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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

           [657]

           CAPTAIN PETER KILTY. Among the able and enterprising men who are
        now engaged in navigating our great inland seas, the subject of
        this sketch holds a leading place, his ability and skill being so
        well known and appreciated that he has never been obliged to apply
        for a situation. While he is younger than many of our lake captains
        he has probably seen as long service as any, for he be-gan as a boy
        of eleven to run a fishing boat of his own, and has always held
        responsible positions.
           The KILTY family is of Irish origin, and PATRICK KILTY, the
        father of CAPT. PETER KILTY, was born in Dublin, Ireland, coming to
        America in 1837. He has been a sailor and fisherman throughout his
        life, and for many years he was employed in schooners on the lakes;
        while during the government survey of the lakes he had charge of
        the boats of the expedition. He is now living at Onekama, Michigan.
           CAPT. PETER KILTY was born in 1860, at St. James, Mich, where he
        remained until he reached the age of twenty years, his education
        being obtained in the local schools. Although the opportunities af-
        forded were not of the best, he made good use of his time, and his
        subsequent reading and observation have made him a well-informed
        man. As has been intimated, his business ability became apparent at
        an early age, the fishing interests at his native place offering
        him an excellent chance to make a profit, while gaining practical
        knowledge of navigation. While still a boy he found occasional em-
        ployment on schooners plying near home, and in all he had had about
        thirteen years of experience when he took the post of captain of a
        fishing tug at Lake Onekama for the season of 1889. Later he ship-
        ped as mate of the passenger boat Adrian, running between Manistee
        and Onekama, and he remained with this vessel three years, serving
        during a portion of the time as acting captain. He next took charge
        of the passenger steamer John D. Doore for one season, and then
        spent six seasons as mate on the Petoskey, plying between Chicago
        and Petoskey. On February 12, 1896, he became captain of the Ann
        Arbor No. 1, the first government ferry to run across the lakes,
        and under his able management the boat met with marked success, as
        might have been anticipated by his previous record. On May 20,
        1898, he accepted the position of master of the car ferry steamer
        Pere Marquette, the largest car ferry in the world, and owned by
        the Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Company.
           The Captain is popular socially, and belongs to a number of
        marine associations, as  well as to the order of Foresters, at
        Frankfort.  He was married in 1882 to MISS MARY ELIZABETH
        NACKERMAN, of Marquette, Mich., and his pleasant home at Ludington,
	Mich, is brightened by three children:  ALFRED JOHN, CLAUDE P. and
	MARY ELIZABETH.


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