Who Worked on the Canal?

Photo of canal workers Who Worked on the Canal?

"Who worked along the C&O Canal?" Well, that's a mighty long list and an imprecise one at that, what with spelling errors, copy errors, faulty memories and all. But here are a few people we think we know about, associated with their professions and approximate eras.

IMPORTANT NOTES TO CATALOGUERS:

Entries must be consistent if this document is to remain searchable. Therefore, when indicating years, all four numerals must be entered (e.g., "2001", NOT "01" or other variants). If a person is associated with more than one numbered boat, lock, level, dam, etc. each number must be listed separately and be preceded by a "#" sign (e.g., "#1, #2, #3, #4", NOT "#1-4" or other variants).

Locks associated with "Locktenders" are lift locks unless noted otherwise.

The following are standard terms for this document:

African-American	Gardener	Outlet Lock
Baker	General Manager	Owner
Blacksmith	General Superintendent	Paymaster
Boatman	Gold Miner	Quarryman
Boat Builder	Grocer	Park Ranger
Boat Owner	Guard Lock	Registrar
Captain	Hotelier	Restaurateur
Canaller Child (>age 7)	Laborer	Stonecutter
Clerk	Levelwalker	Storekeeper
Concessionaire	Leather Finisher	Supervisor
Cook	Lock House	Superintendent
Carpenter	Locktender	Timekeeper
Dam	Missionary	Ticket Taker
Division Superintendent	Mr.	Tide Lock
Fisherman	Mrs.	Watchman
Foreman	Mule Tender

