OLIVER PILON
From Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892:
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 Mar.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs.].
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Parents : Joseph and Etta Pilon.
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CAPT. OLIVER PILONPILON: Capt.
From the Two Rivers Manitowoc County Chronicle, Tuesday, February 14, 1888:
Capt. Pilon of the life saving station was around town the other day treating his friends and receiving their congratulations upon the birth of his ninth son and thirteenth child..
Source: http://www.2manitowoc.com/marPi.html.
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From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western Historical Pub. Co., 1881, pp. 538-539
Captain of Life-boat station, Two Rivers, was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1842. When a child, he went with his parents to Milwaukee, and in 1846 moved to Two Rivers, where he has since resided. He was engaged in fishing and sailing until 1877, when he entered the life-boat service as No. 1 surfman under Captain Scove, who resigned his position, and Captain Pilon succeeded him, receiving his appointment April 1, 1880.
This station was built in the Autumn of 1876, and was run as a volunteer company for two years, since which time there has been a stationary crew, now consisting of eight men. They have two boats, one a life and one a surf boat, also a life car, mortar and beach apparatus. He was married,July 16, 1866, to Miss Emily La Clair, of Two Rivers. They have seven children, six sons and one daughter.
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(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 May.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs. It appears to be in error]
*******
(The following is for his son Ephie)
********
A couple of boys belonging to Two Rivers took a boat on Thursday
evening last and went out into the lake. One is a son of Capt.
Pilong(sic) of the Life Saving crew at that place and the other a son
of Peter Raw(sic) of the Lake House. The boys were each about 15 years
of age. Fears are entertained that the boys have found a watery
grave.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1885 P.4
********
Unabating perplexity hovers over the homes of the boys who mysteriously
disappeared some time since. Several reasons are given as the causes of
their departure. It is claimed that the lost boys (Ephie Pilon and
Johnnie Rau) had been contemplating a rambling tour around the world—the
result of novel reading. The boys left at about eight o’clock a week ago
last Thursday evening just at the opening of a furious wind and snow
storm, and as a small sail boat belonging to Capt. Pilon of the Life
Saving Service is also missing, it is suspected they went out on the lake.
When it became known about town that the boys had run away, it was also
discovered that they had procured a compass, geography, boat apparatus
and their best clothing. On the same evening of their departure a fisherman
who had arrived home on the lake perceived a small boat slowly making its
way along the harbor pier towards the lake but not suspecting any mischief
on the part of the occupants of the craft, took no further heed of them.
It is again assumed that the boys are on land and have retired to some
remote quarter to escape detection and that the missing boat was sent adrift
by the western breeze which prevailed that evening merely as a means of
deception. We believe, however, that the boys left by means of the craft,
as young Pilon was very skillful in the management of a boat, but as the
tempestuous weather which prevailed on that night was too violent to allow
any small craft to live on the lake, they most have perished a short distance
from here. The boy’s parents leave have the sympathy of the community in their
sad affliction. Curiosity
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, November 24, 1885 P. 3
********
Two boys (not named) from Two Rivers have been missing since eight days ago Sun.
and it is feared that they took the boat of Capt. Pillons and were lost in the
storm. In any event the boat is missing. It is feared that the two boys have
drowned, one the son of Capt. Pillon and the other the son of innkeeper Peter Rau.
Der Nord Westen, 26 Nov. 1885.
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A boat answering to the description of the one taken from here by Masters Pilon
and Rau was picked up by the Lifeboat men near Ludington, Mich. On the twentieth
of this month. The boat was empty and had neither sail nor oars.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, December 1, 1885 P. 3.
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Captain Pilon of the U.S. Life Saving Station at Two Rivers, died on Saturday last of consumption of the lungs which he contracted by exposure in the line of his duty. The captain was in charge of the station since 1880.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, May 5, 1892 P. 3.
From Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892:
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 Mar.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs.].
-------------------------------------------
Parents : Joseph and Etta Pilon.
