Son of Travers Cullen and Ann Moore
Husband of Lavina C. Sterling (daughter of Ephraim 'Ball of Thread' Sterling and Charlotte Mason) m. Somerset Co MD 20 Dec 1864.
John T. Cullen and Lavina were the parents of daughter Ada May 'Addie' Cullen who married William Aaron 'Dergy' Sterling.
Sad Drowning Case
Captain Cullen Loses His Life in Sight of Home
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]
CRISFIELD, MD., June 7—The people of Crisfield were startled this morning by the accidental drowning of Capt. John Cullen under distressing circumstances. He was fifty years of age and had spent the most of his life on the water as a sea captain. He had just returned from a trip to Havre de Grace with a load of coal for Crisfield, in the schooner Little Annie. The vessel reached Crisfield harbor at 10 o'clock A. M. The captain ordered a colored man, the only hand on board, to go forward and run down the jib. While the man was obeying the order he heard some one cry out for help, and looking around saw the captain struggling in the water. The man immediately made a rush for the small boat, but before he could possibly loosen it from the davit the captain had gone down the last time. The tragical scene occurred within sight of the captain's home overlooking the immediate harbor of Crisfield, and 200 yards from the steamboat wharf. Mr. Silas Tyler and wife from the shore, saw the captain overboard. Mr. Tyler jumped into a small boat and made for the scene of trouble, but too late. It is supposed the tiller of the schooner came out of its socket, while the helmsman was pressing it very hard to put the vessel about, sending him headlong into the water. The colored man said the captain had been overboard once before the same morning and he saved him by means of a rope. A searching party went out within an hour after the accident occurred with scrapes, hooks, etc. After searching for two or three hours they found the corpse by means of fish hooks attached to a line. The hooks caught in the drowned man's boots and he was pulled to the surface and towed to the wharf. No inquest will be held. Captain Cullen was a very highly respected citizen, and leaves numerous relatives and friends of prominence.
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1891, p. 4
Sources:
Grave recorded in Ruth T. Dryden, Somerset County Cemetery Records, 1989
Somerset County Maryland Marriage Records 1796-1871 by Roy C. Pollitt, 1986
The Baltimore Sun
Edits:
Updated 26 Oct 2014
Updated 15 Jan 2023: added location of birth and death, date of marriage, and links to parents
Husband of Lavina C. Sterling (daughter of Ephraim 'Ball of Thread' Sterling and Charlotte Mason) m. Somerset Co MD 20 Dec 1864.
John T. Cullen and Lavina were the parents of daughter Ada May 'Addie' Cullen who married William Aaron 'Dergy' Sterling.
Sad Drowning Case
Captain Cullen Loses His Life in Sight of Home
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]
CRISFIELD, MD., June 7—The people of Crisfield were startled this morning by the accidental drowning of Capt. John Cullen under distressing circumstances. He was fifty years of age and had spent the most of his life on the water as a sea captain. He had just returned from a trip to Havre de Grace with a load of coal for Crisfield, in the schooner Little Annie. The vessel reached Crisfield harbor at 10 o'clock A. M. The captain ordered a colored man, the only hand on board, to go forward and run down the jib. While the man was obeying the order he heard some one cry out for help, and looking around saw the captain struggling in the water. The man immediately made a rush for the small boat, but before he could possibly loosen it from the davit the captain had gone down the last time. The tragical scene occurred within sight of the captain's home overlooking the immediate harbor of Crisfield, and 200 yards from the steamboat wharf. Mr. Silas Tyler and wife from the shore, saw the captain overboard. Mr. Tyler jumped into a small boat and made for the scene of trouble, but too late. It is supposed the tiller of the schooner came out of its socket, while the helmsman was pressing it very hard to put the vessel about, sending him headlong into the water. The colored man said the captain had been overboard once before the same morning and he saved him by means of a rope. A searching party went out within an hour after the accident occurred with scrapes, hooks, etc. After searching for two or three hours they found the corpse by means of fish hooks attached to a line. The hooks caught in the drowned man's boots and he was pulled to the surface and towed to the wharf. No inquest will be held. Captain Cullen was a very highly respected citizen, and leaves numerous relatives and friends of prominence.
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1891, p. 4
Sources:
Grave recorded in Ruth T. Dryden, Somerset County Cemetery Records, 1989
Somerset County Maryland Marriage Records 1796-1871 by Roy C. Pollitt, 1986
The Baltimore Sun
Edits:
Updated 26 Oct 2014
Updated 15 Jan 2023: added location of birth and death, date of marriage, and links to parents
Son of Travers Cullen and Ann Moore
Husband of Lavina C. Sterling (daughter of Ephraim 'Ball of Thread' Sterling and Charlotte Mason) m. Somerset Co MD 20 Dec 1864.
