Captain Mary Becker Greene (1867 - April 22, 1949), was

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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 they had as their children

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 ...

and

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 ...

. Greene earned her captain's license in 1897. She died on Fri., April 22, 1949 aboard her boat, ''

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'', after leaving

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. Her spirit is said to still haunt the ship. In 1988, Greene was inducted into the National Rivers Hall of Fame.

References

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