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Lucy Davis

Also Mrs. Lucy Davis

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TypePerson
Died1900-12-14
ErasModern era
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Person
Died
1900-12-14
Eras
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Summary

Lucy Davis, of Richmond, Indiana, was the niece of William H. Shields’s wife and traveled with the Squaw Island light crew toward Beaver Island on December 14, 1900. After the sailboat capsized, she died during the overnight drift.1

The held reports do not provide her age, parents, marriage, or burial details.

Open questions

  • Can Richmond, lighthouse-service, civil, or cemetery records identify Lucy Davis more fully?
  • What was her relationship to the Shields family beyond the report’s “niece” wording?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Held Beaver Beacon accounts of the December 14–15, 1900 Squaw Island light-crew tragedy. ↩

Sources

  1. Names Lucy Davis, identifies her as the keeper’s wife’s niece from Richmond, Indiana, and reports her death during the overnight drift.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1965-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Repeats the episode and places her death at approximately 6:30 p.m. without providing further identity.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Lucy Davis”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/lucy-davis/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “48 Years Ago Tragedy Struck Squaw Island Light Crew; Lone Survivor Tells Story.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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