-------------------------------------------
CAPT. OLIVER PILONPILON: Capt.
From the Two Rivers Manitowoc County Chronicle, Tuesday, February 14, 1888:
Capt. Pilon of the life saving station was around town the other day treating his friends and receiving their congratulations upon the birth of his ninth son and thirteenth child..
Source: http://www.2manitowoc.com/marPi.html.
---------------------------------------------
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western Historical Pub. Co., 1881, pp. 538-539
Captain of Life-boat station, Two Rivers, was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1842. When a child, he went with his parents to Milwaukee, and in 1846 moved to Two Rivers, where he has since resided. He was engaged in fishing and sailing until 1877, when he entered the life-boat service as No. 1 surfman under Captain Scove, who resigned his position, and Captain Pilon succeeded him, receiving his appointment April 1, 1880.
This station was built in the Autumn of 1876, and was run as a volunteer company for two years, since which time there has been a stationary crew, now consisting of eight men. They have two boats, one a life and one a surf boat, also a life car, mortar and beach apparatus. He was married,July 16, 1866, to Miss Emily La Clair, of Two Rivers. They have seven children, six sons and one daughter.
----------------------------------------
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 May.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs. It appears to be in error]
*******
(The following is for his son Ephie)
********
A couple of boys belonging to Two Rivers took a boat on Thursday
evening last and went out into the lake. One is a son of Capt.
Pilong(sic) of the Life Saving crew at that place and the other a son
of Peter Raw(sic) of the Lake House. The boys were each about 15 years
of age. Fears are entertained that the boys have found a watery
grave.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1885 P.4
********
Unabating perplexity hovers over the homes of the boys who mysteriously
disappeared some time since. Several reasons are given as the causes of
their departure. It is claimed that the lost boys (Ephie Pilon and
Johnnie Rau) had been contemplating a rambling tour around the world—the
result of novel reading. The boys left at about eight o’clock a week ago
last Thursday evening just at the opening of a furious wind and snow
storm, and as a small sail boat belonging to Capt. Pilon of the Life
Saving Service is also missing, it is suspected they went out on the lake.
When it became known about town that the boys had run away, it was also
discovered that they had procured a compass, geography, boat apparatus
and their best clothing. On the same evening of their departure a fisherman
who had arrived home on the lake perceived a small boat slowly making its
way along the harbor pier towards the lake but not suspecting any mischief
on the part of the occupants of the craft, took no further heed of them.
It is again assumed that the boys are on land and have retired to some
remote quarter to escape detection and that the missing boat was sent adrift
by the western breeze which prevailed that evening merely as a means of
deception. We believe, however, that the boys left by means of the craft,
as young Pilon was very skillful in the management of a boat, but as the
tempestuous weather which prevailed on that night was too violent to allow
any small craft to live on the lake, they most have perished a short distance
from here. The boy’s parents leave have the sympathy of the community in their
sad affliction. Curiosity
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, November 24, 1885 P. 3
********
Two boys (not named) from Two Rivers have been missing since eight days ago Sun.
and it is feared that they took the boat of Capt. Pillons and were lost in the
storm. In any event the boat is missing. It is feared that the two boys have
drowned, one the son of Capt. Pillon and the other the son of innkeeper Peter Rau.
Der Nord Westen, 26 Nov. 1885.
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A boat answering to the description of the one taken from here by Masters Pilon
and Rau was picked up by the Lifeboat men near Ludington, Mich. On the twentieth
of this month. The boat was empty and had neither sail nor oars.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, December 1, 1885 P. 3.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Captain Pilon of the U.S. Life Saving Station at Two Rivers, died on Saturday last of consumption of the lungs which he contracted by exposure in the line of his duty. The captain was in charge of the station since 1880.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, May 5, 1892 P. 3.
OLIVER PILON
From Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892:
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 Mar.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs.].
-------------------------------------------
Parents : Joseph and Etta Pilon.
-------------------------------------------
CAPT. OLIVER PILONPILON: Capt.
