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He purchased a water-front lot on the Grand River and helped to build some of the city's first piers with his pile-driver. Roswell powered the pile- driver by riding a horse around in a circle on the deck. Although Ebenezer died on December 3, 1848, Wright wrote that it was probable that he had built the shipyard in a bayou on the east side of the Grand River. Originally, it was used mainly as a repair yard. Roswell married Minerva Allen (1817-1900). Two children were born to the couple - Daniel Allen and Martha. The partnership of Hayes-Herrick was formed in 1852 between Roswell Hayes and Ezra L. Herrick. Ezra was twenty-six years old at the time. They built the following vessels before the partnership dissolved in 1857 - scows N. G. (their first build), Pacific and General Scott (1852), Frolic (1853), Nebraska and Storm (1854); schooner Orleans (1856); and scow- schooners Mt. Maid (1852), R. Hayes, Tempest and Wave (1854), Fremont (1856) and their last build, the scow Ada (1856). It appears that vessels were built at the Hayes yard prior to the partnership including the scows Virago (1848), Dewitt Clinton (1849), Lapwing (1850), Consuelo (1851), and the scow schooner May Flower (1850). After the departure of Ezra Herrick, the yard continued to build vessels. The last vessel built at the yard may be the scow Dan Baker (1869). Roswell's son, Daniel, entered the business around the time the Hayes- Herrick partnership ended. He was in partnership with Charles Hemenway in the marine contracting business, but whether Hemenway actually built vessels at the Hayes yard is uncertain. Roswell Hayes died November 27, 1897 in Mentor, Ohio and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio. CAPTAIN MARSHALL CAPRON (1816-1884) Conneaut shipbuilder, Marshall Capron, was born in Vermont on December 28, 1816 to Abajah and Mary Reed Capron. He had a successful career on the Lakes, at one time owning a fleet of six vessels. Marshall and Ann M. Harmon were married on July 23, 1842 in Conneaut, Ohio. The Conneaut Gazette ran the following article on August 17, 1842 announcing their marriage: MARRIED: In this town, on the 17th inst., by B. Randall, Esq. Capt. Marshall Capron, to Miss Ann M. Harmon, all of this place. What are all the charms of earth, All its pride, its treasure worth, With no partner at your side, Thoughts and feelings to divide. Therefore God, with gracious plan, Saw, and said, and show'd that man 183