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Name: Bailey, Charles M.
Born: 1835, McKeesport, Pa. to Joseph M. and Nancy Bailey
Boats: Sub-Pilot on SHRIVER and JENSEE, Pittsburgh - West Newton, Pa.
1854-60, mate on HERCULES
Comments: info from Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; personal and genealogical. Vol. 2
Name: Baird, Abner
Area: 1866, U. White R.
Boats: 1866, JUSTICE
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
*Name: Bagby, James Thompson
Boats: 1876, summer, took command of the VIGO
Comments: Was brother-in-law of John McAllister, builder of the FANNIE DUGAN
Name: Baker, Charles K.
Boat(s): 1865: With Conrad, Jacob, was Co-owner of CORNELIA
Home: St. Louis
More information: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled by John Hartford, river musician.
Comments: see genealogy query Also See
Name: Baldwin, C. H.
Area: West Coast
Boat(s): BROTHER JOHNATHAN/COMMODORE
Name: Ball, Bill
Boats: 1882, was master of LADY LEE when was snagged and lost.
Associated with: The Star Line while master of LADY LEE
Name: Ballard, Joe
Died: 1911
Area: Kentucky R.,
Boats: TELL CITY,
Source: Historic Harrison County Riverboats
Name: Ballard, Richard
Boats: TELL CITY
c. early 1880s?, JAMES GUTHRIE
Source: Historic Harrison County Riverboats
Name: Barlow, Augustus
Area: 1840 - ? St Croix and Miss. Rs.
Source: ARTICLE
Name: Barr, John Christie
Boat(s):
Companies worked for: Powers and Raker Line
1. Name: Barre, William E.
Died: 1914, Feb. 14, when GEM burned
Area: 1910, Nov. 23,- 1914, Feb. 14, N.O. - Bayou Sara trade
Boats: 1910, Nov. 23,- 1914, Feb. 14, GEM
1. Name: Barren, George
Area: 1903, L. Miss. R.
Boat(s): 1903, Sept., W.T. SCOVELL
Name: Barnes, Robert
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897
* Name: Bartlett, A
Boats: cir. 1845, REVENUE
1. Name: Batchelor, Charles W. of Pittsburgh, Pa. 1823 - 1896
Born: Was a native of Steubenville, Oh.
Area: 1839-52, Mostly Pittsburgh-Cincinnati trade but also Allegheny,
Monongahela, Ohio and Mississippi Rs.
Boats: 1841, Apprentice pilot on TIOGA, Captain Henry Mason, when she went up Missouri
R.to the site which was later to become Kansas City.
1845, Pilot on FULTON. Pilot on the 1st PRAIRIE BIRD
1846 - ?48?, Piloted CLIPPER #2 for three seasons.
Said she was hard to steer. He finally got off to "go home to die",
which he didn't.
1848, made one trip as capt. of the SHENANDOAH
1849, piloted the NOMINEE
1849-52, Capt. and part owner of HIBERNIA #2
1850, 1852, Capt and part owner of the 1852 ALLEGHENY;
1853, supervised construction of AMERICUS
1859, Apr. purchased the ALLEGHENY BELLE #3 for Louisiana Tehauntepc Co.
1862, Supeintended construction of the MARY E. FORSYTH
1863, Supeintended construction of the NORMAN, purchased the hull
of the 3rd PARAGON, under construction, then sold the finished
boat to a Capt. Donnally of Cincinnati.
1863-64, Owned DARLING
1864, E & N Porter Yard, Louiville, Ky.:
Directed the building of the W. R. ARTHUR for Capt Dan Able
1864, Supervised building of GUIDON, Supervised building of the W.R. ARTHUR
1885, Oct 7, master of GENEVA during parade at west Bellevue, Pa.
