The John M. Dennis ferry was built in 1928 at a Portsmouth, Virginia shipyard. John McPherson Dennis, Sr. (1866-1936) founded the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co. and was also Maryland’s State Treasurer from 1916-1918 and later from 1920 -1935! Facts: “Vessel’s namesake revealed; Entrepreneur: John M. Dennis founded a ferryline and served as Md. treasurer “ May 2000 “Baltimore Sun”. Photo from the Talbot Historical Society’s C.C. Harris Collection.
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