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Charles A Briggs - schooner

Crew members of the three-masted coal schooner "Charles A. Briggs" which sunk in a storm off Nahant, Massachusetts, on Feb 1, 1898, with the loss of eight lives. Listed in Nahant deaths 1898 vol 481 p 547:
Isaac Andrews, 30, sailor, bur. Nahant
* Emanuel Cain, 37, sailor, bur. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
John E Charleson, 27, 2nd mate & engineer, bur. Cambridge, MA
* John Haley, 31, ship steward, bur. So. Boston
Harry Milliken, 24, sailor, bur. Ellsworth, ME
Lewis A Milliken, 22, sailor, bur. Ellsworth, ME
John J Young, 28, 1st mate, bur. St. Joseph, Boston

The body of Captain A. W. Wentworth was never recovered.

* Graves not yet located or confirmed

7 memorials

Isaac Andrews Flowers have been left.

1867 – 1 Feb 1898

Nahant, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

John Charlsen Flowers have been left.

Nov 1870 – 1 Feb 1898

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: Range 77

John Joseph Haley Sr. Flowers have been left.

1866 – 1 Feb 1898

South Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Harry Milliken Flowers have been left.

1876 – 1 Jan 1898

Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, USA

Lewis Milliken Flowers have been left.

23 May 1875 – 1 Feb 1898

Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, USA

Capt A. W. Wentworth Flowers have been left.

unknown – 1 Feb 1898

Buried or Lost at Sea

John J. YoungSponsored Flowers have been left.

1869 – 1 Feb 1898

West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Plot info: St. Joseph Ave., Section C, Range 14, Grave 439

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