Lighthouse Keepers & Assistants
Amelia Island
Keeper Served Assistant Keeper Served
Amos Latham 1839 - 1842    
Edmund Richardson 1842 - 1849
Mary Walton 1849
George W. Walton 1850 - 1854
Horace D. Vaughn 1854 - 1857
James W. Woodland 1857 - ?
Christopher C. "Kit" Morse 1858 - 1859
George (GWA) Latham 1859 - ? Mrs. Winifred Woodland 1860 - ?
James W. Woodland 1861
All "Lights," from Northern Virginia to Jupiter Inlet, were "extinguished" by 4/24/1861
Refitted with another 3rd order lens and "exhibited" on 5/1/1865 - Notice to Mariners Published
James H. Parker 1864 - ? Benjamin Randall 1864 - ?
William McGlue (McGline?) 1864 - ?
Joseph H. Donnelly 1868 - 1873 Jane M. Donnelly  1869 - 1871
Elisha Suydam 1871
Dewayne W. Suydam 1871 - 1873
Miles J. Thompson 1873 Benjamin Vepan 1873
Henry Swann 1873 - 1874 Edward Mordecai 1873 - 1879
Henry Gage 1874 - 1878    
Samuel Petty 1878 - 1879 Adam Williams 1879
Joseph S. Howell 1879 - 1880 Samuel Petty 1879 - 1880
Dewayne W. Suydam 1880 - 1891    
Charles W. Grimm 1891 - 1905 John Elwood McKay 1897 - 1899
Edward E. Pepper 1899
Joseph Hendricks 1900 - 1901
Thomas J. Bundrix 1901
Wilbur J. Scott 1901 - 1902
Eugene J. Dozier 1902 - 1903
James C. Smythe (Act.)  1903-1903
John E. Eriksson 1903
Jno. T. (John P.) Burn 1903 - 1905
Thomas Patrick O'Hagan 1905 - 1925 Charles L. Sisson 1910 - 1912
Thomas John O'Hagan 1912 - 1925
Thomas John O'Hagan 1925 - 1954 David C. O'Hagan ? - 1933
Lighthouse electrified on 10/1/1933.  Motor, reduction gear, and 500 watt inside-frost lamp installed.
David Martin U.S.C.G. 1954 - 1958    
Otho O. Brown U.S.C.G. 1958 - 1962
Louis J. Oglesby, Jr U.S.C.G. 1962 - 1966
Otho O. Brown U.S.C.G. 1966 - 1970
Amelia Island Lighthouse was automated in 1970 and its Keepers were removed.
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