |
Promoted |
|
Actg Keeper |
Warmkessel, Julius |
6/17/1881 |
12/8/1886 |
Removed |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Culleton, George F. |
1/3/1883 |
3/19/1883 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
Culleton, George F. |
3/19/1883 |
9/6/1883 |
Transferred |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Evans, James L. |
9/6/1883 |
10/16/1883 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
League, Henry C. |
10/16/1883 |
12/17/1883 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
League, Henry C. |
12/17/1883 |
1/19/1884 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Rollins, Henry F. |
1/19/1884 |
6/25/1884 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
Rollins, Henry F. |
6/25/1884 |
12/24/1884 |
Transferred |
|
1 Asst |
Jackson, Jesse |
2/20/1885 |
11/19/1885 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Jackson, Jesse |
2/12/1885 |
2/20/1885 |
Perm Appt |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Parkinson, George |
1/22/1885 |
2/12/1885 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Reynolds, John |
11/19/1885 |
1/16/1886 |
Perm Appt |
|
Keeper |
Culleton, George F. |
12/1/1886 |
4/1/1901 |
|
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Proctor, James A. |
12/1/1886 |
1/19/1887 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Rawlings, Samuel F. |
11/27/1886 |
|
Declined |
|
1 Asst |
Reynolds, John |
1/1/1886 |
11/13/1886 |
Transferred |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Dillingham, Charles A. |
1/19/1887 |
2/27/1888 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
Dillingham, Charles A. |
2/27/1888 |
12/3/1889 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Schirgur, John K. |
12/3/1889 |
3/20/1890 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
Schirgur, John K. |
3/20/1890 |
4/29/1890 |
Resigned |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Suit, John B.T. |
4/29/1890 |
3/12/1891 |
Perm Appt |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Robinson, Charles |
12/16/1891 |
2/28/1894 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
Suit, John B.T. |
3/12/1891 |
11/21/1891 |
Transferred |
|
1 Asst |
Robinson, Charles |
2/28/1894 |
12/1/1897 |
Transferred |
|
Actg 1 Asst |
Hartmann, Charles W. |
7/19/1898 |
9/16/1898 |
Perm Appt |
|
1 Asst |
Hartmann, Charles W. |
1/12/1899 |
5/28/1901 |
|
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1 Asst |
Addicks, Henry |
5/28/1901 |
8/1/1903 |
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Keeper |
White, Daniel A. |
4/1/1901 |
11/1/1904 |
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1 Asst |
Jansen, Edward |
8/1/1903 |
10/13/1904 |
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1 Asst |
Earle, Peter |
10/13/1904 |
3/16/1905 |
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Keeper |
Suit, John B.T. |
12/1/1904 |
3/19/1908 |
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1 Asst |
Robinson, Charles |
3/16/1905 |
3/1/1905 |
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1 Asst |
Wingate, Henry C. |
3/1/1905 |
1/1/1907 |
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1 Asst |
Austin, Homer T. |
9/26/1907 |
1/2/1908 |
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1 Asst |
Larsen, Chas. A. |
1/1/1907 |
9/26/1907 |
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1 Asst |
Jennett, Devaney F. |
10/1/1908 |
4/14/1909 |
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1 Asst |
Kerley, John R. |
1/2/1908 |
10/1/1908 |
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Keeper |
Schoenfelder, William R. |
10/1/1908 |
12/19/1911 |
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Keeper |
Wingate, Henry C. |
3/19/1908 |
10/1/1908 |
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1 Asst |
Norton, Saml. W. |
12/1/1909 |
1/1/1910 |
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1 Asst |
Swain, Malachi D. |
11/12/1909 |
11/19/1909 |
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1 Asst |
Tolson, John T. |
4/14/1909 |
11/12/1909 |
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1 Asst |
Cantler, Millard F. |
1/1/1910 |
1/1/1910 |
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1 Asst |
Ennis, John L. |
1/11/1910 |
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Keeper |
Van Houter, Sheldon R. |
12/19/1911 |
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USCG |
Harris, E. C. |
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USCG |
Doyle, Arnold W. |
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USCG |
Tolson, Jesse B. |
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USCG |
Mason, Cecil |
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USCG |
Tarantino, Sal |
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USCG |
Jacobs, James O. |
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USCG |
Crow, Thomas |
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USCG |
Maddox, Jesse C. |
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USCG |
DeGroot, Walter C. |
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USCG |
Thomason, G. M. |
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USCG |
Montgomery, G. W. |
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USCG |
Leikam, George |
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USCG |
Gollattscheck, Joseph C. |
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USCG |
Dors, Robert |
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USCG |
Koerner, E.Stanley |
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USCG |
Simons, A. J. |
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USCG |
Robbins, Tylen B.M. |
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USCG |
Shamanski, Raymond |
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USCG |
Herpel, George W. |
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USCG |
Grant, Reginald E. |
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USCG |
Beals, John M. |
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USCG |
Sentz, Irvin L. |
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USCG |
McClung, Henry T. |
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USCG |
Edgar, Berry T. |
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USCG |
Funkhouser, Beverly L. |
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USCG |
Gruber, Walter C. L. |
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USCG |
Sigler, Robert G. |
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USCG |
Dennis, William G. |
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USCG |
Salek, Thomas J. |
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USCG |
Baber, Hastle E. |
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USCG |
Roehm, Robert G. |
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USCG |
Sapp, Richard H. |
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USCG |
Wolcott, Carl E. |
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USCG |
Donoway, William H. |
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USCG |
Smith, Harold E. |
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USCG |
Sands, R. M. |
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USCG |
Bullis, M. R. |
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USCG |
Spatafora, David A. |
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USCG |
Goodman, Elmer J. |
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USCG |
Jones, John E. |
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USCG |
Zwierzynski, J. |
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USCG |
Tonkin, James W. |
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USCG |
McGehee, George L. |
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USCG |
Blick, John E. |
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USCG |
Haynes, Alan C. |
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USCG |
Outland, Paul T. |
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USCG |
Van't Hof, Paul D. |
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USCG |
Conley, Richard E. |
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USCG |
Ray, Benson J. |
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USCG |
Watson, William H. |
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USCG |
Nicholson, James T. |
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USCG |
Candler, Edgar W. |
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USCG |
Wallace, Lem E. |
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USCG |
Hopkins, George S. |
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USCG |
Grove, Ronald E. |
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USCG |
Kissell, Michael P. |
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USCG |
Tunis, William J. |
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USCG |
Lemon, Paul D. |
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USCG |
Pritchard, Herman S. |
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USCG |
Griffiths, Thomas B. |
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USCG |
Szillage, Robert K. |
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USCG |
Mitchell, W. J. |
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USCG |
Fahey, William N. |
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USCG |
Hallisey, J. D. |
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USCG |
Burrus, Alonzo O. |
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USCG |
Evans, John |
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USCG |
Kehring, J. |
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USCG |
Swint, S. |
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USCG |
Mordecai, Danny E. |
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USCG |
Hollenbeck, Roger E. |
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USCG |
Leppo, Harry F. |
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USCG |
Ferguson, Richard W. |
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