~ Chief U.S. Sea Post Clerk William Logan Gwinn: Perished in the Sinking of the RMS Titanic ~
- Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, last name also spelled as "Gwynne" and "Gwynn."
- From c. 1895 to early 1904, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a clerk at the Manhattan Post Office, and for his last six years there, Gwinn was "a sorting clerk in the Foreign Mail Section."
- Veteran of the Spanish-American War: Private, Company D, 71st Infantry Regiment of New York Volunteers, 2 May 1898 to 15 Nov. 1898. Gwinn fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill, where his "long-held… reputation for bravery" began.
- A member of the Veteran Association of the 71st Regiment, N.G.N.Y., and his "71st Regiment Veteran Pin," valued at $8.00, was lost in Titanic's sinking.
- Gwinn worked with the U.S. Sea Post from early 1904 until his death; he was initially assigned to "the coastwise service" but soon transferred to "the transatlantic route."
- He is known to have worked aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Majestic, the latter vessel being where he met Joseph Boxhall and other eventual Titanic crew members.
- Gwinn resided at 1215 Kingsley Street, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, at the time of his death, having just moved there from Brooklyn, NY, weeks earlier.
- He was originally scheduled to make the voyage to New York aboard the Philadelphia but requested an earlier trip on Titanic after learning that his wife was ill.
- Gwinn was the tallest of Titanic's mail clerks at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and the senior-most American clerk, having been appointed a Chief U.S. Sea Post Clerk several years prior.
- Fourth Officer Boxhall last saw Gwinn around 1:45 A.M. with "three heavy [mail] bags slung over his shoulder, leaning over the [ship's] rail," and later met with Gwinn's family to tell them of the sinking and how William Gwinn's "reputation [for bravery] went unsullied with him to the grave."
- Alternatively, he may have last been seen with Chief Purser Hugh McElroy on the boat deck outside the gymnasium.
- Body not recovered.
- Cenotaphs in Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY (Section R1, Plot 379) and Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester Co., NY (Section 35).
*Contributor: Robert Mayer III [50468536]
- Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, last name also spelled as "Gwynne" and "Gwynn."
- From c. 1895 to early 1904, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a clerk at the Manhattan Post Office, and for his last six years there, Gwinn was "a sorting clerk in the Foreign Mail Section."
- Veteran of the Spanish-American War: Private, Company D, 71st Infantry Regiment of New York Volunteers, 2 May 1898 to 15 Nov. 1898. Gwinn fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill, where his "long-held… reputation for bravery" began.
- A member of the Veteran Association of the 71st Regiment, N.G.N.Y., and his "71st Regiment Veteran Pin," valued at $8.00, was lost in Titanic's sinking.
- Gwinn worked with the U.S. Sea Post from early 1904 until his death; he was initially assigned to "the coastwise service" but soon transferred to "the transatlantic route."
- He is known to have worked aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Majestic, the latter vessel being where he met Joseph Boxhall and other eventual Titanic crew members.
- Gwinn resided at 1215 Kingsley Street, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, at the time of his death, having just moved there from Brooklyn, NY, weeks earlier.
- He was originally scheduled to make the voyage to New York aboard the Philadelphia but requested an earlier trip on Titanic after learning that his wife was ill.
- Gwinn was the tallest of Titanic's mail clerks at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and the senior-most American clerk, having been appointed a Chief U.S. Sea Post Clerk several years prior.
- Fourth Officer Boxhall last saw Gwinn around 1:45 A.M. with "three heavy [mail] bags slung over his shoulder, leaning over the [ship's] rail," and later met with Gwinn's family to tell them of the sinking and how William Gwinn's "reputation [for bravery] went unsullied with him to the grave."
- Alternatively, he may have last been seen with Chief Purser Hugh McElroy on the boat deck outside the gymnasium.
- Body not recovered.
- Cenotaphs in Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY (Section R1, Plot 379) and Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester Co., NY (Section 35).
