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Riverboat
Men of Dubuque, Iowa
~ Researched, compiled and transcribed
by Georgeann McClure and Sue Rekkas
F. E. DEGGENDORF
Directory: Patrons of Dubuque County,
Iowa
Deggendorf F.
E.
Dubuque Dubuque Insurance, Real Estate, Broker and Steamship
Line
Agent
The History of Dubuque County, Iowa Containing a History of
the County… page 782.
F. E. Deggendorf,
Agent of the First and Life Insurance Co., real estate and
loans, 855 Main Street, Dubuque, is a native of Austria, and
was born December 12,1834; came to America in 1850, and came
to Dubuque in December of the same year.
Upon the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted in
the first call for troops in 1861, in Co. H, 1st I.
V. T.; he was severely wounded in the battle of Wilson’s
Creek, and remained in a rebel hospital four months; the
severe nature of his wounds prevented his going into active
service again. In
1863 he engaged in the insurance, real estate and loan
business, and has conducted it for the past seventeen years.
In 1864, Mr. Deggendorf was united in marriage to Miss
Anna Seegan, a native of Austria; they have four
children—Ferdinand, Jennie, A. Stanton and Norma.
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LEANDER G.
DOLSON
1901
Dubuque Iowa City Directory
Dolson
Leander G steamboat engineer res 385 W. Fifth (Missouri)
1929
San Francisco California City Directory page 544
Dolson
Leander G (Anne) h 355 O’Farrell
San
Francisco California Funeral Home Records
Name of
Deceased
Leander Gilbert Dolson
Place
of Death
St. John’s Hospital
Date of
Death April 20, 1935
Physician Dr. Morton
Time of
Death 9:45pm
Burial
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo Co, California
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STEPEHN I.
DOLSON
Adams
County Press, Corning Iowa, April 14, 1909, page 14
Capt. Stephen I
Dolson, one of the most prominent and pioneer steamboat men of
the Upper Mississippi died recently at the residence of his
brother in Dubuque.
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THOMAS H.
DOLSON
CAPT. DOLSON,
THOMAS H.
1890 Blair (p. 299) notes a Thomas Dolson of Muscatine, Iowa
as Captain of the raft boat “MUSSER” in 1890. Just before his
departure to the Yukon he was Captain of the F.WEYERHAUSER).
1898
Mississippi August issue of the "Nugget" lists him as Captain
of the “SUSIE”
Mid-1880’s Master of the “JAMES FISKE JR.” in the rafting
trade.
Davenport
Democrat, June 27, 1923
PIONEER RIVER
MAN SUMMONED
Captain Dolson
Run Yukon Steamers During Klondike Rush
By the Associated Press
Dubuque, IA., funeral services for Captain Thomas Dolson,
pioneer river man were held here yesterday afternoon.
Captain Dolson, who was 70 years old, died in a Burlington
hospital Saturday while he was preparing to act as pilot on a
river steamer this summer.
He piloted packets on the upper and lower Mississippi for 50
years and he was at the wheel of the Yukon river steamers
during the Klondike rush in the late 90”s.
~ Transcribed by Georgeann McClure from
On the River Muscatine, Iowa Rivermen, Part II
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WILLIAM J. DOLSON
The
History of Dubuque County Iowa, page 783
Capt. W. J.
Dolson, Capt of the
Emma, residence 271 Alta Vista, Dubuque, native of Morrow Co,
Il and born Sept 10, 1820, his parents moved to Missouri in
same year; he grew up there until 16 when he came to Dubuque
in 1847 and removed here permanently with family, April 1848,
engaged in mining 4 years, and went on the river, he has been
engaged in steamboating since 1854 - over a quarter of a
century—is one of the oldest pilots on the river.
He was married to Miss Sarah Levens of Morrow County,
Illinois, June 22, 1843—3 children Stephen I pilot on the
river, Leander G. engineer on river and Thomas H. pilot on the
river.
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