Biography
He went to sea at age 16 as a ship's boy in the British ship Marlborough. (He was qualified as a Master Mariner) His first command was the American bark Alden Besse at age 25.
He arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the 1880s.
He served in sailing vessels from the Columbia River, Puget Sound to China.
He commanded the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company's ship Umatilla.
He commanded the Premier on the Vancouver to Tacoma route.
He was then Master of the Pacific Navigation Co. vessel Utopia. His last command was the Alaska Steamship Co. vessel Victoria.
References
- Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967)
- McCurdy's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966