*At one time Also owned or built EUNICE, LUCY GWIN, PARAGON,
GEORGE W. GRAHAM, EMMA DUNCAN, and the LAC LABELLE
1885, Master GENEVA - F.Y. BATCHELOR
Companies associated with: 1853, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Line
1864 with DARLING of the Dean Line
Comments: 1841, on Kansas City trip this pilot was so attracted to a white
girl who was living with the the Indians there, that he considered
leaving the boat and marring her, but he didn't.
: Capt. Batchelor's Obituary
: More information and a photo: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled
by John Hartford, river musician.
: See Letter
Name: Batchelor, Frank Y.
Boats: 1870, Feb.-1871, Jan. 15, Owner with others of EDINBURGH
Name: Bateman, Morgan Magness
Area: 1858, Upper White R., Ark.
Boats: 1852, MARY L. DAUGHERTY
1858, MARY PATTERSON
1866, SALLIE LIST
1870, R.P. WALT
Name: Bates, David G.
Boat(s): PUTNAM
Comments: Source
1. Name: Beard, Hugh H.
Area: 1857-60 at least, of New Orleans
Boats: 1857, Sept. - 185?9?, UNION (The 6th one)
1860-61: Built and owned DE SOTO
1. Name: Beasley, Benjamin F.
Area: 1859-60, Mo. R.
1870, U. Miss. R.
Boats: 1856, EXCEL
1859-60, COL. GUS LYNN
1861, MEDORA
1865, owner with others, PRINCESS
1875, owner with Thomas Voorhees, UTAH
Name:Beatty, J.F.
Boats: 1897, owner and captain of JOHN D. LEWIS
Area: 1897, Ohio R., Paducah, Kentucky
Comments:From The Tribune Telegraph
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Feb. 24 1897
Name: Beauchamp, Joseph
Boats: During Civil War, RED ROVER, hospital ship.
Comments:The information that I have came from a Civil War Pension file
claimed by my ancestors widow. My ancestor was first known as Actg.
Ensign Jos. Beauchamp, then later refered to Capt. Joseph Beauchamp.
(USS Red Rover/Civil War) His family states he left on the steamer
Glasgow from St. Louis bound for New Orleans, final destination was
Vera Cruz. (Going south for health) This was in April 1871. He died
in Vera Cruz May 21 1871.
: This info is from site visitor, Pat Hammons
Name: Beebee, James
Boat(s): 1836, towboat TIGER, owner
: 1839? towboat AMAZON
: 1841, towboat PLANTER owner
Area: Ohio R.
Commets: Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA,
WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951
1. Name: Beaver, George S. of St. Marys, W. Va.
Boats: 1904, Capt. of T.N. BARNSDALL and possibly LEROY and ROYAL
1912,May-1913, Jan., part owner, ORIOLE
Companies Associated with: 1904-Ohio and West Virginia Transportation Company
Comments: George was associated in ownership of ORIOLE with family members Elmer
and Charles Beaver, New Matamoras, Oh..
Name: Beedle, Hi
Area: 1882, U. Miss. R. St Louis - St. Paul
Boats associated with: 1882 or so, Pilot on GEM CITY
Companies associated with: 1882, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company
Name: Belk, John M.
Boats: At times commanded the FAR WEST
Area: Mo. R.
Comments: was co-owner of refreshment stand on steamboat at 13.
5 yrs. later got his first experience at the wheel on the when he
signed on as errand boy on the EVENING STAR.
Name: Belt, Francis T.
Boats: 1852, Apr. 9, was master of SALUDA when she blew her boilers
Comments:, Died when SALUDA blew up. See boat for info.
: Brother to Lloyd T. Belt, below. See
Name: Belt, Lloyd T.
Area: 1847, Ill. R.
1868, Mo. R.
1870s, St. Louis - Shreveport
1876, New Orleans - Bayou Teche trade
Boats: 1847, owner w/ brother Francis of PLANTER, the 1st one.
1868, ARABIAN
1873, GEORGE C. WOLFF Was master when boilers blew up.
