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1. Name: W.A. Andrew Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet Size: 132' X 30' X 5.5', 229 tons Launched: 1857, Madison, Ind. Owners: 1857, Capt. Robert Moody, New Orleans. 1860, Purchased by Robert Means, New Orleans The next day transfered ownership to Capt Joseph T. Landry, Donaldsonville, La. 1862, Mar. 29, went to Confederate registry under Capt. J.A. Tarrier, New Orleans Area: 1857, Out of New Orleans, LA. 1858, New Orleans-Grand Encore Captains: 1857, Robert Moody 1858, C.J. Barstow 1862, J.A. Terrier 1. Name: W.A. HEALY/Tinjclad #22/SPRINGFIELD Type: Sidewheel wooden hull packet Size: When sold at auction described thusly: 134.8' X 26.8' X 4.3', 146 tons Power: At time of auction, engines, 10's- 3-1/2 ft. Two Boilers. Launched: 1862, Cincinnati, Oh. Owners: 1862, Nov. 20, bought by U.S., renamed, SPRINGFIELD to become tinclad #22. 1865 or 66*, Apr 1, Mound City, Ill., sold at public auction for $4,550. Comments: 1865 or 66*, New owners remaned, JENNIE D. : *Way's says one thing in one listing and another in the other listing???? Name: W. B. SEAWELL Captains: 1881, Feb. 17 Burns Meaher, Capt., Capt Jack Stone, Pilot Source: The Old Times. com, ad below -

Name: W. B. TERRY Launched: 1850s? Comments: 1862, seen at New Madrid, Mo. Union Troop-carrier. Name: W. H. CHANCELLOR (I suspect this is actually the W.N. CHANCELLOR, below Launched: 18?? Area: 1879: Ohio R. : Was docking at the "Peoples Warf Boat" in Wheeling, W. Va. Comments: Notes from WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, WHEELING NEWS-REGISTER, June 24, 1951 Name: W. H. HARRISON Launched: 1860s? Area: Ohio R. Captain(s): Aumiller, Ephraim Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Feb. 24 1897 1 Name: W.H. OSBORN Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size:1,156 tons. Launched: 1865, Pittsburgh, Pa. Destroyed: 1866, Dec. 24, New Orleans, burned to hull. 1867, hull was changed into a barge. Area: Built for St. Louis-New Orleans trade Owners: 1865-67, Capt. William J. Kountz and others. Captain: Master, Thomas Rogers Comments: W.H. Osborn was Pres. of Illinois Central R.R.

Name: W. J. BEHAN Type: Sternwheel, wooden hull packet Size: 165' X 33' X 4.' Power: Engines, 15's- 5-1/2'. Two boilers Launched: 1870s? Destroyed: 1884, Mar. 28, Bismarck, N.D., lost in ice Area: At first, New Orleans-Shreveport Later U. Mo. R. Owner: 1876, New Orleans & Red River Transportation Company 1878, sold to Fort Benton Transportation Company. Captain: 1876, George Wilkinson At one time,Capt. Marsh, Grant Comments: Brought Sitting Bull down to ? Name: W.J. BETHEA See 1906 Post Card from Jackson Ala. Name: W(ILL?) J. CUMMIN(G?)S The writers in the Tribune couldn't seem to make up their minds as to whether Cummings was spelled with a "G" or not. Also one Called her the W. (R.) Cummins. And is she "Will" or just plain W. Frankly, I'm confused. However, there do seem to have been two boats, one Gamble bought in Mar. of 1897 for $12,000, the other he launched in June of the same year. Go Figure. Maybe more accurate info will surface, but here's what I have . . . Launched: 1897, June 5, began maiden trip Area: Ohio R. Owner: Gamble, Mack Captain(s): Gambel, Mack Pilot(s): ? to Aug. 1897, Rawley, James Jr. Comments: From The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. June. 12 1897 Name: W. J. PEASE Launched: 1840s? Area: Eastern and Sacramento Name: W. J. QUINLAN, originally the DAVENPORT One Source Name: W. M. MORRISON Area: 1861: Mi. R. Comments: From The Diary Of Joseph T. Anderson, shopkeeper. Commerce Mo. - Monday night, March 25th 1861. "Business dull most of the day. I felt bad all day from the loss of sleep. The W.M. Morrison landed here at 12 o'clock last night, put off Mr. Whitell. . . . " 1 Name: W.N. CHANCELLOR Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet Size: 175' X 30' X 3.8' Launched: 1879, Parkersburg, W. Va. Destroyed: cir. 1892 was worn out, dismantled. Area: When new, Pittsburgh-Parkersburg : 1880, Kanawha R.-Cincinnati : 1882, was first regular boat in Pittsburg-Charleston trade : * 1884, Starting Oct., left Charleston every Mon. and Thurs., to Parkersburg and Marietta. Captains: When new, E.P. Chancellor with Ira B. Huntington and John Bookhart, clerks : 1880, same crew Comments: This boat was the first on the scene when the SCIOTO AND JOHN LOMAS collided. : Boat was named for Capt. E.P. Chancellor's brother : Carried a black orchestra. : Much of her equipment went to towboat GEORGE W. MOREDOCK : Mentioned in this Document Name: W. P. SNYDER jr. Pictures Type: Sternwheel towboat Size: 175' Launched: 1918 Area: Pittsburg and now Marietta OH Owner: through 1955: Crucible Steel Co; Present Ohio Historical Society Ohio River Museum, Marietta Oh. Comments: The W. P. Snyder jr. is a 1918-built steel hull towboat and is the only surviving coal-fired, steam-powered sternwheeler towboat in the U.S. Since September 16th, 1955 owned by the Ohio Historical Society, the W. P. Snyder jr. is part of the Ohio River Museum at Marietta, Ohio, at the Muskingum River. Until 1955 the W. P. Snyder jr. was owned by the Crucible Steel Co. Name: W.P. THOMPSON Type: Sternwheel wooden hull packet Launched: 1876, Harmar, Oh. at Knox Yard Destroyed: 1884, Dec. 7, below Vicksburg, was in collision, lost. Area: 1877, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati in place of EMMA GRAHAM. Later ran Cincinnati-Charleston 1878, Fall, and Fall of 1879, Pittsburgh-Cincinnati Once Ran Cincinnati-Vanceburg, Ky. *1881, Vanceburg-Cincinnati 1883, fall, went south for cotton trade out of Yazoo R. Winter was south with John Robinson Circus Owners:When new, J.N. Camden & Company, oil producers, Parkersburg, W. Va. 1879, Parkersburg & Ohio River Transportation Company *1884, David Gibson of Cincinnati, Oh. Captains: 1877, E.B. Cooper with Nat Earhart as clerk. On Cincinnati-Charleston trade, John Thornburg 1879, in Pittsburgh-Cincinnati trade, Hod Knowles 1881, *Dec. H.L. Redden Comments: Named for one of the directors of J.N. Camden & Co. 1 Name: W. R. ARTHUR Type: Sternwheeler/wood hull Size: Length: 260'; Width:42; Draft: 8.5; Weight:763 tons Launched: 1864: Hull laid at Chousetown, Pa., Boat built, Louisville, Ky. By E & N Porter under supervision of Capt. C.W. Batchelor for Capt. Dan Able and others. Destroyed: 1871, Island 40, Boiler blew. Burning boat floated to Redman Point then sank, bow down. Area: 1864, St. Louis to New Orleans Owner: 1864: Capt Dan Able (and other St. Louis investors?) 1869, Feb? - 1869: Atlantic and Mississippi Steam Ship Co. Company failed in May of 1869 Captain(s):1864 - 1868, Jan? Campbell, Hugh 1871 when sank: Harry W. Brolaski was master and pilot was George Richie : *At one time, Hugh Campbell Comments:1868, Jan. and Feb.Carondelet, Mo.: enlarged to 296' X 53' X 8 1869, Near Grand Tower, Ill.: Hit log and sank. Was raised. 1871: The Memphis U.S. Inspectors revoked the license of George Reed, chief engineer. 5 of her 6 boilers had blown when she went. : More information and a photo: from Way's Packet Directory, compiled by the late John Hartford, river musician.

