Marion (Schooner, 1841)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Black River (Charleston), Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Thomas Cobb
Ownership Notes:: Oliver, Jeremiah C., (1842); Pratt, L. H., (1852);
Master(s):: Oliver, Jeremiah C., (1842); Oliver, Jerry, (1844); Keith, (1852);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

June 1, 1841: Port: Cleveland Number: 27 of 1841
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 4-22-1842
April 22, 1842: Port: Buffalo Number: 16 of 1842
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 11-14-1846
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November 14, 1846: Port: Buffalo Number: 82 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-26-1849
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September 26, 1849: Port: Buffalo Number: 83 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 3-31-1852
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March 31, 1852: Port: Buffalo Number: 35 of 1852
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo
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History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Marion (1841- )
Nationality:: American (1841- )
Chronology:: 1. 10/18/1844, Lake Erie, outfit badly damaged in a gale and repaired;
2. 10/00/1848, Buffalo, struck a sunken anchor at the dock, sank, (flour & corn), raised;
3. 6/9/1852, Buffalo, ashore and sank, (coal), (4 lives lost), cargo $600 loss, hull $2, 000 loss;

Notes

Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 642;

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