The Republican journal., 1898-01-06
Charter Members Keystone Chapter.

SAAAA WI AVASAAUSAO my O@VAAS ShA0RkCAs
! From the History of Keystone Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons, No. "a, in course of
publication in the Camden Herald we
take the following sketches of charter
members native of Waldo county:
ISAAC W. SHERMAN.
/ Hon. Isaac w. Sherman is one of the
best known and most successful ship
masters that ever sailed vessel floating
the American flag. He was born in
Islesboro, Maine, Sept. II, 1928. He
made his home in that town until 1S49
when he moved to Camden where he has
since lived. He began going to sea when
t fourteen years of age and, in 1S43, when
only twenty years Of age, he found himself
in command of schooner Brilliant, coast
ing vessel of 11S tons. From that time
until 1890, a period of Al years, he was
almost constantly in command of vessels,
the greater portion of them being large
ships engaged in foreign trade. After
three years in the coasting trade he was
the same length OF time in the West India
trade in command of brig Annandale. For
some six years he was in the southern
cotton trade in barks Falmouth and
Llewellyn. From 1866 to 1862 he was in
the Calcutta trade, commanding ships,
Art Union and Highlander. He then for
six years, in the Atlantic trade, was cap
tain of bark Celeste Clark, ship Joseph
Clark and brig Fred Bliss. After an
interim of two years he took command, in
1870, of the 1900 ton ship Bennington, in
which for two years he engaged in the
Bombay trade. Following this he ran
for a short time to the West Indies in
brig Maria W. Norwood, and for one year
commanded the ship Success of 1900 tons,
in the Atlantic trade. In 1875 he took
command of the ship Raphael, 1914 tons,
in which he sailed the seas for ten years,
during which time he was successfully
engaged in the East India trade. In 1885
Carleton, Norwood & Co. had launched
their magnificent four masted ship, Fred
erck Billings, and the command of
this great vessel was offered to Capt.
Sherman. The Billings, which measured
2497 tons and was one of the largest and
finest ships atloat Capt Sherman sailed
with his usual success for five years, when
in 1890, he retired from the sea-
Capt. Sherman is a gentleman of fine
presence, and is a typical representative
Of the prosperous American deep water
master mariners of the past fifty years.
He is man of rare skill and Judgment in
the management of vessels, and during his
long career as a sea captain he never lost
a vessel OF put into port for supplies and
never extended protest for damaged cargo,
although he passed through five hurr-
canes at sea and one in the port OF Hong
Kong.
When on shore Capt. Sherman has taken
much interest in politics, and in 1871 re-
presented Camden in the State Legisla-
ture. After retiring from his seafaring
life lie was at once nominated by the
Democrats as State Senator and was elect
ed by good majority, serving one term,
from 1891 to 1898.
Capt Sherman joined Amity Lodge in
1919, and in 1851, while in command of
of vessel running from New York to
Apalachicola, Florida he was exalted in
and became a member of r. A. Chapter
at the latter place, from which he took a
demit to become one of the Charter Mem
bers of Keystone Chapter. He is also a
member of Clal en1ont CommandeIy, No.
8, Knights Templar, which he Joined in
1890
LOT NJ. KNOWLTON.
Mr.. Lot NJ. Knowlton w as born in Lib
erty, Maine, Nov. 6, 1882. At the age of
fourteen he was left fetherless, the eldest
of nine children. In youth and early
manhood he followed the sea, making
several voyages. Later he learned the
machinst's trade, for which he proved to
have natural aptitude, and became
very fine machinist. Ip 1858 he came to
Camden and for number Of y'oars was in
the employ of D. knowlton q Co. At
different times he was foreman of shops in
Belfast and Boston, although he continued
to have his home in Camden, the place
now owned by Reuben Leland and known
as ''Seacroft' being formerly owned by
him.
Mr.. Knowlton was quiet man of few
words, but of kind and oblging DISPOSE
ton. He belonged to no society except
the Masons. He was great reader and
enjoyed his home, seldom going out of
evenings except to attend the meetings
of Amity Lodge or the Chapter, to both of
which he was greatly attached. He died
of consumption, Sept. II, 1884, at the age
of - years.
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