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Lewis S. Wescott

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Lewis S. Wescott

Birth
Death
14 Feb 1935 (aged 82)
Burial
Jarvisburg, Currituck County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Capt. Wescott was a member of the famed all-Black lifesaving crew at Pea Island Life-Saving Station, and is considered a hero for helping save the passengers and crew on the wrecked schooner E.S. Newman in October, 1896. See the story on the href=https://coastalreview.org/2023/02/landowners-find-black-lifesaving-heros-forgotten-grave/ web page.
Capt. Wescott was a member of the famed all-Black lifesaving crew at Pea Island Life-Saving Station, and is considered a hero for helping save the passengers and crew on the wrecked schooner E.S. Newman in October, 1896. See the story on the href=https://coastalreview.org/2023/02/landowners-find-black-lifesaving-heros-forgotten-grave/ web page.


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  • Created by: DSH
  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249987273/lewis_s-wescott: accessed ), memorial page for Lewis S. Wescott (28 Feb 1852–14 Feb 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 249987273, citing Hunt's Cemetery, Jarvisburg, Currituck County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by DSH (contributor 47399957).