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also became master shipbuilders and established yards at Black River, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo. Augustus Jones died on June 10, 1841in Black River and is buried in the Cleveland Street Cemetery in Amherst, Ohio. Picture: Great-Great Grandson James H. Jones at Augustus's grave stone in Cleveland Street Cemetery, Amherst, Ohio. FAIRBANKS CHURCH (1791-1843) Fairbanks Church was born about 1791. His place of birth is unknown. Church was a master carpenter for James Day in Black River, Ohio. The yard was located on the west bank of the Black River. In 1819, he built the General Huntington along with James, Day, Augustus Jones and Enoch Murdock. The schooners Ann (1819) and Young Amaranth (1825) were also built there by Church and Day. He later relocated to Huron, Ohio where he established a shipyard. The schooner Marengo (1831) appears to be the first vessel built by Church in Huron. The steamer George Washington was built there in 1833 by Church and Captain Augustus Walker. She ran for the Huron Steam Boat Company with Captain Walker as her Master. Church and Walker also partnered in the building of the Sheldon Thompson (1833). Church was well-known for building side-wheel steamer in the 1830s. The United States (1834), DeWitt Clinton (1836), Cleveland (1837), Great Western (1838) and General Scott (1839) were all side-wheelers built by Church in Huron. The steamer Sandusky (1834) appears to be his only build at Sandusky. The James Monroe, a side-wheel steamer, was built in Monroe, Michigan by Church in 1834. In 1841, Church and Joseph Keating built the Toledo, also a side-wheel steamer, in Toledo, Ohio. The name Toledo was changed to Indiana before going into service. Fairbanks Church was a well-known and respected shipbuilder who had built vessels with many of the top builders of his day. He also was the mentor of Cleveland shipbuilder Luther Moses. Church died in 1843 at the age of 52. He is buried in Main Street Cemetery, Huron, Ohio. It is fitting that a side-wheeler is carved into the top of his grave stone and that "Master Shipbuilder" is inscribed under his name. DANIEL R. STEBBINS (1808-1874) Daniel Stebbins was born in 1806 in the state of New York. His father, John Alden Stebbins, was a blacksmith who had served in the War of 1812 from Ft. Edward, Vermont. According to the Stebbins family genealogy, Daniel and his brother Solomon Alden went to Buffalo in 1833 and then to Maumee City, Ohio in 1836. He moved to Toledo, Ohio shortly thereafter. He married Mary Palmer and they had one child, Sarah C., who was born around 1841. She married James Paige and died at Toledo in 1896. 136