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3. Name: Haggerty, John
Area: 1862, San Joaquin and Mokelumne Rs., calf.
Boat: 1862, FANNY ANN
Name: Hall, Bengamin F.
Born: 1927, Ohio
Area: 1884, Ohio R.
Boats: H.B. PLANT
1886, Purchased the CHESAPEAKE at public auction
Comments: 1870 census, City of Williamstown, Wood county W.Va., occupation, S.B. Captain.
: 1880 census, Williams Dist., "seafaring".
: Mentioned in one paragraph of this Document.
Name: Hanford, John
Died: Stillwater, Mich
Area: 1840s, St. Croix R. Mich.
Source: ARTICLE
Name: Hanks, Stephen B.
Area: St Croix R., Minnisota.
Comments: formerly of Albany, Illinois, he piloted the first raft from
St. Croix Falls to St. Louis in 1842. He followed piloting
rafts and steamboats until 1885.
: Said to be a cousin to Abraham Lincoln.
Source: ARTICLE
Name: Hanks, Samuel S.
Area: 1840s - ??, St Croix R. Mich.
Comments: Brother of Stephen B Hanks
Source: ARTICLE
1. Name: Hanna, John
Died: 1863, Mar. 20
Area: 1840s-early 60s, Allegheny and Ohio Rs.
Boats: 1837, PULASKI
1842-43, Master and owner, ALLEGHENY BELLE
1850-60, ALLEGHENY BELLE No, 2, probably part owner with Brother William.
1850-59, Master, and owner with brother William, ALLEGHENY BELL No.3
1859-63, when he died, part owner with brother William, ALLEGHENY BELLE NO. 4
Comments: Oil City on Allegheny R., errected and ran oil warehouse.
: Brother to William Hanna (below).
1. Name: Hanna, William
Area: 1840s-early 60s, Allegheny and Ohio Rs.
Boats: 1842-43, Master and owner, ALLEGHENY BELLE
1846-, Master, AMERICAN STAR
1850-60, Master and owner, ALLEGHENY BELLE No, 2, probably in part with Brother John.
1850-59, Owner with brother John, ALLEGHENY BELL No.3
1859-63, Master, and part owner with brother John, ALLEGHENY BELLE NO. 4
Comments: Brother to John Hanna (above).
Name: Hannigan, Henderson of Kanawah County, W. Va.
Area: 1850-60, possibly Kanawah R.
Comment: info from Kanawah County Census, 1850 and 1860 via site visitor
Carol Booher
Name: Harcha, Manuel (possibly Harscha, Harchas)
Name: Hardy, Asa, 1st wife Jane Shook from New England. 2nd wife,
Miss Horton from Kentucky died in insane asylum. Brother John.
Boats: SUNFLOWER
Comments: Stepped on nail ????, Dec. 2. Died of lockjaw ????, Mar. 3
Name: Hardy, D.H.
Area: 1852, Upper White R.
Boats: 1852, Pilot of YOHOGANY
Comments: Source Article
A note on the Captains Harris: It is difficult to tell which brother
owned or captained which of the boats listed under their names.
Name: Harris, Daniel Smith, of Galena
Area: U. Miss R. Out of Galena
Boats: 1835 - 38, SMELTER
1843 - 45, OTTER
1846 - 1855 or so, WAR EAGLE
1848 SENATOR
1858, Mar., Capt. of GRAY EAGLE
1853, WEST NEWTON
1880s, GRAY EAGLE
Comments: *Daniel Smith Harris was made wealthy before becoming a steamboatman
by his lead mining activities in the Galena Area
: With brother, Robert Scribe Harris (below), owned and operated several boats.
: Mentioned in this Article
: Capt. D. S. Harris is mentioned in this Article
*Jones Worden's Steamboats and Steamboating Career by Frederick J. Worden
Name: Harris, Robert Scribe
Area: U. Miss R. out of Galena
Boat(s): ?1818? ?GRAY EAGLE No. 1?