From the Two Rivers Manitowoc County Chronicle, Tuesday, February 14, 1888:
Capt. Pilon of the life saving station was around town the other day treating his friends and receiving their congratulations upon the birth of his ninth son and thirteenth child..
Source: http://www.2manitowoc.com/marPi.html.
---------------------------------------------
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western Historical Pub. Co., 1881, pp. 538-539
Captain of Life-boat station, Two Rivers, was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1842. When a child, he went with his parents to Milwaukee, and in 1846 moved to Two Rivers, where he has since resided. He was engaged in fishing and sailing until 1877, when he entered the life-boat service as No. 1 surfman under Captain Scove, who resigned his position, and Captain Pilon succeeded him, receiving his appointment April 1, 1880.
This station was built in the Autumn of 1876, and was run as a volunteer company for two years, since which time there has been a stationary crew, now consisting of eight men. They have two boats, one a life and one a surf boat, also a life car, mortar and beach apparatus. He was married,July 16, 1866, to Miss Emily La Clair, of Two Rivers. They have seven children, six sons and one daughter.
----------------------------------------
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 May.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs. It appears to be in error]
*******
(The following is for his son Ephie)
********
A couple of boys belonging to Two Rivers took a boat on Thursday
evening last and went out into the lake. One is a son of Capt.
Pilong(sic) of the Life Saving crew at that place and the other a son
of Peter Raw(sic) of the Lake House. The boys were each about 15 years
of age. Fears are entertained that the boys have found a watery
grave.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1885 P.4
********
Unabating perplexity hovers over the homes of the boys who mysteriously
disappeared some time since. Several reasons are given as the causes of
their departure. It is claimed that the lost boys (Ephie Pilon and
Johnnie Rau) had been contemplating a rambling tour around the world—the
result of novel reading. The boys left at about eight o’clock a week ago
last Thursday evening just at the opening of a furious wind and snow
storm, and as a small sail boat belonging to Capt. Pilon of the Life
Saving Service is also missing, it is suspected they went out on the lake.
When it became known about town that the boys had run away, it was also
discovered that they had procured a compass, geography, boat apparatus
and their best clothing. On the same evening of their departure a fisherman
who had arrived home on the lake perceived a small boat slowly making its
way along the harbor pier towards the lake but not suspecting any mischief
on the part of the occupants of the craft, took no further heed of them.
It is again assumed that the boys are on land and have retired to some
remote quarter to escape detection and that the missing boat was sent adrift
by the western breeze which prevailed that evening merely as a means of
deception. We believe, however, that the boys left by means of the craft,
as young Pilon was very skillful in the management of a boat, but as the
tempestuous weather which prevailed on that night was too violent to allow
any small craft to live on the lake, they most have perished a short distance
from here. The boy’s parents leave have the sympathy of the community in their
sad affliction. Curiosity
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, November 24, 1885 P. 3
********
Two boys (not named) from Two Rivers have been missing since eight days ago Sun.
and it is feared that they took the boat of Capt. Pillons and were lost in the
storm. In any event the boat is missing. It is feared that the two boys have
drowned, one the son of Capt. Pillon and the other the son of innkeeper Peter Rau.
Der Nord Westen, 26 Nov. 1885.
---------------------------------------
A boat answering to the description of the one taken from here by Masters Pilon
and Rau was picked up by the Lifeboat men near Ludington, Mich. On the twentieth
of this month. The boat was empty and had neither sail nor oars.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, December 1, 1885 P. 3.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Captain Pilon of the U.S. Life Saving Station at Two Rivers, died on Saturday last of consumption of the lungs which he contracted by exposure in the line of his duty. The captain was in charge of the station since 1880.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, May 5, 1892 P. 3.
From Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892:
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 Mar.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs.].
-------------------------------------------
Parents : Joseph and Etta Pilon.
-------------------------------------------
CAPT. OLIVER PILONPILON: Capt.
