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BENJAMIN BUEL JONES (1809-1870) Benjamin Buel Jones was the second son of shipbuilder Augustus Jones and his wife Saba Murdock Jones. He was born on December 21, 1809 in Essex (Potipaug Point), Connecticut. He was a mere four years old when his father's shipyard was burned-in the attack on Essex by the British on April 8, 1814 during the War of 1812. The family relocated to Black River, Ohio in 1820 where his father soon established a shipyard. Benjamin, who was the last of the Jones children to leave Connecticut, coming to Black River early in 1822 with his grandfather William Murdock (2nd), grew-up on the family farm. He learned the art of shipbuilding at his father's side. In 1834 Benjamin and his father built the schooners White Pigeon and Globe. Around the same time, he and his brother, William Augustus, built the schooners John Kenzie, Florida, and Juliet. According to marine historian, Dr. Richard J. Wright, the Jones' yard was located on the east side of the river, about where the US Coast Guard Station stands today. In 1834 B. B. Jones and his brother William were the Black River agents for a shipping line. B. B. moved to Huron Township in 1835, where he sold dry goods and groceries for a few years, after which he rented the Ohio Hotel, which he kept for two or three years. He was Postmaster of Huron Township from November 1837 until at least 1840. Benjamin Buel married Nancy Jackson (1812-1895) in 1832 and their marriage was blessed with eight children, only four of whom survived early childhood: Mary Louise Jones Hendee (1836-1921), Lewis Cass Jones (1839-1862), Helen Lucinda (Nellie) Jones Ellsworth (1841-1881), who was the wife of Milwaukee shipbuilder, Lemuel Ellsworth., and George W. Jones (1845-1904). Shipbuilding at Milwaukee Shortly after the death of his father in 1841, Benjamin moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and established a small shipyard on the South Menominee River. In the late 1840s or early 1850s, B. B.'s youngest brother, James Monroe (J. M.) established his own shipyard in Milwaukee. The Utica, Constitution, Golden West, Cream City and B. B. Jones were built at his yard between the years 1842-1864. The schooner, George G. Houghton, was the last boat B. B. was to build. He died in 1870 of consumption, in the middle of his work on the new dry dock at Sheboygan, 179