1835-38, SMELTER
1843 - 45, OTTER
1846 - 1855 or so, WAR EAGLE
1848 SENATOR
1853, WEST NEWTON
1880s, GRAY EAGLE
Comments: Source
Comments: With brother, Robert Smith Harris, owned and operated several boats.
Mentioned in this Article
Name: Harrison,
Boat(s); 1879, COURIER
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: Notes from WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER,
June 24, 1951
Name: Harrison, Charles W. of Paducha
Area: Ohio and Miss. R.
Boats: 1845-54, part owner, HUNTSVILLE
1854-55, part owner, HUNTSVILLE No. 2
1854, Master, HUNTSVILLE No. 2
Name: Harry, Milt
Area: 1896, Feb., St. Louis-Memphis
Boats: 1885, JOHN S. BRANSFORD
1896, Feb., MARY MORTAN
Companies associated with: 1896, Feb., Diamond Jo Line
Name: Hartford, John
Comments: Mr. Hartford was a riverboat pilot of some many years experience.
He was also one of the river's premier banjo playing singers.
See his Web Site
Name: Hartley, D. A.
Area: Ohio R. 1880's?
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Mar. 31 1897
*Name: Hauenstein, William Henry, Tuscunbia, Mo. Obituary
Area: 1870, Osage R.
Also, Mo. R., St. Louis-Linn Creek trade
Boat: 1870, probably capt. of ALICE GRAY, his father's boat.
1883, designed and built FREDERIC
1909, sometime after, JOHN R. WELLS
Companies associated with; Osage and Missouri River Packet Company
Source: *Information from site visitor Kelly Hokkanen
Name: Hawley, Clarke (Doc)
Boats: Early 1960?, IDLEWILD
Companies: Early 1960s?, Steamer Avalon Company
Area:
Comments: Source
Name: Hazlep, Jacob
Boats: 1849, Feb. 17? when passing throughice flow TELEGRAPH No. 1 - See
1862-1865 EMPIRE CITY
* Name: Hazlett, A.C.
Boats: 1896, July 31, SUNSHINE
Name: Hazlett, Robert
Area: Zanesville, Oh, Muskingum R.
Boats: 1840s, Part owner of MUSKINGUM, RELIEF and MOXAHALA
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: Heckmann, Ed
Area: Mo. R. out of Hermann, Mo.
Boats: 1919-?22?, Capt. of JOHN HECKMANN
Comments: See
Name: Heckmann, Lewis, Sr.
Name: Heckmann, William L., Sr.
Boats: 1874, purchased the R.W. DUGAN
Name: Heckmann, William L. (Steamboat Bill)
Area: 1900s Mo. R. out of Herman Mo.
Boats: 1901-06, bought new the KENNEDY
1912, master of CHESTER
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage Quarterly.
Name: Hegler, Jacob Dice
Area: 1867, Louisville-Cincinnati
1871-75, Cincinnati-Kanawha River trade
1875, Cincinnati-Memphis and Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
1876, Little Rock-New Orleans
Boats: 1867-69, ANNIE LAURIE
1871-76, Jan., owner with Capt. McIntyre of KITTIE HEGLER
1876, with others purchased 1866 LOUISVILLE to use machinery in
GOLDEN CITY.
1876-82, Owner, with Capt Sterling McIntyre of GOLDEN CITY
1877 or so, owner with Capt. August Wohlt of HOPE
1883, Purchased GUIDING STAR
Companies Associated With: 1876, Southern Transportation Company
1877 or so, part owner of Hermann Ferry and Packet Co,
Herman, Mo.
Comments: 1886, With Capt. William F. McIntyer purchased a local Cincinnati
picnic grounds named Parker's Grove in early 1886 for a purchase
price of $17,500. The captains changed the name of the property
to Ohio Grove, Coney Island of the West, and added rides and
food stands.
Name: Heniken
Area: 1901, White R., Ark.
Boats: 1900-01, JESSIE BLAIR
Name: Herschberger (See)
*Name:Heritage, Firman C. (FC or Firm)
Born: 24 May 1838 or 1840 in Cincinnati Ohio
Died: 22 Feb 1917
Boats: During the civil war he was captain and pilot of one of the mail
blockade runners.
1881, Jan., CONDOR
1881, Feb., towboat LIBERTY probably same as LIBERTY No.4, below.
1881, Mar., pilot on the Kanawha towing steamer LIBERTY No.4
1882, July, J.R. PEEBLES
Name: Hicks, J. Frank
Boats: 1874, BELLE LEE
: 1876, owner, CARONDELET, with Capt. Alf Grissom
1878, had built the HENRY FRANK
Name: Hickman, James
Area: 1840s, St Croix R. Mich., U, Miss. R.
Source: ARTICLE
Name: Hill, Thomas B.
Area: 1857, U. Miss. R.
Boats: MINNESOTA BELLE
At one time the 1867 DUBUQUE
Owners associated with: Northern Line Packet Company
Comments: Mentioned in this Article
Name: Hissom, Ott
Boats: shortly after 1890, purchased T.D. DALE
: 1890, built the LEE H. BROOKS for Short trades around Cincinnati.
Name: Hodge, Clarence
Area: 1901, fall, Miss. R., Memphis - Vicksburg
Boats: 1901, Fall, Pilot on LUCILLE NOWLAND
Owners Associated With: 1901, Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Company
Name: Hoel, William R.
Boats: 1875, Nov. replaced former capt. on lighthouse tender LILLY
Name: Holland, ?I. B. or Josh .B.
Area: 1855, Mo. R.
Boats: 1851, May 27, part owner with Capt. Andrew Wineland of EL PASO
1855, Apr. 11, part owner with Capt. Joseph S. Nanson and others of
BANNER STATE when she was snagged and lost.
Name: Holmes, Richard
Boats: 4. 1870, Oct. NATCHEZ
1. Name: Honshell, Wash
Area: Ohio and Mo. Rs.
Boats: 1855, SCIOTO #2 (the 7th boat with that name);
1869, GOLDEN EAGLE; 1869, fall, LAWRENCE; 1872, GRANITE STATE #2;
1873 or so, owned part of POTOMAC #3; 1879, Part owner, CLIFTON #4
1876, TELEGRAPH #2
1879, with Capt. J.N. Williamson purchased the HUDSON
1883, part owner of BUCKEYE STATE #2 and maybe #3;
1884, GRANITE STATE - See
Also associated with BOSTON; BOSTONIA;
*Name: Hoobler, Thomas Benton, Lewis County, Ky.
Boats: At one time, VIGO
Comments: 1897, This captain was murdered at the door of his home by a man in
disguise who threw acid in his face.
: Hoobler's great-granddaughter, Marianne Jeanne Hoobler,
is the wife of football great, Roger Staubach
Name:Hoople, George D. Reference
Boat(s): 1860's?: CLIFTON, owner with others
Name: Hook, Isaac N.
Boats: 1855-56, master, FREEDOM
1858, built SILVER HEELS
1864, May also have been involved with the SILVER SPRAY
Comments: This capt was an inventor of things river. See Article
Name: Hornbrook, E.
Boat(s): Owner of HORNBROOK
Area: Ohio R.
Name: Hornbrook, Fred
Area: 1900, went to U.Ohio R. with TELEPHONE
1912 - 1915, Miss. R., Nashville excursions
Boats: 1885, Clerk on the 1870 FAVORITE
1897, shortly after, purchased with Capt. Harry Donnally the BESSIE SMITH
1900, Purchased the TELEPHONE
1910-18, RUTH
1912 - 1915, Owner with Capt. Harry Donnally, ABIGAIL , KLONDIKE
1916 for a few months, LORENA.