*Contributor: Robert Mayer III [50468536]
~ Chief U.S. Sea Post Clerk William Logan Gwinn: Perished in the Sinking of the RMS Titanic ~
- Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, last name also spelled as "Gwynne" and "Gwynn."
- From c. 1895 to early 1904, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a clerk at the Manhattan Post Office, and for his last six years there, Gwinn was "a sorting clerk in the Foreign Mail Section."
- Veteran of the Spanish-American War: Private, Company D, 71st Infantry Regiment of New York Volunteers, 2 May 1898 to 15 Nov. 1898. Gwinn fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill, where his "long-held… reputation for bravery" began.
- A member of the Veteran Association of the 71st Regiment, N.G.N.Y., and his "71st Regiment Veteran Pin," valued at $8.00, was lost in Titanic's sinking.
- Gwinn worked with the U.S. Sea Post from early 1904 until his death; he was initially assigned to "the coastwise service" but soon transferred to "the transatlantic route."
- He is known to have worked aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Majestic, the latter vessel being where he met Joseph Boxhall and other eventual Titanic crew members.
- Gwinn resided at 1215 Kingsley Street, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, at the time of his death, having just moved there from Brooklyn, NY, weeks earlier.
- He was originally scheduled to make the voyage to New York aboard the Philadelphia but requested an earlier trip on Titanic after learning that his wife was ill.
- Gwinn was the tallest of Titanic's mail clerks at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and the senior-most American clerk, having been appointed a Chief U.S. Sea Post Clerk several years prior.
- Fourth Officer Boxhall last saw Gwinn around 1:45 A.M. with "three heavy [mail] bags slung over his shoulder, leaning over the [ship's] rail," and later met with Gwinn's family to tell them of the sinking and how William Gwinn's "reputation [for bravery] went unsullied with him to the grave."
- Alternatively, he may have last been seen with Chief Purser Hugh McElroy on the boat deck outside the gymnasium.
- Body not recovered.
- Cenotaphs in Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY (Section R1, Plot 379) and Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester Co., NY (Section 35).
*Contributor: Robert Mayer III [50468536]
- Born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, last name also spelled as "Gwynne" and "Gwynn."
- From c. 1895 to early 1904, he worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a clerk at the Manhattan Post Office, and for his last six years there, Gwinn was "a sorting clerk in the Foreign Mail Section."
- Veteran of the Spanish-American War: Private, Company D, 71st Infantry Regiment of New York Volunteers, 2 May 1898 to 15 Nov. 1898. Gwinn fought at the Battle of San Juan Hill, where his "long-held… reputation for bravery" began.
- A member of the Veteran Association of the 71st Regiment, N.G.N.Y., and his "71st Regiment Veteran Pin," valued at $8.00, was lost in Titanic's sinking.
- Gwinn worked with the U.S. Sea Post from early 1904 until his death; he was initially assigned to "the coastwise service" but soon transferred to "the transatlantic route."
- He is known to have worked aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and Majestic, the latter vessel being where he met Joseph Boxhall and other eventual Titanic crew members.
- Gwinn resided at 1215 Kingsley Street, Asbury Park, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, at the time of his death, having just moved there from Brooklyn, NY, weeks earlier.
- He was originally scheduled to make the voyage to New York aboard the Philadelphia but requested an earlier trip on Titanic after learning that his wife was ill.
- Gwinn was the tallest of Titanic's mail clerks at 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and the senior-most American clerk, having been appointed a Chief U.S. Sea Post Clerk several years prior.
- Fourth Officer Boxhall last saw Gwinn around 1:45 A.M. with "three heavy [mail] bags slung over his shoulder, leaning over the [ship's] rail," and later met with Gwinn's family to tell them of the sinking and how William Gwinn's "reputation [for bravery] went unsullied with him to the grave."
- Alternatively, he may have last been seen with Chief Purser Hugh McElroy on the boat deck outside the gymnasium.
- Body not recovered.
- Cenotaphs in Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY (Section R1, Plot 379) and Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester Co., NY (Section 35).
*Contributor: Robert Mayer III [50468536]
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