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Daniel Philbrick, born in New Hampshire in 1800, grew up in the North. In the 1820's he married Mary Ann King of New Jersey: the couple had a single daughter, Rachel Jennie. The Philbricks moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 18J2. By 1836 Daniel was employed as a steamboat captain, carrying goods and passengers on a route which included Augusta, Savannah and Charleston. In 1842 the family came to Savannah, and by 1849 Daniel had acquired real estate and built a spacious home on Washington Square. Both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church, and Mary Ann was particularly active in church affairs. Daniel remained a steamboat captain until 1863, when he sold his real estate, realizing a substantial profit, and probably retired. He died in 1B73, his wife in 1886. Their daughter, a writer of modest talent, never married, and so there are no descendants.

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8-2-1977

Daniel G. Philbrick: Steamboat Captain

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