Posted by THOMAS DAVIES on September 01, 19101 at 17:09:18:
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS SKIPPER OF A TWO MASTED LUMBER AND GENERAL CARGO SCHOONER NAMED THE E.H. RUTHERFORD.....SAILING PRIMARILY FROM WHAT I CAN ASCERTAIN FROM HIS MAPS, OUT OF THE GRAND RIVER HARBOR, SOMETIME BETWEEN 1872 AND 1884. IN ALL OF MY FAMILY, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RUTHERFORD, WAS SHE SCRAPPED, USED AS A TOW BARGE, SUNK, OR LEFT TO ROT SOMEWHERE? I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF ANYONE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, BECAUSE ALL I HAVE ARE THE ORIGINAL CHARTS AND A CANVES MAP CIRCA 1855, AND MY BROTHERS HAVE THE SEA CHEST, LOGS AND VARIOUS PARAFANALIA, AND SEEM TO HAVE NO INTEREST. THIS MAY BE AN EASY ONE, OR SOME OF YOU GUYS OUT THERE MIGHT FIND IT INTRIGUING TO FIND OUT HER HISTORY. IF SO, PLEASE EMAIL BERIEVSKI@AOL.COM WITH ANY AND ALL INFORMATION YOU MAY FIND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TOM