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The Old Point Loma Lighthouse Symbol of the Pacific Coast's first Lighthouses |
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APPENDIX
KEEPERS AND ASSISTANT KEEPERS OF THE OLD POINT LOMA LIGHTHOUSE
| KEEPERS | Date Appointed |
Date Vacated |
Salary | |
| James P. Keating | Dec. 28, 1854 | Feb. 1, 1859 | $1,000 | Removed |
| H. C. Wiley | Feb. 1, 1859 | 1,000 | Salary reduced to $800 on Sept. 1, 1859 | |
| J. N. Covarrubias | Oct. 9, 1859 | Mar. 13, 1860 | 800 | Resigned |
| Joseph Reiner | Mar. 13, 1860 | Nov. 16, 1860 | 800 | Resigned |
| James P. Keating | Nov. 16, 1860 | 800 | Resigned | |
| W. C. Price | Feb. 16, 1861 | Nov. 23, 1867 | 1,000 | |
| J. D. Jenkins | Nov. 23, 1867 | Apr. 24, 1871 | 1,000 | Removed |
| Isaac Swain | Apr. 24, 1871 | May 20, 1871 | 1,000 | Declined |
| Enos A. Wall | May 20, 1871 | |||
| James J. Ferree | Mar. 5, 1872 | June 27, 1873 | 1,000 | Resigned |
| Robert D. Israel | June 27, 1873 | 1,000 | Salary reduced to $800 on Jan. 1, 1880 | |
| George P. Brennan | Jan. 29, 1893 | 800 | Keeper of the new Point Loma light | |
ASSISTANT KEEPERS | ||||
| George B. Tolman | Jan. 29, 1855 | Jan. 29, 1856 | $650 | Resigned |
| Anthony Genan | Jan. 29, 1855 | Jan. 17, 1856 | 500 | 2nd assistant position discontinued |
| Julius Semen | Apr. 28, 1856 | 650 | Salary reduced to $500 on Sept. 1, 1859 | |
| W. C. Price | 500 | Resigned | ||
| Thomas Susk | Dec. 6, 1859 | Dec. 31, 1859 | 500 | Resigned |
| J. J. Serano | Dec. 30, 1859 | Mar. 13, 1860 | 500 | |
| W. C. Price | Mar. 13, 1860 | 500 | ||
| S. Fields | Feb. 16, 1861 | 500 | ||
| C. P. McAleer | Mar. 7, 1865 | $625 | ||
| Lewis McCoy | Feb. 5, 1867 | Nov. 23, 1867 | 600 | Resigned |
| Eliza Jenkins | Nov. 23, 1867 | May 20, 1871 | 600 | Removed |
| Robert D. Israel | May 20, 1871 | June 27, 1873 | 600 | Promoted |
| Mary A. Israel | June 27, 1873 | Feb. 15, 1876 | 625 | Removed |
| A. G. Walker | Feb. 15, 1876 | May 19, 1876 | 625 | Transferred |
| J. S. Craig | May 19, 1876 | Aug. 13, 1877 | 625 | Resigned |
| John Stone | Aug. 13, 1877 NOWRAP | July 30, 1881 | 625 | Salary reduced to $600 on Jan. 18, 1880. Resigned |
| Victor H. Richet | July 30, 1881 | Nov. 14, 1883 | 600 | Resigned |
| James Maloney | Nov. 14, 1883 | Sept. 15, 1884 | 600 | Resigned |
| Philip Savage | Sept. 15, 1884 | Aug. 14, 1886 | 600 | Resigned |
| *David R. Splaine | Aug. 14, 1886 | Apr. 15, 1889 | 600 | Transferred |
| Thomas W. Anderson | July 15, 1889 | Oct. 25, 1891 | 600 | Resigned |
| Haydon B. Cartwell | Oct. 28, 1891 | Feb. 23, 1894 | 600 | Resigned |
*Appointed first keeper of Ballast Point Light on December 1, 1894.
The above list was compiled from the following records of the National Archives:
"Record of Lights, Keeper's Names, &c" v.1
"Record of Lights, Keeper's Names, Birthplace, Whence Appointed, Annual Salary, &c." v. 1A, 1853-1870
"Lighthouse Appointments, 1843-1880, Treasury Department," v.2
"Keepers of Light Stations, 1864-1886, no. 3, Division of Appointments, Secretary of the Treasury."
"Keepers of Light Stations, Dist. 5-13, 1862-1900, Division of Appointments, Secretary of the Treasury."
"Keepers of Light Stations, Divisions of Appointments, Office of the Secretary of the Treasury," Series V, vol. 6.
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