Stone is in Seaview Cemetery, Rockland, ME.
From Rockland, ME newspaper Courier Gazette:
Particulars of the death of Capt. William F. Webster, master of schooner Luella A. Snow, of yellow fever, briefly reported last week, say that it occurred at Port au Prince instead of Jeremie as stated, the vessel having gone to that port to finish loading. On January 15, he had got ready to sail, and wrote to his New York agents, Brown & Keene, that they should sail next day. In his letter he stated that some of his crew were sick and he was not very well himself, and that he should lose no time in getting away, as the fever was raging and many vessels had lost their crews. He did not post the letter, and soon after writing it, that night, was seized with a terrible fever in its worst form. He died on the 19th, when the mate enclosed his letter to Brown & Keen, with announcing Capt. Webster's death and saying that he should get away with the vessel as soon as possible. Capt. Webster was but 22 years of age, and was a very capable ship master and a most promising young man. He has many friends and is spoken of in the highest terms by all who knew him.
From Rockland, ME newspaper Courier Gazette:
Particulars of the death of Capt. William F. Webster, master of schooner Luella A. Snow, of yellow fever, briefly reported last week, say that it occurred at Port au Prince instead of Jeremie as stated, the vessel having gone to that port to finish loading. On January 15, he had got ready to sail, and wrote to his New York agents, Brown & Keene, that they should sail next day. In his letter he stated that some of his crew were sick and he was not very well himself, and that he should lose no time in getting away, as the fever was raging and many vessels had lost their crews. He did not post the letter, and soon after writing it, that night, was seized with a terrible fever in its worst form. He died on the 19th, when the mate enclosed his letter to Brown & Keen, with announcing Capt. Webster's death and saying that he should get away with the vessel as soon as possible. Capt. Webster was but 22 years of age, and was a very capable ship master and a most promising young man. He has many friends and is spoken of in the highest terms by all who knew him.
Stone is in Seaview Cemetery, Rockland, ME.
From Rockland, ME newspaper Courier Gazette:
Particulars of the death of Capt. William F. Webster, master of schooner Luella A. Snow, of yellow fever, briefly reported last week, say that it occurred at Port au Prince instead of Jeremie as stated, the vessel having gone to that port to finish loading. On January 15, he had got ready to sail, and wrote to his New York agents, Brown & Keene, that they should sail next day. In his letter he stated that some of his crew were sick and he was not very well himself, and that he should lose no time in getting away, as the fever was raging and many vessels had lost their crews. He did not post the letter, and soon after writing it, that night, was seized with a terrible fever in its worst form. He died on the 19th, when the mate enclosed his letter to Brown & Keen, with announcing Capt. Webster's death and saying that he should get away with the vessel as soon as possible. Capt. Webster was but 22 years of age, and was a very capable ship master and a most promising young man. He has many friends and is spoken of in the highest terms by all who knew him.
From Rockland, ME newspaper Courier Gazette:
Particulars of the death of Capt. William F. Webster, master of schooner Luella A. Snow, of yellow fever, briefly reported last week, say that it occurred at Port au Prince instead of Jeremie as stated, the vessel having gone to that port to finish loading. On January 15, he had got ready to sail, and wrote to his New York agents, Brown & Keene, that they should sail next day. In his letter he stated that some of his crew were sick and he was not very well himself, and that he should lose no time in getting away, as the fever was raging and many vessels had lost their crews. He did not post the letter, and soon after writing it, that night, was seized with a terrible fever in its worst form. He died on the 19th, when the mate enclosed his letter to Brown & Keen, with announcing Capt. Webster's death and saying that he should get away with the vessel as soon as possible. Capt. Webster was but 22 years of age, and was a very capable ship master and a most promising young man. He has many friends and is spoken of in the highest terms by all who knew him.
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