Name: Able, Barton
Area: L. Miss. R.
Boats: 1864, YELLOWSTONE
       1862-??, MARY E. FORSYTH
Companies Associated with: Atlantic and Mississippi Steam Ship Company

Name: Able, Dan, St. Louis
Boats: 1856, EDINBURGH
	   1864: Had the W. R. ARTHUR built.
       1864, Spring, Purchased with others, the 1859 ATLANTIC
	   1865, Purchased with Capt. Richard C. Gray the GLEANER, Ran Memphis to Ark. R.
	   More information: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled by
       John Hartford, river musician.

Name: Able, Charles W.
Boats: 1888, July 29, master of  JUDITH when she was snagged and lost
Name: Able, M. b. 1821, Ill.
Boat: 1850, TIME and TIDE
Comments:  Info from 1850 St. Louis. census

Name: Adams, John D.
	See his listing under Owners

Name:Ailes, John
Boat(s):1897, July, purchased DAUNTLESS 
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: Notes from The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County,
          Ohio, Wed. July. 12 1897

Name: Agnew, Robert R.
Boats:1897, May, HUDSON:1897, June, QUEEN CITY 
Comments: From  The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County,
          Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897

Name: Allidice, Sam (Possibly Alladice or Allardice) of Burkeville, Tex.
Area: Sabine R., Tex.
Boats: *1888, sometime after, owner with Capt. John M. Liles, of the NECHES BELLE
Comments: See source Article

3. Name: Allen
Area: 1862?, San Joaquin R. Calf.
Boat: 1862?, PERT 

Name: Alvord, Pliny A.
Area: 1858, U. Miss. R.
Boats: 1858, NORTHERNER 
Companies associated with: 1858, Northern Line Packet Company 

Name: Angle, George T.
Born: 1867, Alabama 
Wife: Carrie B., born 1975, Alabama.  Died befor 1930
Area: Coosa R.
Comments: 1910 Census of Gadsden, Etowah County, AL, is listed as a Steamboat Pilot
        : 1915, Dec. 13 issue of the Gadsden Evening Journal has him in Gadsden 
                        visiting his family and involved in the construction of 
                        Lock 3 on the Coosa R. 
        : 1920 Census of Gadsden, he is listed as a Steamboat Captain.
        : 1944, Dec. 18, Will I. Martin's column in The Gadsden Times has him as 
                         watchman of the WILLIE C. WAGNON
        : Thanks to Ken McCulloch for the information on this captain.

Name: Anderson, George
Boats: 1855, KATE SWINNEY 

Name: Anton, Robert
Boats: JULIA BELLE SWAIN 
  : 1988-1993: SPIRIT OF PEORIA 
Comments: 1993: He went to teaching school.

Name: Armstrong, Andrew J. of Ouachita County, Ark.
Boats: owner with James Scott of YALOBUSHA

Name: Armstrong, A. T., probably Alvin Tillman. Family records
       indicate this Armstrong was called Tim 
Area: Ohio R., Cumberland R.
Died: 1895, Feb. 2, See comments below.
Boat(s): 1879, owner of NAIL CITY and MONITOR, 
         1885, Master, H.K. BEDFORD
         1886-92, sometime between, master of JOHN FOWLER
         1893-95, Feb. 2, P.D. STAGGS
Comments: From the WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951
        : 1. 1895, Feb. 2, Capt. Armstrong died as a result
          of a knife wound he received on this boat when he tried to stop
          trouble caused by drinking.
        : Mentioned Here
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1. Name: Armstrong, John
Died: 1880, Feb. 2.  See comment below.
Area: Ohio R.
Boats: 1844-47, PIKE No.7
       c. 1867, purchased OSAGE, formerly one of Eads designed gunboats,
                a Civil War ironclad.  Owned this craft for one month
                before selling it. 
Companies Associated With: 1844-47, United States Mail Line
Comments: This captain was the last master of PIKE No. 7, off of which in
          1847 he retired.  He lived many years on a farm abreast of Locust
          Bar, above Madison, Ind.  He lived to be 90. 

Name: Armstrong, John A.
Area: 1906, Ouachita R., Ark.
Boats: 1906, purchased the 1900 GATE CITY

Name: Armstrong, J.S., pilot
Area: 1850, pilot on YANKEE on exploritory trip up Minn. R. 

Name: Armstrong, Thomas H., of Nashville, Tenn.  1. Way's
       indicates this Armstrong was called Tim
Area: Cumberland R.
Boats: 1874, owner of ALEX KENDALL
       1879, Master, DORA CABLER
       1882, Owner SAM J. KEITH
       1888, owner with Major L.T. Armstrong of L.T. ARMSTRONG
       1889-90, Capt. of WILLIAM PORTER
       1895, Capt. on WILL J. CUMMINS
       1903, Pilot on M.T. BRYAN
Comments: Mentioned Here

Name: Armstrong, William, clerk
Area: 1882, Mareitta-Parkersburg-Charleston
Boats: 1882, clerk on the 1882 LOUISE

Name: Ash, Leon, Madison, Ind.
Boats: trip Pilot, AVALON; master, towboat JASON: pilot/captain of towboats
       EVERGREEN, J.F. BUTTS, IROQOUIS
Comments: Very briefly, he was a trip pilot aboard the Belle of
          Louisville when it was the Avalon.  He was Master of
          the sternwheel towboat Jason in the 1940's. It was the
          last big steam powered towboat built (180' hull). He
          was also captain/pilot of the steam towboats Evergreen,
          J.F. Butts and Iroqouis (which became the Calvin Verity).
 
Name: Atchinson, Mark
Boat(s): FORTUNE: 1846, Apr., LYNX : 1849, Apr. 9, Capt. 
        of HIGHLAND MARY 
Area: U. Miss. R. 
Comments: Mentioned several times in this Article 

Name: Atkins, Carrol J.
Comments: 1865, was capt. of LIVE OAK when a lady waved him ashore,
          where the boat was set upon by confederate theives.

Name: Aumiller, Ephraim
Boats: late 1870's: Captain on the W. H. HARRISON : late 1890's: 
       Engineer on the JESSIE 
Area: Ohio R. 
Born: 1833, on Horse Cave Creek, Meigs County, Ohio.
Died: 1897, Feb. 21, Pomeroy, Ohio
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio,
          Wed. Feb. 24 1897

*Name: Avant, Nathan T.
Area: Miss and White Rs.
Boat: 1860, DR. BUFFINGTON
*Source: (see ** in DR. BUFFINGTON's listing)