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 – 1845 Jotham Perkins.

1845 – 1849 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.

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 Philip Brothwell.

1986 (8/1-10/1) Merton Perry. Warren Rowell.

2004 – Present: The Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse.