Seaman: Captain Benjamin C. Pendleton and Family with Crew
From: Searsport, Maine, USA
Ship: Bark "Abby Carver"
Cargo/Fishing: Cargo
Coming from: Hong Kong
Going to: Callao, Peru, South America
Date of Last Location: Left Hong Kong, August 8, 1886
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Cemetery of Memorial: Bowditch Cemetery
Town/State: Searsport, Maine
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=361&GScid=89679&GRid=19162193&
Probably the most tragic Lost At Sea I have seen so far is the disappearance of the Bark, "Abby Carver". She took her captain and crew, and all but one son under with her when she went. Note: Their one surviving son, Clarence Isaac Pendleton, had stayed home to attend school.
The Penobscot Maritimes Museum in Searsport, Maine has the bark disappear in 1888, but I went by the numbers on the stones.
"In memory of Captain Benjamin C Pendleton and family Master of Bark, Abbie Carver which sailed from Hong Kong August 8,1886 bound to Callao (Peru, South America) and never heard from."
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A painting of the Bark, "Abbie Carver" circa 1875 by Maine
artist, William P. Stubbs. Penobscot Marine Museum.
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Captain Benjamin C. Pendleton
41 yrs 8 mos
Mary A.-his wife
40 yrs 9 mos.
Charles E.
19 yrs. 3 mos.
Nathan C.
15 yrs 2 mos.
Felix B.
3 yrs.
Sons of Capt. B.C. and Mary A. Pendleton
All Lost with Bark, "Abbie Carver"
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| Capt. Benjamin C. Pendleton |
Captain B. C. Pendleton (Master of Bark "Abbie Carver" from 1882-1886) was the son of Joseph Pendleton and Fanny Coombs, born 18 Dec. 1844.
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| Mary Ann Park Pendleton |
Mary Ann (his wife) was the daughter of James Ridley Park and Nancy Curtis.
http://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/pbho-1/tags/searsport-sea-captains
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| Hong Kong |
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| Callao, Peru |
