Christopher Becker Greene

Christopher Becker Greene

Captain Christopher Becker Greene (1901 - October 20, 1944) was the head of the Greene Line of steamboats after the death of his father.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in 1901 in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene, and his brother was Thomas Rea Greene.[1] In 1928 he raced Frederick Way, Jr.[3] He died on October 20, 1944.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Marker #10-84 Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene". Remarkable Ohio. http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=629. Retrieved 2011-02-25. "... Mary Becker Greene (1867-1949) married Gordon C. Greene in 1890 and raised three sons - Captain Chris, Captain Tom, and Henry Wilkins. She learned navigation and earned a pilot and masters license, becoming one of the most noted figures on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for more than a half century. The "Greene Line" fleet continued to expand with additions of the "Gordon C. Greene" and the "Delta Queen." Captain Mary Greene served as hostess on these steamboats. She died at the age of 81 on the renowned "Delta Queen," a National Historic Landmark." 
  2. ^ a b "Capt. Chris Greene, Official of Steamboat Line Dies. His Mother Also a Pilot". New York Times. October 21, 1944. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A11FD3555157B93C3AB178BD95F408485F9. Retrieved 2011-02-26. "Captain Greene was skipper of the steamer Chris Greene when, in 1928, it won a race from a rival steamer, The Betsy Ann, in a revival of the competition ..." 
  3. ^ "Packets". Time magazine. August 6, 1928. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787421,00.html#ixzz1F6XODxq9. Retrieved 2011-02-26. "The occasion was a race between the Betsy Ann and the Chris Greene, two packets plying the Ohio between Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Captain Chris Greene of the Chris Greene had boasted that his vessel, a steel craft built in 1925, could beat the Betsy Ann 'any time.' ..." 

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