Adams, A.S., Locktender (#33), c.1840s	Grove, B.?, Locktender (#34), 1920s	Price, George (Corky), Captain (#1), c.1900-1923
Allnutt, Fred, Grocer (on River Road near Lock 22), c.1900-1924	Grove, Bill, Boatman, c.1890-1920	Price, Leiper, Captain (#36), c.1900-1923
Anderson, Will, Restaurateur, Great Falls, c.1915	Grove, Boogie, Boatman, c.1915-1923	Pryor, Frank, Captain, Boatman, c.1910-1923
Apple, Mr., Locktender (#56?, #57?), Stonecutter, c.1900	Grove, Clyde, Captain (#15), Boatman, c.1890-1920	Pryor, Genevieve, Boatman, Boatman, c.1910-1923
Apple, Tom, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Grove, Oliver, Captain (#5, #15), c.1900-1923	Pryor, Harry, Captain (#3, #69), c.1890-1923
Atwell, Sam, Captain (#35), c.1900-1923	Grove, Otho (Otha?), Captain (#7), Boatman, c.1890-1920	Pryor, Hazel, Boatman, c.1910-1923
Aud, Asa, Locktender (#25 and Edwards Ferry Outlet Locks), 1840s	Gwyn, Joseph, Locktender (#39), 1839-1840	Randolph, Robert, Locktender (#58), early 1900s [son Foy drowned in canal at age 9 or 10]
Ault, John W., Locktender (#36 and Guard Lock at Dam 3), c.1920s	Hall, Adam, Locktender (#34), 1856	Redden, Jean (a.k.a. Bella Kinetky? [phonetic] and Jean Cate), Grocer, Great Falls, c.1920
Bailey, John, Locktender (#6), 1833	Hall, James, Captain (#52), c.1900-1923	Reed, Jim, Captain, c.1900-1923
Banner, Sherd, Captain (#60), c.1900-1923	Hall, Mr., Locktender (#11)	Reed, John, Locktender (#35, #36, Guard Lock #3), c.1858-c.1862
Barnett, Laura, Locktender (#51?), 1878	Hammond, Daniel Webster, Locktender (#16, #25), c.1914	Reed, Taylor, Captain (#11), c.1900-1923
Barnett, Theophelus, Locktender (#51?), 1878	Hammond, Davis, Locktender (#16), 1900s	Reeder, Carolyn, Levelwalker (#7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13), c.2001
Barger, Obediah (Obadiah), Locktender (#45, #46), 1864	Hammondtree, W.H., Locktender (#23, Guard Lock #2), 1839-1840	Rench, John, Locktender (#30), 1864
Barrett, Levi, Locktender (#8), 1839-1840s	Hamrick, Mr. (Old Man), Locktender (#8), 1900s	Rench, Mrs. John, Locktender (#30), 1864-?
Beale (Violette), Nancy, Concessionaire, Lock 23, c.1941-2000	Hardy, George, Locktender (#34, #35, #36), 1850s-1860s	Reeves, Harry, Time Keeper (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), c.1890
Beall, Marion, Locktender (#25), c.1923-1924	Hardy, Mrs. George (Margaret), Locktender (#35, #36), 1864 [accidentally killed near these locks November 20, 1875]	Reeves, Tom, Warehouse Owner (Georgetown), c.1920
Bear, Theo, Captain, c.1900-1923	Hardy, Haimen, Locktender (#34), 1854	Renner, Charlie, Captain (#23), c.1900
Bear, West, Captain (#15), c.1900-1923	Harsh, Henry, Locktender (#45, #46), c.1844	Renner, Ed, Captain (#70, #100), c.1900-1923
Bende, R. Riley, Locktender (#5, #16, #24), c.1900s	Harris, M.F., Locktender (#22), 1839-1840	Renner, Jake, Boat Owner, Captain (#23, New #23, #50), c.1870-1900
Bender, Charlie, Captain (#55), c.1900-1923	Hart, Michael, Locktender (#7), 1839-1840	Renner, Ridge, Captain (#70, #99), c.1900-1923
Bender, Jake, Captain (#49, #72), c.1900-1923	Hassett, Timothy, Paymaster, c.1910-1923	Ridgely (Mose?), Mr., Captain?, c.1900
Bender, Raleigh, Boat Owner?, Captain (#1), c.1900-1923 [made the last round trip of a coal boat]	Haynes (Haines?), Dick, Captain (#20), c.1900-1923	Riley, John C., Locktender (#24), Concessionaire (Lock #24), Quarryman (Seneca Quarry), Stone Cutter (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), 1892-1923
Benner, Fred, Captain (#99), c.1900-1923	Hebb, Benjamin, Captain (New #24), c.1900-1923	Riley (Ricketts), Mrs. John C., Locktender (#24), Laborer, c.1893-1939
Benner, Lambie, Boatman, c.1921-1923	Hebb, Clara, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Riley, Katie, Canaller Child, 1900-1903 [drowned in Seneca Creek near Lock 24]
Benner, Lev, Captain (#71, #91), c.1900-1923 ["went out" at Big Pool]	Hebb, Gus (Augustus), Captain (#4, #6), c.1900-1923	Riley, Raymond M., Boat Owner (Seneca), Captain (#1, Seneca), Locktender (#24), c.1908-1923
Benner, Luther (Lu), Captain (#51), c.1900-1923	Hebb, Mr., Captain, Boat Owner, c.1880	Riley, Ray (Raymond?), Concessionaire (Lock #24), ?-1990
Benson, Allan, Locktender (#31?), 1860s	Hebb, Robert, Captain (#28), c.1900-1923	Riley, Thomas F., Locktender (#20), 1870 [drowned in Lock #21 October 1870; may have been murdered]
Benson, Will, Locktender (#24), c.1880-1910	Hebb, Theodore (Ted), Boatman, 1916-1923	Riley, William, Quarryman (Seneca Quarry), Stone Cutter (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill, c.1875-1910
Benton, Horace, Locktender (#17, #18), 1844	Hebb, Thomas Wilbur (Oker, Aider?), Locktender (#38, #39?), 1900s	Roberts, Walter, Locktender (#75), 1865
Berry, Johnny, Locktender (#72?), 1916-1923	Hempston, Will, Boat Owner, Captain, c.1910-1923	Robinson, Charles, Locktender
Berry, Tom, Quarryman (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), c.1890	Henderson, William H., Locktender (#17, #18), c.1844 [fired for intemperance and neglect of duty]	Rockwell, Edward, Captain (#25), c.1900-1923
Bissett, Edward, Restaurateur, Great Falls, c.1925	Henningsen, Nancy, Levelwalker (#7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13), c.2001	Rogers, S.C., Locktender (#45, #46), 1844
