Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Adz, Caulk, and Rivets: A History of Ship Building along Ohio's Northern Shore, 1963, 2017, p. 151

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marriage to Anna Moore by Justice of the Peace, Jared Plumb. He married for a third time to Ann Lorew in Sandusky on May 7, 1840. A daughter, Agnes, was born to the couple in 1841. In 1870, he lived in Le Claire, Iowa where his occupation is listed as farmer. Samuel L. Hubbell died in Princeton, Iowa in 1898. The Fremont Weekly Journal published the following obituary on July 22, 1898 - Pioneer Ship Builder Dead. Samuel Hubbell, who was a pioneer ship builder on the Sandusky and Maumee rivers died recently at his home at Princeton, Iowa aged 88 years. He was a brother-in-law of J. P. Moore of this city and of John Shannon who lives a few miles north of the city. Mr. Hubbell lived on the Whittaker farm north of Fremont from 1830 to 1834, then removing to Perrysburg and in 1845 to the West. At the age of 17 Mr. Hubbell built a small schooner at Maumee. In 1830 he built the steamboat Ohio, on North Front Street in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont). In 1834 he built a schooner for Sardis Birchard at the mouth of Muskallonge creek. He built the Commodore Perry, also the Princeton and many other vessels at Perrysburg, Ohio. CHARLES V. JENISON (1811-1893) Charles V. Jenison was born on November 11, 1811 to Victory and Olive Jenison in the state of New York. He married Nancy Elsa Chollett and the couple had five children - Caroline, Mary Louise, Amelia, Charles L. and Edward Spencer. The U. S. Federal Census records show that the Jenison family lived in Perrysburg, Ohio in both the 1850 and 1860 census years. At Maumee, Ohio, Jenison built the schooners Alvin Bronson (1848) and Swift (1857). The schooners St. Mary's (1848), James W. Ross (1852), Fremont (1856) and Maize (1856) were built by the shipbuilder at Perrysburg. Some accounts show that the St. Marys was built by Purvis & Jenison and the Fremont was built by Jenison & Blinn. Jenison is also credited with building the schooner M. L. Collins at Toledo, Ohio in 1854. The 1869 Toledo City Directory lists Jenison as having a yard at 103 Water near Madison. A year later, the yard of Jenison and Rogers (George R. Rogers) is listed as being at Water between Adams and Oak. Charles V. Jenison died on January 9, 1893 in East Toledo. He is buried at Fort Meigs Cemetery in Perrysburg. He was 81 years old at the time of his death. CHARLES G. KEELER (Abt. 1811- ?) Charles G. Keeler was born in New York about 1811. He and wife Susan were the parents of Abby, Jane, William and Susan. The children were born in Ohio between the years 1835 and 1844. Keeler built the following vessels at Perrysburg, Ohio - schooner John Hollister (1836), brigantine 138

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