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Christopher Becker Greene

Captain Christopher Becker Greene was the head of the Greene Line of steamboats after the death of his father.

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Captain Christopher Becker Greene (1901 – October 20, 1944) was the head of the Greene Line of steamboats after the death of his father.12

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

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References

  1. "Marker #10-84 Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene". Remarkable Ohio. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  2. "Capt. Chris Greene, Official of Steamboat Line Dies. His Mother Also a Pilot". The New York Times. October 21, 1944. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. "Packets". Time magazine. August 6, 1928. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. 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.' ...