Name: Raines, William Cummins
Born: 1839, Racine, Wi.     Died: 1922
Area: Miss and Mo. Rs.
Comments: Said by g. g. grandson to have ferried troops to Vicksburg during
          siege.  Lived in Mo., possibly in Hannible area.  Ferried
          troops to Vicksburg durring the siege. His name was William
          Cummins Raines, born in Racine, WI in 1839. I beleive he may
          have lived in the Hannable, MO area. I know he lived in MO.
          He died in 1922. 

Name: Ranson, Louis
Boats: 1853, Part owner, MARY FOLEY, Enrolled, No. 71, Apr. 8, 1853,(ship
            registers and enrollments New Orleans, La. Vol. 5)
       1. 1878, May, Master, CLARA S 

Name: Rawley, James, Jr.
Boats: 1890's, mid to late: WILL J. CUMMINGS, H. M. STANLEY, KANAWHA
Comments: Notes from The Tribune Telegraph,
           Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Aug. 18 1897

Name: Ray, P.S.
Area: Mo. R.
Boats: Mate, FAGAWAY (SP?); Mate, EL PASO; Mate, JAMES H. LUCAS
       1854-56, Sept. 13, Mate, GENOA 
       1859, Nov. 25 - 18??, Master and 1/8 owner, OMAHA

1. Name: Rea, Capt. Ben C.
Area: 1898 - 190?1?, Red R. Above Shreveport
Boats: 1898 - 190?1?, GEM

1. Name: Rea, George W.
Area: 1877, Red River - New Orleans
Boats: 1877, ALEXANDRIA

1. Name: Readman, Samuel Compton
Area: 1903, Red R.
Boats: 1903 - 190?, Pilot on W. T. SCOVELL
Owners Associated With: 1903, Red River Line

Name: Reed, D. W.
Boats: 1940s?, Capt. of GREENFIELD

Name: Reed, James
Boat(s): ZEBULON M. PIKE
Comments: from Boone's Lick Heritage Quarterly.

Name: Reed, James, pilot
Boats: 1859, Apr 24, was pilot on the ST. ST. NICHOLAS 
             when she exploded her boilers.

1. Name: Reed, William H. of St. Louis, Mo.
Area: Mo. R.
Boats: 1855, Dec. 7 when she burned at St. Louis, PARTHENIA

1. Name: Reed, William J. of New Orleans.
Area: 1862, Miss. R.
Boats: 1862, EMPIRE PARISH

Name: Reeder, Ambrose V.
Boats: 1859, purchased with Capt. Benjamin V. Glime the  ST. NICHOLAS for $25,000
		: Capt. Reeder was  first clerk on ST. NICHOLAS at time of disaster.
		: See account of The ST. NICHOLAS Disaster

Name: Reeves
Area: 1840s, out of Zanesville, Oh.
Boats: HOPE
Comments: Mentioned in this Article

Name: Reid, William
Area: 1892, Mo. R.
Boats: 1892, at time of his death MINER
Comments: This info from Caroline Villier, Capt. Reid's great
              grandaughter who would like to know more about this Captain.   

1. Name: Reid, William H. of St. Louis, Mo.
Area: Mo. R.
Boats: 1864-5, owner, ?and Capt.? of BELLE PEORIA

1. Name: Reilly, R. A.
Area: 1855, St. Louis - New Orleans
Boat: 1855, CRYSTAL PALACE

1. Name: Reno, Samuel J., Pittsburgh  
Born: 1810.  Died: 4. 1850, Cincinnati, of erysipelas.
             Burried, Pittsburgh.
Area: 1850, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
Boats: 1850, Feb.-Mar. 28, BUCKEYE STATE
Companies Associated with: Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Company.
Comments: 4. At 40 years of age, suffered a stroke aboard
           the BUCKEYE STATE and was carried ashore at Cincinnati to the
           Broadway Hotel, where he died.  This was after a month of fierce
           trade rivalry with the CINCINNATI, which Capt. Dean Kountz had placed
           in direct competition with the BUCKEYE STATE.
         : Capt. Reno's 6 yr. old son, Sam Jr. grew up to be a captain and
           pilot.
         : Capt. Reno's body was taken back to Pittsburgh aboard the BUCKEYE STATE