1878, owner, JOHN M. CHAMBERS
1886, TECHE, the 2nd one.
Companies Associated with: Bayou Teche Packet Company
Comments: Brother to Francis T. Belt, above. See
Name: Benjamin, Frank
Area: Coosa R.
Boat: 1870's: Magnolia
Comments: Source
Name: Bennett, Anson G.
Areas: Mo. R.
Operated Bennett's Landing at Cote sans Dessein
Boats: Yellowstone to Ft. Benton 1833
Comments:
Name: Benson, John, G.
Areas: 1868, Louisville-New Orleans
1869, New Orleans-Vicksburg
Boats: 1868-69, master of JOHN KILGOUR
* 1870s, late, Part owner and master of GOVERNOR ALLEN
Comments:
Name: Bernstein, Alan
Area: Covington
Boats: RIVER QUEEN
Name: Bersie
Area: 1846, U. Miss. R.
Boat(s):MONONA
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
1. Bezeau
Boats: 1866, May 16, CITY of MEMPHIS when she blew up.
Comments: See
Name: Bickerstaff, S.J.
Area: Miss. R., Ohio R.
Boats: 1847, VICTRESS; 1878, JOHN PORTER
Name: Biggs, R.M. or P.M. of Ashland, Ky.
Died: Killed when HARRY DEAN exploded.
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: Bixby, Horace E.
Born: 1826, May 8, Genesco, NY Died: 1912, Aug. 1, Maplewood, Mo.
Note: Many of these links will not work until I get the time to complete
the other ends. Dave.
Boats: 1844, Clerk on OLIVIA, 1846, Pilot on same.
HUNGARIAN first pilot job.
1850s?, Pilot of PAUL JONES,
1852 or so, MATTIE WAYNE piloted her at one time.
1862, Feb., Pilot of ALECK SCOTT
1865, BERTRAND No. 2
1866, RUBICON
1870s?, CITY OF BATTON ROUGE
1871, OCEANUS
1874, CITY of ALTON No. 2, ownde 1/4 of her.
1881, CITY of BATON ROUGE
1885, CITY of NATCHEZ
1887, CRYSTAL CITY
1895, BELL MEMPHIS
Companies Associated with: 1850s, Railroad Line
1864, Eads, James B.
1865, Montana and Idaho Transportation Company
187?-90, Anchor Line
Comments: 1860, Married Susan Weibling, she died 1867
1868, Jan. 2, Married Mary Sheble, daughter of Capt. Edwin A.
Sheble of St Louis, she outlived him.
: A grand old man of the Lower Mississippi, New Orleans trade.
Took young Samuel Clemens on as cub pilot on the PAUL JONES.
Primary Source: 1.
Name: Blair, Walter
Area: U. Miss. R.
Boats: 1870s? SILVER WAVE
1880s? SILVER CRESCENT
1901-19, Owner, URANIA/HELLEN BLAIR
1912-12, Owner of COLUMBIA
*Name: Blake, William
Boats: 1862, Apr., FAR WEST
1. Name: Blake, W.C.
Area: 1873-76, L. Miss.R
Boats: 1873-?76?, JULIA
Name: Blakeley, Russell
Area: 1847, U. Miss R.
Boats: 1846, ARGO: 1854, Apr., NOMINEE
1847, fall, DR. FRANKLIN
Comments: Mentioned several times in this Article
: 1854, Was one of Stockholders of the Galena and Minnsota Packet Company
Name: Blakeman, C. (See)
Name: Blanchard, Max
Area: 1890, Running New Orleans-Bayou Lafourch
Boat(s): 1890, E.W. COLE
Note: Over time, The Blanks Family owned 20-some boats. There were
5 Capts. Blanks. Some of the links in the "Blanks" listings will
not yet lead to the boat. In many instances it is difficult to tell
if one Blanks or another owned a given boat or was just the captain.
Will fill in all all the blanks when I get the time.