From the Two Rivers Manitowoc County Chronicle, Tuesday, February 14, 1888:
Capt. Pilon of the life saving station was around town the other day treating his friends and receiving their congratulations upon the birth of his ninth son and thirteenth child..
Source: http://www.2manitowoc.com/marPi.html.
---------------------------------------------
From The History of Northern Wisconsin, Vol II. Chicago: Western Historical Pub. Co., 1881, pp. 538-539
Captain of Life-boat station, Two Rivers, was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1842. When a child, he went with his parents to Milwaukee, and in 1846 moved to Two Rivers, where he has since resided. He was engaged in fishing and sailing until 1877, when he entered the life-boat service as No. 1 surfman under Captain Scove, who resigned his position, and Captain Pilon succeeded him, receiving his appointment April 1, 1880.
This station was built in the Autumn of 1876, and was run as a volunteer company for two years, since which time there has been a stationary crew, now consisting of eight men. They have two boats, one a life and one a surf boat, also a life car, mortar and beach apparatus. He was married,July 16, 1866, to Miss Emily La Clair, of Two Rivers. They have seven children, six sons and one daughter.
----------------------------------------
(From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 02 May.)
Death on Sat. evening at 9 p.m. of Capt. Pilon, the head of the local
lifesaving station. He was of French nativity.
Der Nord Westen, 05 May 1892
*******
[city record has d. 1894/age 49 yrs. It appears to be in error]
*******
(The following is for his son Ephie)
********
A couple of boys belonging to Two Rivers took a boat on Thursday
evening last and went out into the lake. One is a son of Capt.
Pilong(sic) of the Life Saving crew at that place and the other a son
of Peter Raw(sic) of the Lake House. The boys were each about 15 years
of age. Fears are entertained that the boys have found a watery
grave.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, Tuesday, November 17, 1885 P.4
********
Unabating perplexity hovers over the homes of the boys who mysteriously
disappeared some time since. Several reasons are given as the causes of
their departure. It is claimed that the lost boys (Ephie Pilon and
Johnnie Rau) had been contemplating a rambling tour around the world—the
result of novel reading. The boys left at about eight o’clock a week ago
last Thursday evening just at the opening of a furious wind and snow
storm, and as a small sail boat belonging to Capt. Pilon of the Life
Saving Service is also missing, it is suspected they went out on the lake.
When it became known about town that the boys had run away, it was also
discovered that they had procured a compass, geography, boat apparatus
and their best clothing. On the same evening of their departure a fisherman
who had arrived home on the lake perceived a small boat slowly making its
way along the harbor pier towards the lake but not suspecting any mischief
on the part of the occupants of the craft, took no further heed of them.
It is again assumed that the boys are on land and have retired to some
remote quarter to escape detection and that the missing boat was sent adrift
by the western breeze which prevailed that evening merely as a means of
deception. We believe, however, that the boys left by means of the craft,
as young Pilon was very skillful in the management of a boat, but as the
tempestuous weather which prevailed on that night was too violent to allow
any small craft to live on the lake, they most have perished a short distance
from here. The boy’s parents leave have the sympathy of the community in their
sad affliction. Curiosity
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, November 24, 1885 P. 3
********
Two boys (not named) from Two Rivers have been missing since eight days ago Sun.
and it is feared that they took the boat of Capt. Pillons and were lost in the
storm. In any event the boat is missing. It is feared that the two boys have
drowned, one the son of Capt. Pillon and the other the son of innkeeper Peter Rau.
Der Nord Westen, 26 Nov. 1885.
---------------------------------------
A boat answering to the description of the one taken from here by Masters Pilon
and Rau was picked up by the Lifeboat men near Ludington, Mich. On the twentieth
of this month. The boat was empty and had neither sail nor oars.
Manitowoc Lake Shore Times, December 1, 1885 P. 3.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Captain Pilon of the U.S. Life Saving Station at Two Rivers, died on Saturday last of consumption of the lungs which he contracted by exposure in the line of his duty. The captain was in charge of the station since 1880.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, May 5, 1892 P. 3.
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