Name: Rhoads, John L. of Haysville, Pa.
Boats: 1862, built the DUCHESS
       1875-78 or so, JOHN L. RHOADS
Comments: His house atop a hill in Haysville was still standing in 1978 

Name: J.R. Rhodes
Area: 1857, U. Miss. R.
Boat(s): 1857, METROPOLITAN
Companies Associated With: 1857 & 66, Northern Line Packet Company
    Comments: Mentioned in this Article

Name: Rice, Dan
Boats: 1850s, RICE'S FLOATING CIRCUS

Name: Richtman, Jack,  Capt. or Pilot?   Source and Pictures
Boats: 1914, Nov.: DEBUQUE
Comments: Took over the wheel when Captain Charles Martin dropped dead
          while approaching the Alton railway bridge.

1. Name: Riley, Robert K.
Born: 1830, Oct. 11, Bridgeport, (Monongahela) Pa.
Died: 1883, Aug., New York City, leaving wife and 4 daughters.
Area: L. Miss. R.
Boats: SKYLARK, PLATT VALLEY 
      1864, owned CITY of CAIRO
      1870-80 CITY of VICKSBURG
      1881-?94?, CITY of VICKSBURG, the 2nd one.
Owners associated with: 1864, Memphis Packet Company
      1870-?94?, Anchor Line

Name: Ritchie, George
Boats: Pilot under Capt. Horace Bixby on CITY of BATON ROUGE. 
     : 1871, W. R. ARTHUR
Comments: Blown into water near Memphis when W. R. ARTHUR went boom.
          Barely survived.
More information: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled by
John Hartford, river musician.

Name: Rives, John Henry
Born: 1836
Died: 1873
Area: New Orleans - Jefferson, Tex.
Comments: Serve as a Sergeant in Company D, 18th Texas Infantry, Confederate Army.
		: See SOURCE

Name: Roberts, Douglas
Area: 1882-83, U. Miss. R., St. Louis - St. Paul.
Boats Associated with: 1882-83, pilot on GEM CITY
Companies associated with: 1882-83, St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company

Name: Robertson, James L.
Area: Coosa R.
Boats: CAPT. LYERLY
Comments: Source

1. Name: Robinson, J.D.
Area: 1910, July, Miss. R., Pittsburgh - Cincinnati trade
Boats: 1910, july, LUCILLE NOWLAND
Owners Associated With: 1910, July, Noll, Martin F.

Name: Robinson, J.J.
Died: 1865, June at Olive Street Hotel, St. Louis.
Boats: DENMARK, SUCKER STATE, 
		1864, Mar. - 65, June, MUSCATINE, July, was on BURLINGTON
Companies Associated with: Northern Line Packet Company
Comments: burried, in Pennsylvania
		: brother to Capt Andrew Robinbson

1. Name: Rodgers
Area: 1852-54, Pittsburgh-St. Louis
Boat: 1852-54, GRANITE STATE

1. Name: Roe, Capt. William E.
Area: U. Miss. and Ohio Rs.
      1892, Marietta-New Matamoras, Oh.
Boat(s): 1892, T.N. BARNSDALL 
         1907-??, Aug. 21, equal parts of AVALON with
         Noll, Capt. Martin F. and Pope, Capt. Ben S. 
Companies Associated With: Principal in 
                           Ohio and West Virginia Transportation Company

Name: Rogers. Pat
Died: 1870, Dec.
Boats: 1852, the 1852 PIKE
Companies Associated With: 1847, became major stockholder in
          United States Mail Line

