Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2018 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Mohawk OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: - DATE OF LOSS: 7 December 1849 CAUSE OF LOSS: Storm LOCATION: Lake Ontario, Oswego, N.Y. RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: ? OWNER(S): J. B. Morris, Esq., Oswego, N.Y. MASTER: Capt. John Carmichael, Oswego, N.Y. TONNAGE: ? DIMENSIONS: ? CASUALTIES: 3, including Capt. Carmichael, 1 of the crew, and one passenger. Ran afoul of the east pier while attempting to enter the harbor during a gale and went to pieces. Carrying wheat. Capt. Carmichael left a widow and one child. He was buried in Hannibal Village Cemetery, Oswego county, N.Y. He was 36-37 years old and Scottish born. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Daily Republic, 10 December 1849 Detroit Free Press - 14 December 1849 Buffalo Weekly Republic - 18 December 1849 Flinn, Leo - "Old Shipping Days in Oswego" - p. 163 1850 Federal Census, Oswego County, N.Y, (Mortality Schedule)