Name: La Barge, John B.
Boats: 1867. With Joseph, M. LaBarge, Purchased WAR EAGLE for $20,000
Comments: Mentioned in this Article

Name: La Barge, Joseph Marie
Mother: Eulalie Alvarez Hortiz
Brother: Charles S. LaBarge
Wife: Pelagie
Daughters: Emilie, Octavia
Boats:    1831 Was Clerk on YELLOWSTONE.
          1838, Capt.of KANSAS.
          1843, Pilot of OMEGA.
          1846, Capt./owner GENERAL BROOKS.
          1847, with others had built MARTHA.
         *1849, built ST. ANGE
		  1851 When new, SONORA
         *1852, purchased the HIGHLAND MARY
       1. 1857, Capt. of A.C. GODDIN
          1855, June, pilot on 1855 ST. MARY
          1857-??, part owner with American Fur Company of SPREAD EAGLE
          1859, with others, had built, EMILIE LABARGE
          1861, CHIPPEWA
          1862, June, EMILIE
          1863, summer, Capt./owner, ROBERT CAMPBELL, JR. and ?SHREVEPORT?  
          1864, Purchased three quarters of the EFFIE DEANS for $40,000.
         *1866, OCTAVIA, named after Captain's. daughter.
          1867, With John B. LaBarge, purchased WAR EAGLE for $20,000.
          1867, Capt. of OCTAVIA.
          1876, JOHN M. CHAMBERS.
          18??, ST. ANGE
          1872-74, Built and piloted, DE SMET
Companies associated with: 1864, Owned EFFIE DEANS with Keokuk Packet Company
		  1857, American Fur Co.
          1862, started La Barge, Harkness & Company.
          1864, Company failed loosing La Barge $100,000.
Comments: The most acclaimed of rivermen during the Rocky Mountain fur
          trade era. See the Boone’s Lick Heritage
          1832, began his career.
          1899, died in St. Louis at age 84.
          He never lost or badly dammaged a boat.
Comments: *Another site - The Riverboats of Capt. LaBarge
        : Mentioned in this Article

Name: LaFaye, Manard
Boats: 1840s, SENATOR
Comments: Rounded Cape Horn in 7 mos. 17 days in SENATOR?.

Name: Lafferty, James
Boats: COOSA
Area: Coosa R.
Comments: Article on the COOSA

Name: Laffoon, Diana
Area: 1999, Nashville, Tenn.
Boat: 1999, MUSIC CITY QUEEN

Name: Lamont, Alex (?Lammond?) Way's uses Lamont
Areas: 1878, Ill. R. with J.M. KERR
Boats: 1863, part owner and master of ISLAND CITY
       For many years, BALD EAGLE
       1878 or so, part owner and master of J.M. KERR
       1898 or so master of GUS FOWLER
       1900, master of R.C. GUNTER

Name: Lamothe, William P./La Motte/La Mothe
Boats: 1. 1858, Had built, the 1858 R.J. LOCKWOOD
       1. 1864-?, Owner and master of the 1864 GLASGOW
Companies associated with: 1. 1867, St. Louis and Omaha Packet Company
Comments: The following statement is in the pension records:
          The statement is made that a man by the name of La Motte was
          Captain of the Glasgow, and that he had a son living in Upper Alton,
          Ill. and that he had written claimant that there were no records
          kept of the death of her husband. And that afterwards, the boat was
          burned and all books destroyed. I wrote to Will La Motte, Upper
          Alton, and letter returned uncalled for. 

Name: Langford, Ed
Area: 1955-60, Memphis, Tenn.
Boats: 1955-60, owner and Capt., MEMPHIS QUEEN II

Name: Lanham, F. C.
Area: 1897 Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
          Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Jan. 6 1897.

