Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= USGenNet Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: John B. Wright OTHER NAME(s): - OFFICIAL NO: n/a REASON: Aground DATE OF LOSS: 3 October 1854 LOCATION: Lake Michigan, 7 miles north of Little Point Sable RIG TYPE: Schooner HULL TYPE: Wooden BUILDER: Quayle & Martin, Cleveland, 1854 OWNER(S): R. H. Harmon, et. al. MASTER: Capt. C. Gale TONNAGE: 384 t LENGTH: - BEAM: - DEPTH: - CASUALTIES: none listed SURVIVORS: ? Bound Cleveland to Chicago on her first trip with cargo of nails, coal and pork barrels when she ran aground about seven miles north of Little Point Sable. During July and August, 1884, her cargo of nails was raised. ======================================================================== Sources: Buffalo Democracy, 13 October 1854 Detroit Post, 10 September 1884 Ludington Record, 21 August 1884