Edgartown Harbor Light Keepers
Jeremiah Pease (Principal Keeper 1828-1841 and 1843–1849); Sylvanus Crocker (Principal Keeper 1841-1843 and 1849–1853); William Vinson (Principal Keeper 1853-1855); James Blankenship (Principal Keeper 1855-1861); William Vincent (Principal Keeper 1861-1866); Zolmond Steward (Principal Keeper 1866- 1870); Benjamin Huxford (Principal Keeper 1870-1919); Joseph H. Barrus (Principal Keeper 1919-1931); Henry L. Thomas (Principal Keeper 1931-1938); Fred Vidler (Principal Keeper 1938); William Waterway Marks (Principal Keeper, 1985–1994); Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. (Lighthouse Keeper 1985-1994); Lane Lovell (Assistant Keeper 1986-1994); Wade Johnson (Principal Keeper, 2009–present).
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