The No. 1 surfman is Abbott H. Walker. He was born in Orleans, Sept.
25, 1864, and has been in the life-saving service for eight years.
Surfman Walker followed the sea from boyhood, and was a well-known
boatman and fisherman. He acquired the art of handling boats in the
surf when a boy and knows the location of every rip and shoal along the
coast of Cape Cod. He had his first experience as a life saver under
Captain Charles, and has made a skilled, fearless, and efficient coast
guardian. He married Lillie Wiley, and is the father of two daughters
and two sons.
The No. 2 surfman is Richard S. Gage. He was born in Dennis in 1858,
and has been in the life-saving service for eleven years. Before
becoming a regular surfman he substituted at the Monomoy and at this
station. When he was appointed a regular surfman he was assigned to the
Pamet River Station, where he served for three years. He was a boatman
and fisherman for years, and also a coastwise and deep water sailor.
Surfman Gage is a perfect type of life saver. Skilled in the art of
boating, absolutely fearless, he has made a brave and hardy surfman.
He married Hannah M. Ellis, and is the father of two daughters and two
sons.
The No. 3 surfman is Nehemiah P. Hopkins. He was born in Eastham in
1875, and has been in the life-saving service for six years. He spent
his boyhood days boating and fishing along the shores of Cape Cod,
and had a wide experience on the water before he entered the service.
The training he has received at this station has made him a brave and
efficient life saver. He married Geneva Eldredge, and is the father of
two sons.
The No. 4 surfman is William B. Sherman. He was born in Orleans in
1857, and has been in the life-saving service for seven years. Surfman
Sherman was assigned to this station when he entered the service,
but resigned after a few months. When he reentered he was sent to
the Coskata Station on Nantucket, and was later transferred to this
station. He came from a seafaring family, his father having been an
old “Grand Banker.” Surfman Sherman learned the art of handling boats
in the surf before he joined the service, and has made an intrepid and
skilled life saver. He married Minnie Cormaney, and is the father of
one daughter and three sons.
The No. 5 surfman is Timothy F. Murray. He was born in Boston in 1859,
and has been in the life-saving service three years. Before entering
the service he had engaged in fishing and steamboating, and was a
coastwise sailor and mariner. He was assigned to this station when he
joined the service, and has made an able and skilled life saver. He
married Phœbe F. Chase, and is the father of two daughters and one son.
[Illustration:
Left to right: CAPTAIN CHARLES. ABBOTT H. WALKER. RICHARD S. GAGE.
NEHEMIAH P. HOPKINS. WILLIAM B. SHERMAN. TIMOTHY F. MURRAY.
JOHN KILBURN. GEO. F. JORDEN.