Keepers of the Light

US Lighthouse Service Keepers (1808-1939)

1808 – 1809 Benjamin Cole.
1809 – 1832 Philip Goldthwait.
1832 – 1833 Tristram Goldthwait
1833 – 1841 Abraham Norwood.
1841- (?) John Adams
1849 – 1853 Stephen D. Batchelder
1853 – 1856 Nathaniel Varrell.
1856 – 1858 Lyman Frank Varrell
1858 – 1861 Jos. R. Bryant.
1861 – 1865 Ebenezer Emerson.
1865 – 1872 Edwin Tarbox
1872 – 1886 Albert Norwood.
1886 – 1905 Thomas Henry Orcutt.
1905 – 1914 Charles A. Burke.
1914 – 1917 C.B. Staples.
1917 – 1923 W.F. Lurvey.
1923 – 1926 Albert Staples.
1927 – 1934 George Woodward.
1934 – 1938 Earle Benson.

Coast Guard Keepers (1939-1986)

1939 – 1951 Earle Benson.
1952 – 1956 EN3 Edward G. Frank
1957 – (?) BM2 Gerald E. Ryan
1957 – 1959 David A Katon.
1959 – 1962 Laurier Burnham.
1962 – 1963 Jack B. Netherwood.
1963 – 1964 Dave Winchester.
1964 – 1967 BM3 David P. Bichrest.
1967 – 1968 BM3 A. J. Savageau (sp?)
1968 – (?) BM2 Ronald A. Handfield.
1969 – 1970 James J. Roche.
1970 – 1972 Cliff Trebilcock.
1972 – (?) Andrew Pruneau.
1973 – 1976 Jerry Murray.
1976 – 1979 Michael McQuade.
1979 – 1982 Russ Lowell.
1982 – 1983 Paul V. Sodano
1983 – 1985 Phillip Brothwell
1986 (8/1-10/1) Merton Perry. Warren Rowell

2004 – Present: The Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse