The master's certificate number shown on that document was 11250 and according to "Index of Captains Registers of Lloyds of London" had been issued to Francis McNevin, b. 1829, St. Helier, Jersey. Engineer of the "Denbeigh". Born in Manchester on 11 December 1830. He emigrated to the United States in the 1840s, working in many factories including the Hinkly Locomotive Works in Boston, Massachusetts, the principal railway works in the US. In 1848 he moved to Galveston, Texas to work in Hiram Close's foundry, the only foundry in the town, until the outbreak of the Civil War. On New Year's Day 1863, at the Battle of Galveston the Union gunboat "Westfield" was blown up by her own crew to prevent her falling into Confederate hands; Railton was responsible for superintending the recovery of the paddle wheel shafts and reboring them as 5.70 guns. He joined the "Denbeigh" in August 1864 on her first voyage into Galveston. The engineer received between $1000 and $2000 in gold for each successful trip. After the Civil War he married Emma Juliff in Galveston in 1868. He was killed in an unfortunate accident—on 27 December 1898 an argument broke out between workers on Galveston quay, and one started shooting. Railton was hit in the back by a stray shot and died the next day. Cabin boy on the "Denbigh". Born in 1849, he joined the "Denbigh" at Galveston when he was fifteen years old. It appears that he obtained his position through his father knowing Captain Godfrey. A cabin boy's job was similar to a naval midshipman, learning the work of a ships' officer. Robert Horlock died in 1926. A guard on the "Denbigh", he was a member of Company B, First Texas Heavy Artillery before transferring to the Texas Marine Department, and joined the "Denbigh" on 30 August 1864. He died on 1 May 1901. Occupation unknown, he was 34 years old when he drowned on 7 September 1864.