Name: Lapoint, Antoine
Area: 1840s, U. Miss. and St Croix Rs.
Source: ARTICLE 

Name: Laughton
Boat: 1857, Apr., GALENA
Comments:  Mentioned in this Article

Name: Larimer  Also see Queries
Area: 1844, Cincinnati-Wabash R.
Boats: WABASH VALEY

Name: Lauderback, James H., Wheeling, W. Va.
Boats: part owner with Capt. Jesse P. Huges of the 1839 AMAZON
Comments: Was grandfather of Capt. Jesse P. Hughes
		: Mentioned in this Document

Name: Law, George "Liveoak"
Boats: GEORGE LAWS/CENTRAL AMERICA
      ?1817, ONTARIO?
      1840s?: OREGON

Name: Larsen, H.
Area: 1908, Green R. Colo.
Boats: 1908, "COMET"
Companies Associated With:Green River Navigation Company
Comments: Source

Name: Lax, Hilmar  Source
Boat(s): 1937, SAINT PAUL, Pittsburg excursion captain
         WASHINGTON; PRESIDENT
       : Obituary

Name: Lay, Cummins
Boats:  1863: ALPHRETTA and LAURA MOORE  
Area: 1863: Coosa R. (Ga. and Ala.)

Name: Layhe, Buck
Boat(s): GOLDEN EAGLE

Name: Leach, John
Area: St. Croix R., Mich.
Home: Marine, Mich, then Stillwater, Mich.
Source: ARTICLE

Name: Leathers, Blanch Douglas
    Boats:1894 NATCHEZ VIII
    Comments: Wife of Leathers, Bowling S.
              Was one of the few women to obtain a masters licence.

Name: Leathers, Bowling S.
    Boats: NATCHEZ VIII
    Comments: Son of Leathers, Thomas P.

Name: Leathers, Thomas P.
Boats: 1846 - 1849, NATCHEZ I
       1849 - 1853, NATCHEZ II
       1853 - 1854, NATCHEZ III
       1854 or 55 - 1860, NATCHEZ IV
       1860 - 1863, NATCHEZ V
       1869 - 1879, NATCHEZ VI
       1879 - 1889, NATCHEZ VII
       1884, Managed the EDWARD J. GAY
       1891 - his death, NATCHEZ VIII        
       189?? - ?? T. P. LEATHERS
       1896 - June: Died after being struck by a bicyclist on St. Charles
              Ave. in New Orleans.  He was 80 yrs. old.
Comments: 1870, June 30, Was Capt. of NATCHEZ VI when she raced the
          ROBERT E. LEE.
Comments:  One Source
        : Brief Profile
    	: The Thomas P. Leathers Papers

1. Name: Leavitt, Charles P.
		 of Belleville, W. Va., *1884, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Boats: 1877, purchased with a Mr.Spencer, the BETTIE GILBERT
	   1882, Master of HENRY LOGAN
	   1883, built the GENERAL DAWES
	  *1884, July 5, Purchased the R.R. DAWES
             Also had an interest in HARRY D. KNOX
Comments: Was a Civil War vet and son in-law to Capt. Horatio Nelson Crooks.
		: Mentioned a few times in these Documents 1, 2

1. Name: Lee, James
Comments: Capt. James Lee founded the Lee Line of steamers.
		  out of Memphis.
          Lived most of his life in Memphis, Tenn.

1. Name: Lee, Peters
Boats:	c.1919 with Capt. D.Walter Wishard and others
				purchased REES LEE and converted her to
				excursion boat MAJESTIC.
		1928 purchased DESOTO (The 8th one)
		c.1936 purchased with others the JO HORTON FALL
			   and converted to excursion boat VALLEY QUEEN	
		1934 - 1936 JOE CURTIS
Comments: Capt. Peters Lee was closely Associated with
			The Lee Line of steamers, so it is hard to
			tell which of his boats were actually
			Lee Line boats.
		: Became Manager of Valley Steamers Line after 
			consolidation of the Lee Line with The Delta Line.

1. Name: Lee, Robert E. of Memphis Tenn.
Died: 1942, June 12
Comments: This Robert E. Lee was the son of
		  Capt. James Lee, Jr. and the grandson of
		  James Lee, who founded the Lee Line of steamers.
		: His mother was Rowena Bayless Lee.
		: His son was named Robert E. Lee, Jr.

1. Name: Lee, Stacker
Boats: 1882 Capt. of 1st JAMES LEE a Lee Line boat
Comments: The steamer STACKER LEE was named after this Capt.