John T. Cullen and Lavina were the parents of daughter Ada May 'Addie' Cullen who married William Aaron 'Dergy' Sterling.
Sad Drowning Case
Captain Cullen Loses His Life in Sight of Home
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]
CRISFIELD, MD., June 7—The people of Crisfield were startled this morning by the accidental drowning of Capt. John Cullen under distressing circumstances. He was fifty years of age and had spent the most of his life on the water as a sea captain. He had just returned from a trip to Havre de Grace with a load of coal for Crisfield, in the schooner Little Annie. The vessel reached Crisfield harbor at 10 o'clock A. M. The captain ordered a colored man, the only hand on board, to go forward and run down the jib. While the man was obeying the order he heard some one cry out for help, and looking around saw the captain struggling in the water. The man immediately made a rush for the small boat, but before he could possibly loosen it from the davit the captain had gone down the last time. The tragical scene occurred within sight of the captain's home overlooking the immediate harbor of Crisfield, and 200 yards from the steamboat wharf. Mr. Silas Tyler and wife from the shore, saw the captain overboard. Mr. Tyler jumped into a small boat and made for the scene of trouble, but too late. It is supposed the tiller of the schooner came out of its socket, while the helmsman was pressing it very hard to put the vessel about, sending him headlong into the water. The colored man said the captain had been overboard once before the same morning and he saved him by means of a rope. A searching party went out within an hour after the accident occurred with scrapes, hooks, etc. After searching for two or three hours they found the corpse by means of fish hooks attached to a line. The hooks caught in the drowned man's boots and he was pulled to the surface and towed to the wharf. No inquest will be held. Captain Cullen was a very highly respected citizen, and leaves numerous relatives and friends of prominence.
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1891, p. 4
Sources:
Grave recorded in Ruth T. Dryden, Somerset County Cemetery Records, 1989
Somerset County Maryland Marriage Records 1796-1871 by Roy C. Pollitt, 1986
The Baltimore Sun
Edits:
Updated 26 Oct 2014
Updated 15 Jan 2023: added location of birth and death, date of marriage, and links to parents
Husband of Lavina C. Sterling (daughter of Ephraim 'Ball of Thread' Sterling and Charlotte Mason) m. Somerset Co MD 20 Dec 1864.
John T. Cullen and Lavina were the parents of daughter Ada May 'Addie' Cullen who married William Aaron 'Dergy' Sterling.
Sad Drowning Case
Captain Cullen Loses His Life in Sight of Home
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun]
CRISFIELD, MD., June 7—The people of Crisfield were startled this morning by the accidental drowning of Capt. John Cullen under distressing circumstances. He was fifty years of age and had spent the most of his life on the water as a sea captain. He had just returned from a trip to Havre de Grace with a load of coal for Crisfield, in the schooner Little Annie. The vessel reached Crisfield harbor at 10 o'clock A. M. The captain ordered a colored man, the only hand on board, to go forward and run down the jib. While the man was obeying the order he heard some one cry out for help, and looking around saw the captain struggling in the water. The man immediately made a rush for the small boat, but before he could possibly loosen it from the davit the captain had gone down the last time. The tragical scene occurred within sight of the captain's home overlooking the immediate harbor of Crisfield, and 200 yards from the steamboat wharf. Mr. Silas Tyler and wife from the shore, saw the captain overboard. Mr. Tyler jumped into a small boat and made for the scene of trouble, but too late. It is supposed the tiller of the schooner came out of its socket, while the helmsman was pressing it very hard to put the vessel about, sending him headlong into the water. The colored man said the captain had been overboard once before the same morning and he saved him by means of a rope. A searching party went out within an hour after the accident occurred with scrapes, hooks, etc. After searching for two or three hours they found the corpse by means of fish hooks attached to a line. The hooks caught in the drowned man's boots and he was pulled to the surface and towed to the wharf. No inquest will be held. Captain Cullen was a very highly respected citizen, and leaves numerous relatives and friends of prominence.
Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, June 8, 1891, p. 4
Sources:
Grave recorded in Ruth T. Dryden, Somerset County Cemetery Records, 1989
Somerset County Maryland Marriage Records 1796-1871 by Roy C. Pollitt, 1986
The Baltimore Sun
Edits:
Updated 26 Oct 2014
Updated 15 Jan 2023: added location of birth and death, date of marriage, and links to parents
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