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that his father, Augustus Jones, was there keeping a watchful eye over the construction. Gilman was in command of the vessel. The North American was followed by the building of the sidewheelers Constitution (1837) and Wisconsin (1838) by Jones and Appleby. When the Wisconsin was launched, the Herald reported that she was "built of the best materials, put together in the strongest and most substantial manner, and finished off in a style which does credit to all concerned in the erection." All three vessels were hauled to Buffalo to receive their engines. Appleby sailed the Lakes for twenty-five years and was well known as a vessel captain. The Sultana and Lady Elgin were but two of the vessels under his command. The 1850 US Census records show Gilman and wife, Julia Ann, living at Buffalo, New York. In September 1863, he is listed as being the keeper of Beaver Island light in Michigan, with a compensation of $350. Gilman Appleby died on February 18, 1867 of consumption. He is buried in City Cemetery, Conneaut, Ohio. PERRY WHITE (1826-1908) Perry White was born in Ashland, Ohio on October 26, 1826. His parents were Josiah and Fanny Mira Mann White. In the year 1860, Perry married Phoebe Clark and their union was blessed with three children - Glenn, Maggie and Reuben P. According to the research of marine historian, Richard Wright, Perry White had a shipyard in Geneva Township, on the beach where Indian Creek entered Lake Erie. He built vessels at Conneaut, Ashtabula and Indian Creek and was designing fish tugs as late as the 1890's. White built the sloop Sea Gull (1857), scow schooner Perry White (1872) and propellers Emmeline (1890) and Viking (1891) at Ashtabula. At Conneaut, he built the bark Thomas B. Rice (1866) with Marshall Capron and the schooner, M. Capron (1875) with Marshall and his brother, Orange Capron. Also at Conneaut, he built the scow Kate Grant (1880), schooner Venture (1881) and fish tug Gem (1890). Perry White died on November 15, 1908 and is buried in Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ohio. GERSHOM A. THAYER (1826-1908) Shipbuilder, Gershom A. Thayer, was born on January 6, 1810 in Austinburg, Ashtabula County, Ohio to Seth and Persis Tyron Thayer. He married Hanna Howard (Bugbee) on December 8, 1839 in Ashtabula. 181