From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:51:20 -0500 Subject: FW: Item for List Serve Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B3501E90ABA5418@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
The Jacksonport Historical Society is looking for a picture of the steam sh
ip vessel Addie Wade. Joseph A. LeMere from Jacksonport, Door County, Wisc
onsin purchased the ship in 1885 (some resources say it was built in 1902).
Mr. LeMere used the Addie Wade for transporting lumber to the ports of Ma
ckinaw City, Green Bay, and Chicago, and would bring provisions for his sto
re on return trips. Joseph LeMere continued lumber freighting with the Addi
e Wade until his death in 1914. After his death his children sold the Addi
e Wade. It was purchased in 1915 by John I. Kinsey and Walt B. Davidson of
Milwaukee and it was converted into a welding steamer and renamed Kin-Dave
in 1915. In 1932, she was abandoned in the rive at Sheboygan and lies bur
ied there.
We would appreciate a picture of the Addie Wade for our records.
Thank you,
Eileen Roberts
Jacksonport Historical Society
4768 Hwy 57
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Phone: 920-743-6415
jacksonporthistory@charter.net<mailto:jacksonporthistory@charter.net>
www.jacksonporthistoricalsociety.org<http://www.jacksonporthistoricalsociet
y.org>