1914-18, owner of R. DUNBAR
1923, master of S.L. ELAM
1824- 27, Part owner and captain, GENERAL WOOD
1900, May, and for several seasons,
owner with Capt. Sam Williamson of the TELEPHONE
1915, purchased VIRGINIA for $2,775 and almost immediatly traded her as
part payment on the TELL CITY.
1916, Spring, with others purchased the TELL CITY
1924 - 25, With others owned OUACHITA
1934 until Feb. 15th, SENATOR CORDILL
Comments: 1924-27 was a principal of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Cincinnati Packet Company
Name: HORTON
Boat(s): 1897, Apr., GOLDENROD
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Apr. 28 1897
1. Name: Howard, Ben
Area: 1887, l. Miss. R., St. Louis - New Orleans
Boats: Mid 1870s? ARKANSAS BELL
1887, CITY of MONROE
1893, sometime after, the DICK FOWLER
*Name: Howell
Boats: 1847, early, HATCHEE PLANTER
1. Name: Hughes, Capt.
Area: Miss. R.
Boats: 1839, Part owner with James H. Lauderback of the 1839 AMAZON
1863-1869, Nov. 9, owner of the 2nd GEM
1. Name: Hughes, Jesse P.
Married: 1904, Telia Vasughn
Comments: Grandson of Capt. James H, Louderback
: Owned or was captain of many other boats.
: 1904, Capt. Hughs and bride took wedding trip to St. Louis aboard GREENLAND.
Name: Hulings, Harry B
Boats: 1914Purchased the burned out BESSIE SMITH
for parts for his new rowboat, the UNCLE SAM
1. Name: Humphreys, William H.
Boats: 1860, July, CHIPPEWA
Comments: 1860, July 2, with this captain as master of the CHIPPEWA,
it with the KEY WEST were the first two boats ever to
reach Fort Benton, Mont. on the U. Mo. R.
Name: Hunt, Campbell
Area: 1882 or so, Miss. R. St. Louis - St. Paul
Boats associated with: 1882 or so Pilot on GEM CITY
Companies associated with: 1882 or so, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company
1. Name: Hunter, Tom
Area: Ohio R.
Boats: 1880, GRANITE STATE
*1885, master of HUDSON
1887, master of GENERAL PIKE
1888, LOUIS A. SHERLEY
Name: Hunter, Walter
Boats: OTTUMWA BELLE
Name: Huntington, Ira B.
Boats: 1870, was a clerk on the EMMA GRAHAM
1879-87, Clerk on W.N. CHANCELLOR
1886, 1st clerk on BENTON McMILLIN
1896, Jan.-Sept. master of RUTH
1896, Master of the KANAWHA
At one time worked on CHESAPEAKE
Comments: Mentioned in this Document
Name: Hurd, Jacob S., Brother to Jesse Y Hurd.
Boat: 1864-6, W.R. CARTER
1. Name: Hurd, Jesse Y., Portsmouth, Ohio
Born: Franklin Furnace, Scioto, Ohio. Attended Marietta College. Brother
to Capt Jacob S. Hurd.
Died: 1867, Oct. 23, Portsmouth, Oh.
Area: 1856, Ohio. R.; 1861-2, U. Miss. R.
Boats: 1853-5, MADISON; 1855. EFFIE AFTON, 1856, GRANITE STATE;
1858-9, NORTHERN BELLE; 1861-2, ITASCA; 1865, ROBERT MOORE;
1866, MISSISSIPI; 1866, Jan. 30, the 3rd MISSOURI; ?1865?, MOLLIE ABLE
Companies Associated with:
1856, Galena, Dubuque, Dunleith and Minnesota Packet Company
1866, Atlantic and Mississippi Steam Ship Company
Name: A. M. Hutchinson
Area: 1881, Miss. R. St Louis - St Paul
Boats: 1881, GEM CITY
Companies associated with: 1881, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company
