Light Station Keepers Principal Keepers William Rowlinski 10/21/1887-11/30/1893 Thomas Patrick O'Hagan 12/1/1893-9/23/1905 John Lindquist 10/3/1905-6/30/1924 Charles Leslie Sisson 7/1/1924-8/16/1926 John Belton Butler 8/20/1926-6/30/1937 Edward Lockwood Meyer 8/12/1937-7/7/1939 First Assistant Keepers Hardie Bryan 10/13/1887-12/21/1887 Walter Crook 12/21/1887-4/22/1888 John R. Turner 7/6/1888-10/1/1890 Lucius G. Stringfellow 10/15/1890-11/30/1893 Ludwell C. Damaree 10/31/1893-6/29/1897 Douglas Roderick 7/6/1897-6/1/1898 Lewis S. Jervey, Jr 9/9/1898-9/4/1899 James H. Carlin 9/5/1899-3/1/1900 Edward L. Floyd 3/14/1900-7/13/1900 Charles N. Swan 7/15/1900-10/17/1900 Edna O. Elliot 10/22/1900-3/30/1902 Victor E. Thelning 4/5/1902-8/22/1903 Henry W. Bond 9/1/1903-10/6/1903 Theodore S. Johansen 10/20/1903-8/1/1907 Walter C. Rowell 8/1/1907-7/23/1913 William Lindquist 8/26/1913-1/23/1916 George B. Nauman 2/16/1916-1/31/1918 Pinckney L. Whitely 2/1/1918-11/16/1918 Joseph B. Davis 12/12/1918-10/26/1919 Reinhard Heisser 11/22/1918-3/31/1926 Edward Lockwood Meyer 5/1/1926-9/1/1930 Cardell Desmond Daniels, Sr 9/3/1930-10/7/1933 Position Discontinued October 7, 1933 Civilian "Relief" Keepers Rated as 1st Assistants David Cowie O'Hagan 10/10/33-6/14/39 Wesley B. Varnum 7/15/39-6/14/43 Jones A. Pervis 10/30/43- 5/16/44? Second Assistant Keepers William Agee 10/22/1887-12/17/1887 (did not serve) George Wallace 12/17/1887-4/3/1888 Lucius G. Stringfellow 6/27/1888-10/1/1889 John Abbott 10/15/1890-12/1/1893 Lucius G. Stringfellow 6/28/1894-1/29/1897 James H. Carlin 9/9/1897-9/5/1899 John J. Joyner 9/9/1899-10/5/1899 (acting) Charles N. Swan 10/5/1899-7/15/1900 James A. Pine 7/15/1900-8/7/1900 (acting) James A. Pine 8/7/1900-9/15/1901 Halvor S. Svendsen, Jr. 9/18/1901-4/9/1902 Charles Johnson 4/7/1902-8/7/1903 Edward J. Praetorius 8/15/1903-11/3/1904 John H. Minges 12/1/1904-3/19/1906 William Lindquist 3/19/1906-11/29/1908 Pinckney L. Whitely 12/16/1908-5/31/1911 William S. Spencer 6/29/1911-2/10/1913 Julius J. Jeffords 2/11/1913-9/15/1913 John W. Devaun 11/24/1913-7/1/1914 Joseph B. Davis 7/7/1914-2/10/1916 Theodore T. Gaillard 2/11/1916-11/19/1917 Joseph D. Cooper 11/22/1917-6/1/1918 William T. Lindquist 7/1/1918-12/1/1918 Benjamin Franklin Stone 12/31/1918-12/20/1919 Arthur Franklin Hodge 2/4/1920-1/30/1930 Julius J. Jeffords 2/24/1930-4/30/1931 Alphonso C. Daniels 5/1/1931-8/16/1934 Position Discontinued: 8/16/1934

United States Coast Guard Chiefs of Station Edward Lockwood Meyer 7/7/1939-12/16/1943 T. T. Galloway 12/16/1943-6/11/1945 Charner Smith 6/11/1945-12/28/1949 Frank Jesse Howard 2/1/1949-1952 Ellis H. Ellias 4/28/1949-5/14/1949 George J. Barron 5/14/1949-? Chief Baker 1950 Harry Jones 1952 Light Station automated 1952

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Preservation Association
4931 South Peninsula Drive - Ponce Inlet, Florida 32127
(386) 761-1821 Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Last admission one hour before closing

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