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Historic image of Florida’s Cape St. George Lighthouse where Braddock Williams, who started the Williams’ family dynasty, served as head keeper from 1854 to 1861 and again from 1868-1874, and as assistant keeper from 1874 to 1879 due to his advanced age of over 75. In 1874, his son, Arad L. Williams, replaced him as head keeper, but died from injuries suffered from a fall the following year. At that time another one of Braddock Williams sons, James A Williams, who had been as assistant keeper here from 1857 to 1861, became the head keeper in 1875, a position he held at Cape St. George until 1893, when he transferred to Apalachicola Bay Range Lighthouse, and finally, in 1895, as head keeper at Crooked River Lighthouse until his retirement in 1905.
Other members of the Williams family who served at Cape St. George Lighthouse as assistant keepers were John W. Williams from 1879 to 1886 and James C. Williams from 1886 to 1893.
Already threatened by erosion, the Cape St. George Lighthouse was deactivated in 1994 and finally toppled over in October of 2005. Using many of the original bricks, the lighthouse was rebuilt in 2008-2009 on St. George Island, Florida.
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