Captain Christopher Becker Greene (1901 - October 20, 1944) was the head of the

Greene Line The Greene Line was a line of river steamships along the Ohio River. The name was changed in 1973 to Delta Queen Steamboat Company. History The company was started in 1890 by Gordon C. Greene with Henry K. Bedford. When Gordon died in 1927 his s ...

of steamboats after the death of his father.

Biography

He was born in 1901 in Ohio to

Mary Catherine Becker Captain Mary Becker Greene (1867 - April 22, 1949), was steamboat captain of the Greene Line of river steamboats. She was the only female steamboat captain in Ohio. Biography She was born in 1867. She married Gordon Christopher Greene in 1890 ...

and

Gordon Christopher Greene Captain Gordon Christopher Greene (September 8, 1862 - January 20, 1927), was the owner of the Greene Line of river steamboats. Biography He was born on September 8, 1862, in Newport, Washington County, Ohio, Newport, Ohio. In 1890 he started the ...

, and his brother was Thomas Rea Greene. In 1928 he raced

Frederick Way, Jr. Fredrick Way Jr. (February 17, 1901 – October 3, 1992) was the youngest steamboat captain on the Ohio River and Mississippi River. He was the author of books on the boats that ply the inland waterways. He supervised the flat-bottom, stern ...

He died on October 20, 1944.

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1901 births 1944 deaths Steamship captains Delta Queen Steamboat Company {{Ohio-bio-stub