Employment
1818-1894 LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
| NAME | LOCATION | APPOINTMENT | HOME |
| Bone, George W. | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | 19 July 1861 | Erie |
| Bone, Capt. John | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1818-1833 | Erie |
| Burke, Richard P. | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | 1 March 1863 | Erie |
| Cole, Clark N. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | 1883 | Erie |
| Coyle, Charles D. | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | 1884 | Erie |
| Desmond, George | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1 April 1864 | Erie |
| Downs, William T. | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | Unknown | Unknown |
| Fargo, A. J. | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1 August 1871 | Fairview |
| Fleming, Benjamin | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | Unknown | Erie |
| Fleming, Gen. James | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1 April 1858 | Erie |
| Goalding, John | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 15 July 1861 | Erie |
| Graham, John | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1 April 1854 | Erie |
| Harlow, William H. | Assistants Lighthouse | 1885 | Unknown |
| Harrison, A. J. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | Spring 1880 | Unknown |
| Henry, Frank | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | 1 May 1869 | Harbor Creek |
| Hess, John | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | Unknown | Erie |
| Hinton, Griffith | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1841 | Harbor Creek |
| Hunter, Robert | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | 1889 | Erie |
| Hunter, Robert | Assistants Lighthouse | 1886 | Erie |
| Irvin, George E. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | Spring 1880 | Unknown |
| Johnson, James | Assistants Lighthouse | June 1873 | Erie |
| Kincaide, Robert | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1833 | Erie |
| Landon, A. C. | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 27 October 1858 | Erie |
| McAllister, O. J. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | Fall 1880 | Wattsburg |
| McDannell, C. E. | Assistants Lighthouse | September 1871 | Mill Creek |
| Miles, James W. | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1849 | West Mill Creek |
| Miller, George W. | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1885 | Conneaut, Ohio |
| Pfister, Edward | Assistants Lighthouse | 1892 | Unknown |
| Reddy, John W. | Assistants Lighthouse | 1894 | Unknown |
| Town, George E. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | 1880 | North East |
| Vannatta, Lewis | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | Spring 1886 | Erie |
| Vaughn, Leonard | Presque Isle Pier Head (or Beacon) Lighthouse | Unknown | Summit |
| Waldo, Charles T. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | 12 July 1873 | Fairview |
| Walrose, Lewis | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | Spring 1891 | Unknown |
| Webster, Eli | Erie (or Land) Lighthouse | 1845 | McKean |
| Wilkins, Thomas L. | Assistants Lighthouse | 1889 | Unknown |
| Wilkins, Thomas L. | Presque Isle (or Flash) Lighthouse | 1892 | Erie |
Source: Abstract from the book, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania, by Benjamin Whitman, published in 1896; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 23 February 2026.