Name: Blanks, Fred A. See Obituary
Boats: 1867, OUACHITA (No. 1).
1868, Feb., Capt. VICKSBURG (No. 2)
1869, Master, TAHLEQUAH (No. 2)
1870-78, Part owner and capt. of OUACHITA BELLE
1879, FRED A. BLANKS (No. 1)
1867, May, Master, IDAHOE
1867 and '74, sometime between, Lottawana
1873-'77, sometime between, Bannock City
1877, Master, BASTROP,
1880-89, Sometime between, H. Hanna Blanks
1885, JOHN H. HANNA
?1900? or so, FRED A. BLANKS No. 2
RUTH
Companies Associated With: Part owner, Ouachita River Line
Part owner, Ouachita River Consolidated Line
Associated with - New Orleans and Ouachita Transportation Company
Name: Blanks, J. W.
Boat(s): 186?8?-69, July, OUACHITA
1868, IDAHOE
1869, CORNELIA,
1877, JOHN H. HANNA
1880, Owner, H HANNA BLANKS
More information: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled by
John Hartford, river musician.
1. Name: Blashford, David, of Cincinnatti, Oh.. *Also lived in Newport, KY.
Born: *Pennsylvania
Area: 1841, Made trip up Mo. R. to what later became the town of Kansas City.
*1860 census, Campbell County, KY, listed as Riverboat pilot, age 55.
Boats: 1841, TIOGA
Comments: *from site visitor, Sue Taylor
: C.W. Batchelor was pilot on Kansas City trip.
Name: Blue
Area: Cir. 1848, out of Zanesville, Oh.
Boats: built the PUTNAM
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: Blunt
Area: 1853, Dec. California - Panama
Boat: 1853, Dec., WINFIELD SCOTT
Comments: See Source
Name: Blunt, Charles Sr.
Comments: rose from deck hand to Capt. in just 3 yrs.
Lost one boat to a boiler explosion while transporting Civil War
troops. Lost another in an ambush by rebels.
Name: Blunt, Charles, Jr.
Comments: Stayed with same co. for 45 yrs.
Rode out a tornado that took the boat's superstructure from
behind his head.
Name: Boardman, W. T. of New Orleans
Boats: 1871 had built the JOHN T. MOORE
1. Name: Bofinger, James
Boats: 1862, Nov. Purchased part of CITY of MEMPHIS
Area: 1862, St. Louis - New Orleans
1. Name: Bofinger, John N.
Companies Associated with: 1869, Pres. of St. Louis and New Orleans Packet Company
1. Name: Boies
Boats: 1850, late or early 1860s, ALVIN ADAMS
Companirs Associated With: 1850, late or early 1860s, U.S. Mail Line
1. Name: Boisseau, Joseph of Shreveport, La.
Born: *1829, January 23, Dinwiddie County, Va. Died:
Area: 1854, Alexandria-Shreveport
Boats: 1854, Owner, MARION (The 1st one)
1861, Owner, M.E. ALLEN
*186? Capt. of COTTON and of NEWSBOY, owner of *TRENT
Comments: *From Boisseau Biography
Name: Boland, Asa P.
Boats: 1889, Sept. 15: BENTON
Comments: BENTON was snagged and sank on that day. Boat was raised.
Name: Boland, James P.
Boats: 1889: With T.J. Sims, purchased the BENTON
Comments: 1897, was captain on 1875 Benton when she came to drawbridge and got
sideways and backed into submerged piling, holing her hull.
In sinking condition the boat floated down under the bridge
and tore off her upper works, and was wrecked.
1. Name: Booth, Asa
Boats: 1900, owner and Capt., LIBERTY
Comments: I suspect this man is same as Capt. A.B. Booth, below - d.
Name: Booth
Name: Booth, A.B.
Boats: 1876, master of EXPRESS No. 2
1879, DIURNAL
Name: Booth, Charles H.
Born: October 3, 1816, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Died: Friday, August 23, 1884, Parkersburg, W. Va. of Malarial Fever.
See Obituary
Boat(S): 1876, part owner with Capt. Steve Thompson of TELEGRAM
1879, MALLIE RAGON
: 1882, WELCOME
1883, Clerk on PRINCE, Wheeling-Clarington
Area: Ohio R.
Companies: 1882, Pres. of Wheeling, Parkersburgh & Cincinnati Transportation Co.
Later(?) was vice chairman *
Comments: From the WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951
: From the Wheeling Intelligencer, July 6, 1882,
:
Name: Booth, Horatio
1. Name: Booth, John K.
Area: 1857-62, Apr., Wheeling-Parkersburgh, occasionally to Cincinnati
1860's, Ohio R.
Boats: 1857-62, Apr.,owner of LIBERTY with others
1861, built LIBERTY No. 2 to replace 1st. LIBERTY, above. (The dates
are from Way's, 1.. They do not match up. ???)
1863, sometinme after, owner, ALLEGHENY BELL No. 4
1879, built the DIURNAL
1884, *Dec. 4, Purchased 1/3 interest in the TELEGRAM From Capt. James Gatt
1885, purchased control of the TELEGRAPH
1889-96, LIBERTY (the 3rd one)
Comments: Mentioned in article, The Wheeling Register, March 31, 1879
Name: Booth, J. Wilkes
Name: Booth, Sam D.
Name: Booth, T. Kent
Name: Booth, Walter C.
Name: Booth, William F.
Name: Boren, Cole
Area: 1890, July-Oct. Cairo-Tiptonville
Boats: 1890, July, with others purchased the EVANSVILLE
Comments: Possibly a principal in the Cairo and Tiptonville Packet Company
Name: Bosworth, Benajah of Lexington, Ky.
Boat: KENTUCK'
Comments: father to Collin, below.
*Name: Bosworth, Collin, d. 1824, Aug., of feaver.
Wife: Nancy, d. 1824, Aug. of feaver. (Lexington, KY newspaper report)
Area: Miss R., probably Nashville-New Orleans
Boats: 1819?-24, HOPE (listed as owner by 1820 New Orleans Census)
Comments: Son to Benajah, above.
: 1824, summer, Capt. was in a steamboat explosion the summer before
his death. (Lexington, KY newspaper report.)
: * information from Ella R. Hauser, Mich..
Name: Bowen, William Flint, of Zanesville, Ohio
Died: ?1849 or 50? in Mexico, See
Area: 1846, Pittsburgh-Zanesville
Boats: At one time MUSKINGUM out of Zanesville
1846, owner at least in part of DEL NORTE
later, part owner of same with Ellmaker & Viosca of New Orleans
Comments: Capt. Bowen was killed in 1849 o4 50 after he
took the DEL NORTE to Texas sometime after 1846.
See Family History
Name: Bowen, William
Boats: 1868, EMMA No. 2
1. Name: Bowers, E.Eugene
Area: L. Miss. R.
Boats: 1864-66, Feb. 26., PEYTONA
Companies associated with: 1864-66, Atlantic and Mississippi Steamship Company
1. Name: Bowman, George W.
Area: 1848, Pittsburgh - St. Louis
Boat(s): 1848, SHENANDOAH; 1856, Apr. 3, J.M. CONVERS
Name: Bowman, Sam, of Hannibal, Mo. Brother to Capt. Bart Bowmen
Area: Miss. R.
Boats: 1861 or so, G. W. GRAHAM
1866, pilot on HENRY VON PHUL
1871, pilot on MOLLIE MOORE
Comments; Died of yellow feaver and was burried on Miss. R. Bank. Years
later the riverbank began to crumble and Samuel Clemens paid to
have body properly reburied.
1. Name: Bowman, W.S.
Area: Cumberland R.