1. Name: Rogers, Thomas
Area: 1870, Jan. 5, was at St. Louis
Boats: 1865, Capt. on W.H. OSBORN
       1867, Built and owned SELMA  sold in 1868
       1870, Jan. 5, NELLIE ROGERS

Name: Rogers, W.E.
Area: 1869-71, Neches R., Tex.
Boats: 1869-71, PELICAN STATE
Comments: see source Article

Name: Roorbach, Arthur Helme,b. abt 1778 NYC; d. bet 1825-1826 NYC
Area: 1807, Albany - New York
Boats: 1807, CAR of NEPTUNE
       also PARAGON and NORTH RIVER
Companies Associated With: Hudson River Steamboat Company
Comments: Source
        : On Sept 1, 1816 he was reported to be experimenting with the use of
          coal instead of wood as a fuel.  See the "Annals of Albany" by Joel
          Munsell.

Name; Roosevelt, Nicholas (Teddy Roosevelt's great granduncle.".
Position: inventor-engineer. Pilot.
Comments: 1811, took first of all western steamers, the NEW ORLEANS  
          from Pittsburgh to New Orleans just to show that it could be
          done.

Name: Ruby, Homer Sheldon  Obituary
Born: 1842 in Buffalo, Scott Co., IA. 
Married: 1861, Sept. 9, Andalusia, Rock Island Co., Ill. to
               Constantine Shuck
Boats: 1897, May 15, pilot on CARRIER
Source: 1870 Federal Census Buffalo, Scott Co., IA pg. 9. Occupation 
             Steamboat Pilot. 

*Name: Ruby, Oscar M., Pilot, Buffalo, Io. Obituary
Born: 1835, Feb. 14, Alleghany Co., N.Y.
Married: 1857, Sept. 27 to Joanna Johnston
Area: St. Paul-St. Louis
Boats: c. 1854, trained as pilot on JENNY LIND
      Piloted J. McKEE, BEN CAMPBELL, TISHOMINGO, ROCK ISLAND, DUBUQUE,
              NEW BOSTON, KEITHSBURH, NORTH WESTERN, JENNIE WHIPPLE,
             "BELLE of La CROSS and DIAMOND JO
Companies associated with: Keokuk Northern Line, Northwestern Union Packet Company

Name: Rundle, S. E.
Boats: 1864, MOLLIE FELLOWS
Comments: mentioned here

Name: Russell, Charles B.
Boats: 1874, JAMES D. PARKER

Name: Rust, John F.
Area: Kanawha R.
Comments: brother-in-law to Capt William F. Gregory

1. Name: Ryman, Thomas Green
Died: 1904, Dec. 23, 
Boats: 1864-71, ALPHA (the 1st one)
       187?-76, BERMUDA
       1878, Bad built, B.S. RHEA
       1886, Had built B.S. RHEA (the second one)
       1897, Apr-Nov., P.D. STAGGS
       1880s, Part owner with Thomas M. Gallagher of J.H. HILLMAN
       1888-91, DOVER (the 2nd one) 
       1890-93, L.T. ARMSTRONG	
       1891, owner, ALEX PERRY
Companies Associated With: Pres. or owner, Ryman Line
Comments: Following the death of Capt. Tom Ryman, Dec. 23, 1904, son Tom Jr.
          ran the line until he, Jr., was shot and died aboard the JO HORTON FALL.
        : Ryman holdings went to forced sale.
        : More on Capt. Ryman

1. Name: Ryman, Thomas Green, Jr
Died: 1915, fall, shot and killed aboard the JO HORTON FALL near 
            Hunter's Landing on the Cumberland R. in Tennessee.	
Boats: 19??-14, R. DUNBAR
       1913, Had built, the JO HORTON FALL
Comments: Son of Thomas Green Ryman, above and heir to the Ryman Line
        : See The Cumberland River Steamboat Company 
        : Mentioned Here