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

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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 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 ...

in 1890 and had three sons,

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. Biography He was born in 1901 in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene, and his brothe ...

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, and

Thomas Rea Greene Captain Thomas Rea Greene (February 3, 1904 - July 11, 1950) was president of the Greene Line of steamboats. Biography He was born on February 3, 1904, in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene aboard his father's steamboat ...

. The Gordon C. Greene ship was built in 1923. He died on January 20, 1927, in Hyde Park, Cincinnati in Ohio. He was buried in

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in Ohio. 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