Name: Legere, Edward
Boats: Sometime between 1897 and 1952, AUCOCISCO
Area: Cosco Bay, Maine

1. Name: Lenaillier, G.E.
Area: 1860-69, Red River-New Orleans
Boats: 1960-?69?, Owner, with others of NINA SIMMES

Name: Leonard, Jack
Boat(s): 1896, JOHN K. SPEED
       : 1897, May, Mate on QUEEN CITY
Area: Ohio R.
Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph,
           Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. May. 12 1897

1. Name: Lepper, W.C.
Area: Ohio and miss Rs.
Boats: 1915, OHIO
       1916, HOMER SMITH
Associated with: Security Steamboat Company

Name: LeRoy
Area; 1853, Dec., California - Panama
Boat 1853, Dec., CALIFORNIA
Comments: Source

Name: Lewis, Jacob
Area: Ohio R., ?pre-1835?

1. Name: Lightner, A. S.
Area: 1882-96, St. Louis - Vicksburg
Boats: 1882-96, CITY of CAIRO (the 3rd one)

Name: Lightner, J.H.
Boats: 1862, Dec., Master of DUCHESS on her only trip as a packet, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati

Name: Liles, John M. (Possibly Lyles)
Area: Sabine R., Texas
Boat(s): 1800s, late, owner with Capt. Sam Allidice of the NECHES BELLE
Comments: 1873, Burr's Ferry, Tex., Was first postmaster
		: See source Article

Name: List, Charles (D?)
Boats: *1879, Dec. went as clerk on ST. LAWRENCE
Comments: With William (below) was principal of
          Parkersburg & Ohio River Transportation Company 

Name: List, William M.
Boats: 1880 - 1882?: SIDNEY
	   1884 through Sept.?, master of ST. LAWRENCE
Comments: * Oct. 1884 elected president of the Commercial Bank of Cincinnati, Oh.
		: Mentioned in this Document  also see 
Comments: With Charles (above) was principal of
          Parkersburg & Ohio River Transportation Company 

1. Name: Litten, S. Walker
Boats: 1886, EMMA
       1889, D.B. BURNS
       1893, C.H. WOODS
       1895, FAVORITE
       1912, Master of LIBERTY

Name: Livingston, Robert
Boats: CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON

Name: Lohman, Louis Charles, of Jefferson City, Mo.
Area: Osage R., Missouri.
Boats: 1873, sometime after-1885, the 1872 EMMA
             Also possibly, *HUGO, BLACK DIAMOND, CARRIER, EDNA, VIOLA BELLE  
Comments: *Son of Charles F. Lohman
        *Information from family records of Lee Lohman, GGG grandaughter of
         Charles F.   

1. Name: Louderback, James H.
Boats: 1839, part owner and master of the 1839 AMAZON with Capt. Jesse P. Huges
Comments: Was grandfather of Capt. Jesse P. Hughes
		: Mentioned in this Document

Name: Loving, Bill (Will)
Area: 1870-80s, Sabine and Neches Rs., Tex.
Boats: * was pilot on the NECHES BELLE
       *Pre 1885-88, owner with Capt Pearl Bunn of the VICKSBURG

Name: Lozier, Dale Meanley
Area: 1999, Memphis, Tenn.
Boats: 1999, MEMPHIS QUEEN

Name: LUCAS, M.E. of Steubenville, Oh.
Boat(s): 1847, MARY STEPHENS
         1848, owner of ZACHARY TAYLOR
         1851, Spring, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
         1853, Sept. 12, Capt of U.S. MAIL when snagged and lost, Atchison,
               Ks, Mo. R. 
         1853, 1st Capt. and part owner of FANNY FERN
         1856, Apr., Owner, LADY FRANKLIN
Comments:  Mentioned in this Article

Name: Ludwick
Area: Miss. R.
Comments: Source

Name: Lusk, W.J.
Boats: 1861, Mar., BELLE CREOLE

Name: Lyles, John See Liles, John M. above

* Name: Lyon, John
Died: 1884, Nov. 14, fell dead on streets of Zanesville, Oh.
            He was 65 years of age.
Comments:

3. Name: Lysle
Area: 1850s, Sacramento R. Calif.
Boats: 1850s, early, J. BRAGDON