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That same year he launched the steamers John Marshall and Anthony Wayne, and the brig Major Oliver. In 1838, Hubble and Amos Pratt, a shipbuilder from Maumee, built the small steamboat, General Vance, and the Wabash. In 1843 Hubble built the Sampson, one of the first propellers on Lake Erie, and in 1844 the trim sidewheeler St. Louis. He continued turning out vessels until at least 1853. The Hollister family, a prominent Perrysburg family in the forwarding and commission business, provided most of the financial needs for Hubble. Captain David Wilkeson also fits into the Hubble yard, but exactly how is not known. Thomas J. Purvis built the schooner Robert Hollister in 1847, but he probably worked in the Hubble yard. Hubble's last vessels were the steamers John Hollister (1848) and Bucephalus (1853). Charles V. Jameson built the schooner Maize at Perrysburg in 1854. J. W. Brown built the schooner Fearless in 1867. The sidewheeler Cora Locke was launched by Hossack in 1867, to run between Toledo and Perrysburg; and finally, in 1868 F. E. Bugby built the schooner Maumee Valley. This was the last vessel built at Perrysburg. Amos Pratt was a shipbuilder at Maumee in the 1830's, as was David R. Stebbins. One of them launched the schooners Maria and Tippecanoe in 1836. In 1838 Augustus Jones built the steamer Chesapeake, probably with the assistance of Stebbins. The Chesapeake - This is the name of a new steam ship on the stocks at Maumee, finishing under the superintendence of that veteran Lake Admiral, Capt. Jones of Black River. Length 166 feet, breadth of beam 25 feet. The Chesapeake is to be a clipper, and will be propelled by a powerful, low-pressure engine manufactured in Montreal. Capt. D. Howe, well known on western waters as an accomplished seaman, will command.107 In 1840 Francis Nelson Jones, son of Augustus Jones, built the steamer William H. IIarrison in Stebbins's yard. James Wolcott of Maumee was the owner. The shipyard was located almost directly in front of Wolcott's home, on a flat stretch of land alongside the river. The Wolcott house today is a museum on River Road (Route 24). Stebbins built steamers at Maumee through 1848. His last steamer was the ill-fated G. P. Griffith in 1848. In 1850 she burned at Mentor, Ohio, with the loss of 286 lives, one of the worst disasters to occur on the Great Lakes. Charles V. Jameson launched the schooners Alvin Bronson (1847) and Fremont (1856). Samuel Hubble built the steamer Minnesota in 1851. The last vessel built at Maumee was the tug James Barr in 1866. 66