1 Name: W. R. CARTER Type: Sidewheel, wooden hull packet. Size: 563 tons Power: tubular boiles simular to those on the W.R. Arthur (above), the MISSOURI and the SULTANA. Launched: 1864, Louisville, Ky. Destroyed: 1866, Feb. 9, Island 98, about 35 mi. above Vicksburg, boilers exploded. 125 persons lost. EVENING STAR took many survivors to Vicksburg. Owner: built for Capt. Linas Logan : Possibly associated with the Atlantic and Mississippi Steam Ship Company Captains: Master, Jacob S. Hurd Comments: This was the last of this type of boiler. Boats with them were stopped until their boilers were replaced with "Weatern" type boilers. : Named for a merchant of St. Louis from Louisville. Name: W. R. CUMMINGS Launched: 1880's? Area: Ohio R. Owner(s): 1897, Gamble, Capt. Mack Captain(s): Gamble, Mack Comments:From The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, Wed. Mar. 31 1897 Name: W.R. MARKLE Type: paddlewheel towboat Launched, 1909? to tow W.R. MARKLE'S NEW SHOWBOAT 1 Name: W. T. SCOVELL Type: Sternwheeler, wooden hull packet Size: 160' X 31' X 4' Power: 12's- 3 1/2', 1 boiler, 44" X 28' Launched: 1895, by Howard Yard, Jeffersonville, Ind. Destroyed: 1906, Dec. 20, Gold Dust Landing, La., blew boiler, killed 10, including Capt., pilot and clerk. Area: Miss., Cumberland and Red Rs. Owners: 1895 to 190?5?Red River Packet Company 1905, Cumberland River Packet Company Captains: 1903: Sept., Brinker, H.J.; Pilots, Readman, Samuel Compton, Barren, George : 1905-06, Dec. 20, Quackenbush, John; Pilot, Quackenbush, Wade Name: W.W. Originally the CITY OF WINONA See Post Card 1 Name: W.W.FARMER Type: Sidewheel, wooden hulled packet. Size: 140' X 32' X 5.1', 270 tons Launched: 1854, Louisville, Ky. Area: 1854, ran New Orleans - Ouachita River Owners: 1854, Capt. John W. Cannon in name of Louise Cannon - 5 /8 ownership. other owners at the time were Capt William Cooper and N.A. Delerno, both of New Orleans. 1855, Nov., Capt. Cooper purchased control of boat. Capt. Cannon dropped out. 1857, 1858, Capt John Glenn owned entire. 1858, Capt. Cooper owned entire. 1860, March, John Freeze, Wheeling, W.V. owned 7/10ths. 1861, went to Confederate Registry Captains: 1857, Capt John Glenn 1860, B.F. Goodwin

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Source: Way's Packet Directory, 1848 - 1994