Boats: 1879, owner with J.W. Lovell of the C.N. DAVIS
cir. 1867, clerk on ELLA HUGHS
1895, master of I.T. RHEA
1898, Was first master of J.B. RICHARDSON
Comments: Mentioned Here
Name: Brasie
Comments: Source
Name: Braun, Rick
Area: 1999, Louisville
Boats: 1999, SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON
Name: Brazure, John of Cincinnati, Oh.
Boats: 1845, Dec. 19, when she was snagged and sunk, BELLE ZANE
Name: Breitenbach, Harold
Area: 1999, Ill. R, Peoria , Ill.
Boat: 1999, July, SPIRITE of PEORIA
Name:Briggs
Boats: 1897, May, Purchased FRANK GILMORE
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897
Name: Brink, Andrew
Area: 1807, Hudson Bay
Boat: 1807, CLERMONT
Comments: See
Name: Brinkley
Boats: 1913, July, JAMES LAUGHLIN
Source
1. Name: Brinker, H.J., Jr.
Area: New Orleans - Shreveport
Boats Associated With: 1903, Sept., W.T. SCOVELL
Owners Associated With: 1903, Sept., Red River Line
Comments: 1903, Sept, The W.T. SCOVELL sank. Was re-floated.
Name: Brisco, A.J.
Area: 1853, Apr. To leave Louisville for Ohio and Tenn. Rivers.
Boats: 1853, Apr., TISHOMINGO
Name: Broadfoot, Leslie R.
See: Obituary
Name: Broadwell, Lewis W.
Boats: 1856, ECLIPSE
1. Name: Brolaski, Harry C.
Boat(s): 18?? - 1871, Jan., W. R. ARTHUR
: 1904, CORWIN H. SPENCER
Owners Assoiated With: 1904, World's Fair Navigation Company
Comments: 1871, Jan., Island 40; W. R. ARTHUR'S boilers exploded. Burning,
she floated down to Redman's Point and sank. Lost 45 souls.
Chief Engineer was blamed. His licence was revolked.
: More information: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled by
: John Hartford, river musician.
1. Name: Brookhart, John
Boats: 1879, clerk on W.N. CHANCELLOR
* 1884, become master of HARRY D. KNOX More
At one time, CHESAPEAKE
1. Name: Brookhart, Henry, of Belpre - Pilot
Boats: * 1884, Oct., was schedualed to be pilot on HIBERNIA
1896, Wheeling-Parkersburg trade, With Jesse P. Hughes,
was pilot of the ARGAND under Capt. Mary B. Green
1896, was pilot with Henry Ollom on KANAWHA under
Capt. I.B. Huntington
Comments: Mentioned in this Document.
1. Name: Brookhart, William F. - pilot
Boats: *1884, pilot on the ST. LAWRENCE
1885, Nov. 26, was pilot on watch when EMMA GRAHAM
backed over stave barge and sank.
1886, pilot with Aaron McLaughlin on BENTON McMILLIN
1890, pilot with Aaron McLaughlin on CONGO
1922, a pilot on the GENERAL CROWDER
Name: Brooks, Benjamin
Area: Mo. R.
Comments: Source - From a site visitor;
I have a ggg-uncle, a CAPT. BENJAMIN BROOKS, who made trips
on the Missouri River for the U.S. government. He brought
supplies to the Northwest Territory in the early 19th Century
When he retired he opened a ship's Chandlers shop on the
riverfront in St. Louis. His two sons, Clarence and Benjamin
were both boat carpenters in 1852. I am sorry I do not know
the name of the ship he may have captained. I searched your
listings, but did not find him.
I am hoping you may have run across these names in your
historical searches, or you can direct me to someone who might
know about the ferrys on the Merrimac River.
I would appreciate any help you could provide.
Regards, Bonnie
Name: Brown
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: Notes from The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Aug. 18 1897
Name: Brown, William T.
Died: 1857, Nov. 26 in PENNSYLVASNIA'S collision with the VICKSBURG.
