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The Weekly Paladium
Benton Harbor, MI
Friday, September 13, 1901

              SIXTY YEARS A SAILOR
              
              Death of the Veteran Lake Captain,
                RILEY PHILLIPS - Retired Three
                  Years Ago.
                  
              Funeral Sunday Afternoon in Royalton
                Under Masonic Auspices.
                
              Capt. RILEY PHILLIPS died at his home in this
            city Thursday, aged 72 years. He was captain of
            the sailing vessels Cora and Addie, sailed on 
            the Jay Gould in the grain trade between Chicago
            and Buffalo and was with the Goodrich line several
            years. He was also with Captain NAPIER on the 
            Comet and Corunna, was captain of the Van Raalte
            and St. Joseph on the Edwards line, and of the 
            barge Skylark, the first boat on the Graham &
            Morton line, and was with this company until three
            years ago, when his health failed. He was second
            mate on the Chicora at one time, also on the City
            of Chicago.
              Captain PHILLIPS was born in New York, but had
            lived in Benton Harbor 65 years and has sailed on
            the lakes since he was fourteen years old. He lived
            at 523 Pipestone street, where the funeral services
            took place at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. W. I.
            COGSHALL officiating. The Masons conducted the ser-
            vice and burial was in Royalton.
            
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