Captain Benjamin C. Pendleton of Searsport, Maine

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
Latitude:
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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."

A painting of the Bark, "Abbie Carver" circa 1875 by Maine

artist, William P. Stubbs. Penobscot Marine Museum.

In Memory of
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"

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.

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

Hong Kong

Callao, Peru

Captain Sturdeon Stahl of Waldoboro, Maine and Whole Family/Crew

Seaman: Capt. Sturdeon Stahl (with whole family and crew)
From: Waldoboro, Maine, USA
Ship: Bark "Cheshire" out of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Cargo/Fishing: Cargo/Sugar
Coming from: Cienfuego, Cuba
Going to: Delaware Bay or vicinity
Date of Last Location: Cuba, March 24, 1893
Latitude:
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Cemetery of Memorial: Dutch Neck Cemetery
Town/State: Waldoboro, Maine

The STAHL Family:

On the stone-

"They sailed from Cienfuegos, Cuba on March 24, 1893 on board (the) Bark, "Cheshire", and no tidings ever received from them." (In other words, They were never heard from again.)

NOTE:  A "Bark" is a large cargo type ship, and there would have been a hefty Ship's crew that also lost their lives on that fateful day their ship was lost.

Bark, Barc, or Barque

However it’s spelled, historians believe a bark was originally a barge and, over time, the name has been altered. The earliest barques were noted in Portugal with square sails and oars. In the 1440s, Mediterranean barques carried three masts and lateen rigs. Eventually, there was a difference between a barge and a bark, which began to have sails. The French called a ship, “barque,” and the English, bark. In the 18th century, the British Navy used the term bark to cover ships that did not fall in any other categories. Ships of exploration such as Captain James Cook’s Endeavour were colliers that were converted to ships of exploration. That’s why the Navy referred to Cook’s ship as the HMS Bark Endeavour.

The word bark (which seems to be the American spelling) evolved by the 19th century to mean how a ship was rigged. The ship could have three or more masts and a particular sail configuration. The advantage of the bark-rig was that the ship needed fewer sailors to work the sails.

http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php?type=shiptype&id=2

On the Other Side, the Stone reads:

Capt. Spurdeon K. Stahl
1861-1893

Fannie E. Webb
His Wife
1867-1893

Kelsey W.
Their Son
1890-1893

Lewiston Evening Journal

June 7th, 1893

Waldoboro

"Nothing has been heard from Capt. Spurdeon Stahl of this town who sailed from Cuba the last of March in command of the bark "Cheshire" hailing from Boston, with a cargo of sugar bound for some port in Delaware Bay or vicinity, and so much time has elapsed since the vessel was due, that his rescue is considered very improbable. It is possible that the crew were picked up by an outward bound vessel, but very little hope is placed in that. Capt. Stahl was accompanied by his wife and child. His wife was the daughter of Mr. A. T. Webb, a well known citizen of this town. It is also reported as a curious coincidence that another vessel left the same Cuban port with a similar cargo on the same day as the "Cheshire", the fate of which is also unknown. It is thought by some that the two vessels may have collided during a gail resulting in a wreck of both." (Unlikely.)

I looked up Cheshire in Google.  Here is what I found:

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https://books.google.com/books?id=x2BGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=The+Bark+Ship+Cheshire&source=bl&ots=aOnnIh8gSe&sig=c8RKRt16RUDrQ8_Qxm_jMezS4E4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi59sanpcnMAhVB7SYKHSVsC6oQ6AEIMTAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Bark%20Ship%20Cheshire&f=false

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http://immigrantships.net/1800/cheshire18540413.html