Abbie Burgess

Abbie Burgess

Abbie Burgess (later Grant) (1839–1892) was an American lighthouse keeper known for her bravery in tending the Matinicus Rock Light, in Maine, during a raging winter storm in 1856. She tended the light for nearly a month while her father, the head keeper, was away from the island. Her heroic actions attracted much attention, and she was soon a popular heroine.

Burgess later married a lighthouse keeper, and spent fifteen years as the keeper at White Head Light.

Burgess is the subject of the children's book, "Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie", and there is a United States Coast Guard USCG Coastal Buoy Tender (WLM 553) based in Rockland, Maine named for her as well.

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-a/awl/bclass/wlm/AbbieBurgessGrant.htm Coast Guard bio]
* [http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/175wlm.htm Buoy Tender information]


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