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SOURCE: History of St. Clair County, Mich.
        A. T. Andreas & Co., Chicago - 1883

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         CAPT. JOHN BUZZARD, now master of schooner William Young, is a
      native of York State; was born January 23, 1833, in Cattaraugus
      County, began sailing in 1842, when only nine years old with his
      father, CAPT. PHILIP BUZZARD, on board the schooner Morning Star. His
      father was drowned, together with a crew of seven men on Lake Huron,
      October 22, 1866.  CAPT. J. BUZZARD began sailing as master of
      vessels when only seventeen years of age, and has been engaged as
      captain ever since.  Below are vessels he has sailed:
      Schooners John Richards, Avenger, H. H. Day, Stranger; propellers,
      Odd Fellow, O. Q. Melzar, Emory Fletcher, Grand Turk, Helen Kent, New
      Haven, L. M. Mason, W. A. Chisholm; barks, North Star, Mary Stockton,
      Mont Eagle, Evergreen, E. M. Carrington, T. S. Skinner, A. B. Norris,
      L. L. Lamb, F. C. Leighton, and this year, schooner William Young.
      He was married to E. P. ARNOLD November 28, 1854, and has three sons
      - E. J. BUZZARD, sailed schooner William Young last year; his second
      son, HENRY BUZZARD, sailed schooner L. L. Lamb; COREY H. B., his
      third son, is a machinist and works in railroad shops here, and he is
      also a musician.

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 Transcriber Note:  Account regarding the loss of the barge ARK can be
                    found on our Great Lakes Maritime History pages at:
                    http://www.us-data.org/mi/glm/shipwrecks/ark-1866.txt


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