The following was provided by Anonymous:
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William was already a steamboat man on the Lower Mississippi when his brother T.P. Leathers joined him and they made their first venture with a small steamer named the Sunflower that ran on the Yazoo River until 1840. In 1829, Captains William and T.P. Leathers and their brother-in-law Captain Cassius B. Sandford began the building of the series of steamboats, the first to be named the Princess. (Myrna Myres, cites Way's Directory of River Packets 1848-1994, entry #4588, p 378)
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The following was provided by Anonymous:
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William was already a steamboat man on the Lower Mississippi when his brother T.P. Leathers joined him and they made their first venture with a small steamer named the Sunflower that ran on the Yazoo River until 1840. In 1829, Captains William and T.P. Leathers and their brother-in-law Captain Cassius B. Sandford began the building of the series of steamboats, the first to be named the Princess. (Myrna Myres, cites Way's Directory of River Packets 1848-1994, entry #4588, p 378)
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Family Members
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Capt John White Leathers Jr
1809–1873
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Eliza Virginia Leathers Ball
1810–1898
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Bowling Starke Leathers
1812–1842
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Frances Susan Leathers Sandford
1815–1879
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Capt Thomas Paul Leathers Sr
1816–1896
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CPT James Foster Leathers
1821–1854
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Lucy Ann Leathers Burdsall
1825–1873
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Mary Jane Leathers Dickerson
1827–1896
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