AMERICAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY | CAPTAIN ISRAEL SNOW OF ROCKLAND, MAINE

Descended through Snow family;

Auction in Brunswick, Maine;

Dr. Chase, Camden, Maine;

Maine antique dealer.

Captain Israel Snow (1801-1875), born in Maine, was the captain of several vessels, including the schooner Maria (1829), the brig Snow (1835-36), the brig Lucy Ann (1842), and the barque Star (1848). He was additionally commander of the clipper ship Red Jacket (1853). In 1850, he and his wife Lucy moved from Thomaston, Maine to Rockland, where they raised seven children. In 1863, he founded Snow's Point Shipyard on Mechanic Street in the South End. Rockland was the fourth largest seaport in the United States in terms of production and commerce at the time, and the Snow homestead on 9 Water Street is one of several in the Rockland Historical Society.