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| John Dubose (1779-1845) | |
| On Duty: 1825 - 1836 |
President John Quincy Adams appointed Dubose as the first lighthouse keeper on May 7, 1825. Dubose and his family arrived at Cape Florida on December 13 and lit the lighthouse for the first time on December 17. Assistants John W. Thompson and Aaron Carter defended the lighthouse during the Seminole attack on July 23, 1836. |
| Reason Duke (1792 - ?) | |
| On Duty: 1846 - 1852 |
Duke supervised the rebuilding of the damaged tower and keeper's cottage. Duke re-lit the Cape Florida light using whale oil in the lamps on April 30, 1847. |
| Temple Pent (1794-1868) | |
| On Duty: 1852 - 1853, 1866 - 1868 |
"Old Squire Pent" was a Cape Florida pilot, mariner, wrecker,turtler, and politician. He and his wife Mary Kemp parented eleven children.
At the age of seventy-two, Pent began a second tour of duty. Pent re-lit the Cape Florida light on April 15, 1866 after the Civil War ended and damages were repaired. |
| Robert R. Fletcher (1801-?) | |
| On Duty: 1853 - 1855 |
Dr. Fletcher was also a local politician. In 1853, the US Lighthouse Service accepted the recommendation of Lieutenant George G. Meade to increase the height of the tower and the intensity of the light. |
| Charles S. Barron (? - ?) | |
| On Duty: 1855 - 1859 |
Barron lit the new Fresnel lens in the ninety-five foot tower on March 18, 1856. John Christian was his assistant. |
| Simeon Frow (1808-1886) | |
| On Duty: 1859 - 1865 |
In 1861 Confederate sympathizers damaged the fresnel lens at the start of the Civil War. Frow and his family had friendly relations with the local American Indians. |
| John W. Frow (1841-1918) | |
| On Duty: 1868 - 1878 |
Frow was one of four Frow men to accumulate twenty years of service as keepers at Cape Florida. His brother, Charles Frow, served one year as assistant before he was killed by lightning. The Cape Florida light was extinguished on June 15, 1878. Frow then moved offshore to operate Fowey Rocks light. |