The No. 1 surfman is Levi A. Kelley. He was born in Provincetown, and
is forty years of age. Surfman Kelley entered the service in 1884, and
was assigned to this station. He is an expert boatman, and the life of
a life saver has not the least terror for him. He followed the sea for
a number of years as a fisherman and sailor, and became well accustomed
to the hardships similar to those of a surfman before he joined the
service. He married Nona B. Lewis, and is the father of a boy.
The No. 2 surfman is Benjamin S. Henderson. He was born in Wellfleet
in 1855, and has been a member of this station crew for seventeen
years, or since he entered the service. Surfman Henderson came from
a sea-going family, and took naturally to the hard and perilous work
that life savers are called upon to perform. He followed the sea for a
number of years before entering the service. He married Mary Dears, and
is the father of two girls and two boys.
[Illustration:
Left to right: LEVY KELLEY. JAS. F. FISH. WM. D. CARLOS.
CAPT. W. W. COOK (seated). CHAS. HIGGINS. WM. E. SYLVIA
BENJ. R. KELLEY.