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Capt William Starke Leathers

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Capt William Starke Leathers

Birth
Campbell County, Kentucky, USA
Death
15 Feb 1852 (aged 44)
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Oldest son of John W. and Jane (Starke) Leathers, brother of Captain Thomas Paul Leathers Sr. Died of "Effusion of Blood on the Brain" (per Natchez Sexton's Report). [Biographical information provided by Debbie Z, Anonymous, and K. Brister.]

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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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Oldest son of John W. and Jane (Starke) Leathers, brother of Captain Thomas Paul Leathers Sr. Died of "Effusion of Blood on the Brain" (per Natchez Sexton's Report). [Biographical information provided by Debbie Z, Anonymous, and K. Brister.]

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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