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Charles and Agnes Patterson
Charles ‘Charlie Dan’ Patterson served as West Lighthouse keeper. His wife Agnes MacCallum and the family household also feature in PIHS’s lighthouse history.
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Charles and Agnes Patterson
Enlarge & zoomCharles and Agnes Patterson
Charles ‘Charlie Dan’ Patterson served as West Lighthouse keeper. His wife Agnes MacCallum and the family household also feature in PIHS’s lighthouse history.
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Words on the stone
Charles D. Patterson b 1865 -- d 1947 ; Agnes (MacCallum) Patterson b 1871 -- d 1950 ; Julia May Patterson b 1904 -- d 1926 ; Violet May Patterson b 1936 -- d 1944. Agnes wife of Charles.
Photo check: Charles D. Patterson’s stone reads 1865–1947; the imported transcription says 1965.