Thomas Rea Greene

Captain Thomas Rea Greene (February 3, 1904 - July 11, 1950) was president of the Greene Line of steamboats.

[1] He was born on February 3, 1904, in Ohio to Mary Catherine Becker and Gordon Christopher Greene aboard his father's steamboat on the Ohio River.

[1] He married Letha Opal Cavendish and they had four children including, Jane Greene.

In 1928 his brother, Christopher Becker Greene won the Ohio-Mississippi inland waterway championship speed race by defeating Captain Frederick Way, Jr. and his ship the Betsy Ann.

[3][4] In 1946 the Delta Queen was put up for auction by the owners.