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storehouse today containing a message as follows: THROWN OFF THE SCHOONER BENSON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893. WE ARE GOING DOWN. Signed D. R. Black. (From Charles Claus, finder). No trace of the Benson was found until seven years later. The Buffalo Daily Courier reported the following on August 8, 1901: "It is nearly seven years since the schooner, C. B. Benson, Capt. Duff, was lost in the treacherous quicksands off Long Point. The Benson was bound for Buffalo with a cargo of wheat from Toledo when abreast of Erie was caught in a terrible gale and went down. Not a vestige of the schooner or crew were ever found until Monday, when the Buffalo Life Saving Station received a piece of stairway from the captain of the steamer Louise, at Niagara Falls. This is the only relic of the Benson. It was picked up at the Maid of the Mist landing by the captain of the Louise. After all these years the name Benson in brass headed tacks, is still plainly visible. The board will be sent to Capt. Duff's son, who is a prominent lawyer in Toledo." MATTHEWS BOAT COMPANY Scott Joel Matthews was born on March 8, 1869 in Bascom, Ohio. He married Martha J. Miller and their children were Carl S., Ward A., Helen and Katharine. Matthews founded the Matthews Boat Company in the basement of his father's home in 1890. He later arrived at an agreement with the Lozier Company and began building boats under their name. By 1904, Matthews had severed his connection with the Lozier Company and moved his business to Port Clinton, Ohio. The Ringling Brothers were frequent clients and ordered six boats from Matthews. The first all-American diesel- powered yacht, Aeldgytha (1913), was the largest pleasure boat ever built by the Matthews Company. Over the years, Matthews Boat Company build hundreds of boats from yachts and pleasure craft to U. S. Army Utility Boats and U. S. Navy Sub Chasers. The research vessel Sea Lark was built in 1954. When Matthews passed away in 1956, the business was passed down to his children. It was sold to Charles Hutchinson in October 1964. The company's Golden Jubilee was celebrated by Hutchinson in 1965. Scott Joel Matthews passed away on April 8, 1956 in Miami, Florida. His wife, Martha, died in 1937. Scott and Martha are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio. JAMES OTIS DeWOLF (1800-1868) James Otis DeWolf was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on June 25, 1800 to Peter and Elizabeth Clemens DeWolf. According to family legend, he worked on the steamer Walk-in-the-Water (1818), which was the first steamship on Lake Erie. James Otis and Jemima Minerva Tyler were married in Oswego, New York. Their marriage was blessed with ten 174