Philena Mills (Schooner, 1846)

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Identification

Vessel name:: Philena Mills
Year of Build:: 1846
Major repairs:: 1861;
Rebuilt:: 1. 1848;

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Madison Dock, Ohio*
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Scroll Head
Builder Name:: Erastus Lockwood
Ownership Notes:: Mills, L., (1846); Rogers, E. R., (1848); Kilderhouse, L., (1860); Clark, Thomas, (1860); Dill, R., (1861-1862); Dill, J., (1862); Davisdon, James, (1863-1866);
Master(s):: Shephard, C., (846); White, P. S., (1851); Butler, J. M., (1855); Winchell, J. W., (1860); Dill, A, (1861-1862); Davidson, James, (1863-1865); Horsefield, R., (1866);

Power

Number of Masts:: 2 (1846)

Hull Dimensions

1846: Length: 107' 2" Width/Beam: 25' 1 1/2" Depth: 9' 4"

Tonnage

1846: Gross: 227 + 29/95
1848: Gross: 125 + 36/95
1865: Gross: 149.49

Enrollments/Registration

June 17, 1846: Port: Cleveland Number: 30 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 6-24-1848
June 24, 1848: Port: Chicago Number: 32 of 1848
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Chicago 5-9-1851
May 9, 1851: Port: Chicago Number: 13 of 1851
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-9-185
May 9, 1855: Port: Buffalo Number: 51 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 9-4-1860
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September 4, 1860: Port: Buffalo Number: 129 of 1860
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-30-1861
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April 30, 1861: Port: Buffalo Number: 30 of 1861
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago 5-2-1862
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May 2, 1862: Port: Chicago Number: 19 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired out of Home
Next document: Buffalo 5-12-1862
May 12, 1862: Port: Buffalo Number: 57 of 1862
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 2-17-1863
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February 17, 1863: Port: Buffalo Number: 9 of 1863
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 1-28-1864
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January 28, 1864: Port: Buffalo Number: 6 of 1864
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-28-1865
April 28, 1865: Port: Buffalo Number: 77 of 1865
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Remeasured (Readmeasured)
Next document: Detroit 4-2-1866
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April 2, 1866: Port: Detroit Number: 25 of 1866
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Detroit; Next document: (Vessel and Papers Lost)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Philena Mills (1846-1866)
Nationality:: American (1846-1866)
Chronology:: 1. 11/21/1847, between Presque Isle and Bois Blanc Island, Lake Huron, ashore and released, (wheat);
2. 9/30/1848, Buffalo, ashore, (wheat), released;
3. 9/00/1855, Detroit River, collision, (Propeller, Pocahontas), repaired, $800 loss;
4. 5/00/1856, hull damaged by collision, repaired, $100 loss;
5. 9/24/1860, near Long Point Cut, Lake Erie, ashore and released, $200 loss;
6. 5/00/1866, Saginaw River, sank and raised, $380 loss;
7. 6/00/1866, 3 miles below Cleveland, opposite Perry, Lake County, Lake Erie, ashore, (lumber), (3 lives lost), $6, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Geneva, Ohio;
1860, she was valued at $3,000; 1866, she was valued at $4,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1860, 1863, 1864, 1866;
5. Buffalo Morning Express: 1/11/1856, 3/11/1861;
6. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 3/11/1861;
7. Marine Casualties on the Great Lakes, (1863-1873), Record Group 26, Records of the United States Coast Guard:

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920-684-0218

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