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Name: Nanson, Joseph S.
Born: 1827, Fayette, Mo.
Boat(s): 1855, part owner with Holland, Josh B. of BANNER STATE
         1855, April, TROPIC
         1856, N. J. EATON; 1857, KATE HOWARD; 1859-60, JOHN D. PERRY
         1. 1857 or so, KATE HOWARD
         1. 1860, JOHN D. PERRY
         1. 1864, SHREVEPORT
Area: Mo. AND Red Rs.
Comments: from the Boone’s Lick Heritage 

Name: Nelson, John
Boats: INDEPENDENCE
Area: 1819, Mo. R.
Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly

1. Name: Nelson, John
Boats: 1848, Jan., DISPATCH
Area: 1848, Jan., Pittsburgh - Monongahela City, Pa.
Comments:  Though this capt. could be same as capt. above, the time
           frame is very long and the area is entirely different.

Name: Newcomb, Milt
Area: 1891-1907, Wabasha-St. Paul
Boats: 1891-1907, CYCLONE
       1907, Purchased rafter JUNIATA and renamed her RED WING 

Name: Neyland, A.A.
Area: 1881, Neches R., Tex.
Boats: 1881, D. VAN BUSKIRK
Comments: See source Article

Name: 	Neyland, William
Boats: 1860, purshased the SUNFLOWER from Capt. John Clements
Comments: See source Article

Name: Nicholes
Area: 1817, Miss. r.
Boat: 1817, CONSTITUTION
Comments: Source

Name: Nicholes, Charles
Area: Miss R.
Boat(s): 1907, Piloted the E. DOUGLAS

Name: Nolan, Robert, Jr.
Area: 1999, Cincinnati
Boats: 1999, SPIRIT of CINCINNATI

Name: Noland, E.W.B. 
Area: 1886, came out of Pine Bluff, Ark
Boat(s): 1886, E.W. COLE

1. Name: Noll, Martin F.
Area: 1901, Miss and Ohio Rs.
Boats: 1877, Was clerk on the new ANDES
       1878, was clerk on EXPRESS No. 2
       1880, At 31 yrs. of age was first master of SCOTIA
       1907-?? owned equal part of AVALON with
         Roe, Capt William E. and Pope, Capt. Ben S.
         Owned and opperated, 1910, May - 1911, LUCILLE NOWLAND
       1904, T.N. BARNSDALL, briefly
       1904, LEROY
       1910, With Capt. Harry Kraft, purchased the BESSIE SMITH, entire.
		Companies Associated With: Principal of
                           Ohio and West Virginia Transportation Company 

Name: Noll, J. Orville
Boat(s): VERNE SWAIN/ROSE ISLAND/CITY of MEMPHIS/ROOSEVELT. One boat had
          all of these names.  Do not know which she was when Noll was Capt.
       1911, was steward on NEW ORLEANS replica on its Pittsburgh-New Orleans run.
Area: Ohio R.
Comments:  From The Wheeling Intelligencer, Oct. 23, 1960 

Name: Norton, George W.
Died: 1868, Jan. 4, killed when HARRY DEAN exploded her port boiler.  Norton was a
            passenger.
Area: 1853, Wheeling-Louisville
      Ohio R. Wheeling, W. Va.
Boat(s): 1848: part owner of MARY STEPHENS
         1849-53, Capt. on GEO. W. KENDALL
         1853- early '54, Master of and owned 3/4 of ALVIN ADAMS and was its first capt..
         1857 or so, Master of 1853 EMPRESS
Companies Associated with: Wheeling Union Line, Dean Line
Comments: Mentioned in this Article

Name: Nye
Boat(s):
Area: Ohio R.
Comments:From The Tribune Telegraph,
         Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Feb. 24 1897
			  	


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