Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2016 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= NOTICE TO USERS - These files are protected by the The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Information contained herein is provided for research purposes and may be freely linked to. Copying for redistribution or presentation by any person, persons or organization is not allowed without the written permission of the author/submitter. Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== VESSEL NAME: Grace A. Channon OTHER NAME(s): Gracie Channon, surname sometimes as Shannon OFFICIAL NO: 85309 DATE OF LOSS: 2 August 1877 CAUSE OF LOSS: Collision LOCATION: Lake Michigan, 12 miles S. of Milwaukee RIG TYPE: Schooner, 3 masts HULL TYPE: Wood BUILDER: W. Ellinwood, E. Saginaw, MI - 1873 OWNER(S): Alexander A. Graham, Chicago MASTER: Capt. Murray TONNAGE: 265.99 gt DIMENSIONS: 140.6 x 26.2 x 11.5 CASUALTIES: 1 The CHANNON was carrying 600 tons of coal from Buffalo to Chicago when she was run into by the propeller FAVORITE and sank within five minutes. The lone casualty was a young son of the owner. ======================================================================== Sources: Board of Lake Underwriters, 1876 Milwaukee Sentinel, 3 August 1877 Merchant Vessel List - 1877 The Federal Reporter, 1882 (District Court. N.D. Illinois - December 12, 1881)