Boats: 1850: Owner/Capt. NEW WORLD
1857: Nov. 26, was a pilot on PENNSYLVANIA when she collided with the
VICKSBURG
Comments: In his book Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain described Brown as
a tyrant.
Name: Bryant, Billy and Family
Boats: 1907, PRINCESS
Comments: Showboatsman
Name: Bryson, Lon
Boats: 1873, R.W. DUGAN
Name: "Captain Buck" Reference
Name: Buckman
Boats: NORTH AMERICAN
Area: Hudson R.
Comments: Source
Name: Budd, P. R.
Boat(s): 1890's:IDA BUDD, PACIFIC
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: From: Notes from The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Aug. 18 1897
Name: Buisson, Nicholas See Owners B
1. Name: Bumgardner, Harry
Area: 1907, Vicksburg, short trades
Boats: 1906-08, Master, ROSALIE M
Comments; from site visitor Ben Denison
Harry Bumgardner worked aboard two snagboats, the J.S. Wright, and
the McComb. They worked the Mississippi River from Natchez to Alton
Ill. If anyone has any info would sure appreciate knowing about it.
Name: Bunn, Pearl
Areas: 1881-88 (give or take) Sabine and Neches Rs., Tex.
Boats: pre 1881-88, owned with Capt. Bill Loving the VICKSBURG
1888, built with Capt Loving, the NECHES BELLE
Comments: See source Article
Name: Burch, Hiram, of Marietta
Boats: * 1868, Jan. 4, Pilot on HARRY DEAN when she blew a boiler.
Comments: Severly injured in HARRY DEAN explosion.
Name: Burch, Shewrood, of Sabine, Tex.
Area: 1874, Angelina R., Tex.
Boats: CAMARGO
Comments: See source Article
Name: Burdeau, J. T.
Boat(s): 1861, PLANET
Area: 1861, Miss. R. out of New Orleans
1. Name: Burke, Owen F. of Mobil, Ala.
Area: L. Miss. R.
Boats: 1912-14, ELECTRA
1916-19, owner, M.A. BURKE
Name: Burke, William Source and Pictures
Boats: 1879 - 1906: PITTSBURGH/DEBUQUE (same hull)
Comments: PITTSBURGH was destroyed by tornado. DEBUQUE was built on
its hull. Burke remained the Captain of her through this and
a sinking by snag, raising and through two owning companies,
The Diamond Jo Line and Strekfus Steamers, for a total of 27
years of service on this hull.
Name: Burleigh, T.(Tim) B.
Area: 1875, U. Mo. to Fort. Benton
Boats: 1875, Mar. - 1876, May 14 at least, CARROLL
Comments: took CARROLL to Fort Benton, 1876. May, 14 was first to arrive that spring.
Name: Burnsides, Joe
Area: 1881 and 82 Big Kanawa R.
Boats: 1881-82 at least, towboat LIBERTY No.4
Comments: Source
Name: Burton, Walthall
Area: Atchafalaya, Miss. and 1. Mo. Rs.
Boats: 1. 1863, possibly the CALYPSO. Capt. listed only as "Burton"
Comments: from Tulane University's web site
"Burton, Walthall , papers, 1840-1866, 84 items,
Manuscripts Collection 431. Business papers of Walthall
Burton, a steamboat captain on the Atchafalaya and the
Mississippi Rivers. He later became a plantation owner in
St. Landry Parish"
Name: Burr, G.B.
Area: 1870s, early, Neches R. Tex.
Boats: 1870s, early, ERA No. 8, FLORA
Comments: See source Article
Name: Burrass, John
Area: ?Mo. R.?
Comments: A bell said to have been used by this captain on his boats is
on display in Arrow Rock Missouri. The bell was cast by
C.W. Coffin of Cincinnati, Oh. at the Buckeye Bell Foundry
in 1855.
Name: Bushnell, Daniel
Boats: 1840s?, WALTER FORWARD
