Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Lillie Parsons (Schooner, 1868)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Lillie Parsons
Year of Build:
1868
Official Number:
15509
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Tonawanda, New York
Vessel Type:
Schooner
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Eagle Figure Head
Builder Name:
Parsons and John Humble
Ownership Notes:
Parsons, L. V., (1868);
Master(s):
Holland, H. H., (1868);
Power
Number of Masts:
2 (1868)
Hull Dimensions
1868
Length: 131' Width/Beam: 26' Depth: 10'
Tonnage
1868
Gross: 267.40
Enrollments/Registration
September 18, 1868
   Port: Buffalo Number: 52 of 1868
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Oswego 4-23-1869
View document online
April 23, 1869
   Port: Oswego
History
Classification:
a. Schooner, Lillie Parsons (1868-1877)
Nationality:
American (1868-1877)
Chronology:
1. 11/00/1868, St. Clair River, collision and repaired, $1, 500 loss;
2. 5/00/1869, broke adrift at Chicago and went out in the lake, rescued;
3. 11/00/1869, (grain), sprang a leak on Lake Huron and repaired;
4. 8/00/1870, Devils Nose, Lake Ontario, ashore and released, $2, 000 loss;
5. 10/26/1871, Point au Pelee, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $300 loss, (railroad iron);
6. 8/00/1877, In the Narrows near Brockville, St. Lawrence River, sank and hull was abandoned;
Notes
General notes:
She was abandoned in the St. Lawrence River in 1877;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Oswego, New York;
3. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:
4. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
5. John Poole's notes;
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
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Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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