Evening star., 1921-01-23

family names on the eastern shore.
was born on Taylors Island, Calvert
county. A ship which he commanded
| was burned by the British in Chess-
| peake bay during the wa OF 1919. He
| bought a plantation back OF Solo
| mons Island and in the early 2as
came to Alexandria and was married
| there in 1898. He bought house
| from the Sellers heirs. ana that house.
which was built in 1904, is sti,l stand
| Brown. daughter OF Capt Traye.s.
Its number is sos South Henry street.
and in the years that re gone that
| was a fashionable part cf Aiexs ndri q. .
The Alexandria agents OF the Wood
! Travers packet line were 1eIleaEie
| & Lambert, and the Bzit.mere~
| agents were Rose q Merrill. at tp<
Frederick street dock. Capt. TraSefs
also commanded a saiiinG craft which
| Travelled regularly betw cen Alexsn-
dria, Norfolk and Rich. a4oad Capt
Wood came to Alexand-.a tron. st.
Marys county, Md ana numerous
grandchildren represent him in
Georgetown and Alexandria.
Some valuable notes taken from the
| records of the Georgetown custom
some time ago by A. H. tsern. They
show the names Of vessels claiming
Georgetown as their home port, to-
gether with the names of owners and
masters, from 1896 to 1888. The Oldest
of these is the Rosanna. built in 1886
ed by Capt. E. Hehferton and owned
by Alexander Smoot. The next is the
Union, twenty-four tons. built in 1897,
Capt. Edward Arnold and owner
Joseph B. Parsons Then follow the
Sallie. forty tons, built in 1893. sailed
by Charles Mintree and owned by
Joe Radcliff: the John. seventy-ive
tons, built in 1900. sailed and owned
by Ezra Simpson; Two Sisters, twenty
tons, built 1900, owned and sailed by
in 1900. sailed by Joseph Middleton
and owned by Alexander Suter; Betsy.
twenty-three tons, built 1901. sailed
by Robert Gibson and owned by ].
Wheelright: Polly. thirty tons, built
Smoot; William, sixty tons. built in
1904. sailed by James Spilman and
owned by Richard PARROT: American
forty-eight tons. built in 1906. sailed
by Henry Smoot. jr.. and owned by
1905, sailed by B. Wood and owned
by John Eliason; Adeline. 1872 tons,
built in 1907. commanded by John
Southern. and owned by Francis
Dodge: Ceres. ninety-eight tons. built
in 1906, commanded by L. Smith and
seven tons. built 1905. owned and sail
ed by John Mcpherson; Eliza, sew
enty-seven tons, built in 1908, owned
and sailed by Alexander Semmes;
Eliza Ann, twenty-five tons. built in
1897; and owned and Sailed by Henry
built in 1909. owned and sailed by
John Pritchet: Maria. 104 tons, built
1905, commanded by John Nelson and
owned by Walter Smith: Presage.
Alexander NJ. Rose and owned by
Washington Bowie; Planters Friend,
thlrty-three tons, built 1906, sailed
by Robert Russell and owned by
tons. built 1905. sailed by Charles
Arnold and owned by J. B. Boarman.
r \ X
The Rambler, UP to this point, has
overlooked two early Potomac ves-
sells that were named Rambler. One
was sloop or small schooner of 2S
tons. built in 1902. sailed by Charles
Chiseldine and owned by John Brent.
and the other Rambler was a vessel
of 121 tons. probably a brig or brig
antine. built in 1928, and of which
Charles Colley was master and Fran
els Dodge the owner.
The largest of the GEORGETOWN YES.
sells UP to 1888, where the Rambler's
list comes to it's end. was the ship
Caledonia. SAT tons. built in 1S2S,
commanded by Hezediah Coffin and
owned by Walter Smith; then came
the Francis Depau, 5s5 tons, built in
1888. c. A. Foster, master, and Walter
Smith, owner; the katharine Jack
SON, built in 1888, was Of 456 tons and
her master and owner, respectively.
were John Peabody and Walter vcott:
the ship Eagle, which was built some
time before 1912, was of 3S5 tons.
William Morrill, was captain and
Walter Smith owner; the General Lin
gan, built in 1872, was a ship of 363
tons. Her master was William Weston
and her owner Washington Bowie.
The Shenandoah. built in 1893, was a
ship of ATS tons: her master was
Alexander Rose and her owner Gle
ment Smith. The Ulysses, built in
1915. was a ship of 80. tons. and the
name of her master, as given in the
old records, was Alexander Rose,
and her owner, Clement Smith The
Atalanta, built in 1909. was of 3Ss
tons.