Captain Gordon Christopher Greene (September 8, 1862 - January 20, 1927), was the owner of the

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Biography

He was born on September 8, 1862, in Newport, Ohio. In 1890 he started the

of river

with Henry K. Bedford. He married Mary Catherine Becker in 1890 and had three sons,

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, and Thomas Rea Greene. The Gordon C. Greene ship was built in 1923. He died on January 20, 1927, in

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. He was buried in

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. After his death, his widow Mary served as company head and became one of the only women pilots on the river.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Gordon C. 1862 births 1927 deaths Steamship captains Delta Queen Steamboat Company People from Washington County, Ohio