1849 — Oct 6, gale, fishing schooner Levi Woodbury lost off Boon Island, ME              –all 10

Compiled by Wayne Blanchard; last edit 7-20-2024 for upload to: http://www.usdeadlyevents.com/

—  10  Glover. Glover Memorials and Genealogies. 1867, 392.[1]

—  10  Procter. The Fishermens’ Memorial and Record Book. Gloucester, 1873. Pp. 13-14.

—  10  Sheedy. Out of Gloucester. “The Levi Woodbury.”

Narrative Information

 

Glover: “Capt. Benjamin Franklin Glover, eldest son of Capt. Elijah and Nancy (Crabtree) Glover, was born in Vinalhaven, Me., Dec. 24, 1834. He went to sea in the ‘Levi Woodbury,’ and was lost from on board Oct. 6, 1849, aged 25 years. He was held in high estimation by all who knew him. He was a beloved and honored member of the Masonic Fraternity. The Portland Advertiser of March 5, 1850, has the following notice of him, written by brother of the Lodge: ‘Capt. Benjamin Franklin Glover, son of Elijah Glover, Esq., of Camden, perished in the ill-fated schooner Levi Woodbury, on the 6th day of October last (1849)….”

 

Procter: “1849. There were two vessels and ten lives lost this year, as follows: Schooner Levi Woodbury, lost in October, near Boon Island. Engaged in the shore mackerel fishery. Had ten men on board. William Fears, Master; Josiah Bradstreet, Jr., John J. Parsons, Joseph W. Babson, Augustus Burnham, Theodore Andrews, Benjamin H. Glover, Charles Ward, Thomas Roberts, Thomas Lane. Owned by the master and Robert Fears. Valued at $2,500; insured for $2,000.

 

“Schooner Enchantress, Enoch Snow, Master, lost on Cape Sable, June 4th. Crew saved…”

 

Sheedy: “Schooner Levi Woodbury, lost in October 1849, near Boon Island. Engaged in the shore mackerel fishery. Had ten men on board.

 

William Fears, master
Josiah Bradstreet, Jr.
John J. Parsons
Joseph W. Babson
Augustus Burnham
Theodore Andrews
Benjamin H. Glover
Charles Ward
Thomas Roberts
Thomas Lane.

 

“Owned by the master and Robert Fears, Valued at $2,500;. insured for $2,000.”

 

Sources

 

Glover, Anna. Glover Memorials and Genealogies: An Account of John Glover of Dorchester and His Descendants with A Brief Sketch of Some of the Glovers who first settled in New Jersey, Virginia, and Other Places. Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers,1867.  Digitized by Google. Accessed 7-16-2024 at: http://books.google.com/books?id=ygeSH-4i9VAC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

 

Procter, George H. The Fishermens’ Memorial and Record Book. Gloucester: Procter Brothers, Publishers, 1873. Accessed 7-17-2024 at: https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcmassbookdig.fishermensmemori00proc/?sp=185&st=pdf&r=-0.503%2C-0.088%2C2.006%2C2.006%2C0&pdfPage=9

 

Sheedy, R. “The Levi Woodbury.” Out of Gloucester. Accessed 10-3-2010 at:  http://www.downtosea.com/1800-1850/lwoodbry.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1] Glover notes the death of one of her descendants on the Levi Woodbury as on October 6.