Bissett, Mrs. Frank, Cook, Great Falls, c.1925	Herbert, John, Locktender (#45, #46), c.1844 [fired for drunkenness December 1, 1844]	Ross, Mr., Locktender (#12, #13, #14), 1835
Bissett, John W., Watchman and Gatekeeper for the Washington Aqueduct, c.1900	Hetzer, Jack, Captain (#48, #84), c.1900-1924	Ross, Mrs., Locktender (#12, #13, #14), 1835-?
Bissett, Thomas, Carpenter, c.1870	Hewitt, Charlie, Captain, c.1900-1924	Rowland, Upton, Locktender (#51, #52), 1840-1848
Blablock (Miss Gussie), Ms., Restaurateur and Hotelier, Great Falls, c.1910	Higgins, Mr., Farmer, c.1910-1923 [boarded canal mules near Cumberland MD]	Safford, Mrs., Missionary, c.1910 [near Wide Water]
Bloss, John M., Locktender (#75), 1860, 1874	Hill, Adelaide, Locktender (#12), 1860	Sager, Ran, Quarryman (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), c.1890
Boozell (Bozzell), John H., Locktender (#25 and Edwards Ferry Outlet Locks), c.1840s	Hill, Lawrence, Locktender (#15), c.1918-1923	Sandbower, George, Captain (#9), c.1900-1923
Bowers (Byers?), Charlie (Charles, Charley), Captain (#18), c.1900-1923	Hill, Mr. (Lawrence?), Locktender (#12), 1860	Sandbower, Joe, Captain (#9), c.1900-1923
Bowers (Byers?), Foster, Captain (#16), c.1900-1923	Hill, John T., Locktender (#16), 1876	Sandbower, John, Captain (#9), c.1900-1923
Bowers, (Byers?), George (Tad), Captain (#18, #49?), c.1900-1923	Hilton, John, Locktender (Lock A, a.k.a. Tide Lock), c.1830s-1840s	Sandbower, Russell, Captain (#9), c.1900-1923
Bowers, Will (Boodle), Captain (#24, #74), c.1900-1923	Hollman, Joseph, Locktender (#44), 1844	Saylor, Dan, Captain (#44), c.1900-1923
Boyd, Henry, Locktender (#41, #42), 1839-1840, 1844	Hopper, Mrs., Locktender (near Cumberland)	Saylor, Will, Captain (#44), c.1900-1923
Boyer, Newton (Newt), Captain (#48), c.1900-1923	Hornsbey (Hornsby), Reuben (Rube), Locktender (#43, #44), 1916-1924	Schaeffer (Shaffer?, Sheffer?, Shafter?), Charles, Locktender (#7), c.1892-1938
Boyer, Pat, Captain (#5, New #39), c.1915	Hover, Tom, Captain (#22), c.1900-1924	Schroeder, Ronald, Captain (#97), c.1900-1923 [youngest Captain on the canal during this era]
Boyer, William (Harpoon), Captain (#17, #92), c.1900-1923	Howard, James, Locktender (#75), 1856	Sears, Charles L., Locktender (#12, #13, #14), 1830
Bradegan, Mr., Locktender (##75?), 1880	Huff, Ben, Captain, c.1900-1924	Selby, R., Locktender (#22), 1865
Brant, Harvey, Locktender (#40, #44), Levelwalker, Laborer, Grocer, Concessionaire, Fisherman, Leather Finisher, 1916-1961	Huff, Charlie (Charley), Captain (#14, Old #14), c.1900-1924	Sellers, William H., Locktender ("at Siebert MD"?)
Brant, Mrs. Harvey, Locktender (#44), 1916-1923	Huff, Nelson (Nels), Captain (#40), c.1900-1923	Sensel, Hen, Captain (#61), c.1900-1923
Brenner, Joseph Gustavus, Locktender (#49), 1861-1880	Hughes, George W., Locktender (#38, Shepherdstown Outlet Lock), 1839-1840	Sevin, John, Locktender (#35, #36, Guard Lock #3), 1854
Brewer, Daniel, Locktender (#47, #48, #49, #50), 1839-1840	Hull, Frank, Captain (#54), c.1900-1923	Sewell, Louis, Locktender (#23?, Guard Lock #2?), 1830
Brewer, Mary A., Locktender (#16), 1848	Huyett, Charles (Charley), Captain, c.1900-1923	Shafter, Charlie, Locktender (#7), c.1915
Brewer, Thomas, Locktender (#16), 1846-1848	Jackson, May, Concessionaire, Great Falls, c.1925	Shank (Shanks), C., Locktender (#12), c.1874
Broderick, M., Locktender (#73, #74), 1856	James, John, Locktender (#38), 1877-?	Shank (Shanks), Charles H., Locktender (#24), 1839-1840
Brooke, Robert, Locktender (#7), c.1830	Jenkins, Andrew, Captain, c.1910-1923 [one of possibly only two African-American Captains on the canal in the last years of commercial navigation]	Shaw, Charlie, Captain (#78), c.1900-1923
Brown, Charley, Captain (#78), c.1923	Jenkins, Tommy, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Shaw, Geraldine (Gerri), Concessionaire (Great Falls), c.1925
Burgan, George W., Supervisor, c.1890-1935	Johnson, Mr., Locktender (#39), 1879	Shaw, Levi R., Locktender (Guard Lock #4), 1838-c.1844
Burgess, Elizabeth, Locktender (#11), 1835	Jones, Mr., Store Keeper, Cumberland MD, c.1910-1923	Shelly, John, Locktender (#70), 1855
Burgess, Thomas, Locktender (#11), c.1830-1835	Kaiper (Kieper, Keefer, Kiefer), William A., Locktender (#75?), c.1903-1938	Shepley (Shipley), Gabe, Locktender (#41), 1880
Burgess, William, Locktender (#11), 1839-1840	Kalzone (Calzone?), Mr., Locktender (#74), c.1913-1924	Shield, Mr., Locktender (#56?)
Burke, Peter, Locktender (#74), 1867	Kasekamp, Mr., (Old Man), Locktender (#58)	Shives, Clay, Locktender (near Hancock?)
Burns, Ash, Locktender (#64 2/3), c.1920s	Kasekamp, Patrick, Locktender (#61?), 1900s	Shives, Lloyd, Supervisor, c.1894-1939
Burns, George, Locktender	Keefer, Mr., Locktender (#74, #75), c.1900	Shives, Tom, Locktender (#51, #52, #53, #54, #55), Boatman, Levelwalker, Foreman, 1900s
Burton, J., Locktender (#15?, #16?), c.1865	Keim, Mr., Captain (#6), c.1915 [fatally injured when his boat went over Dam 5]	Shope, J.B., Locktender (#32), 1839-1840
Busey, Henry, Locktender (#19, #20), c.1856-1859	Keim, Ms., Boatman, c.1915 [daughter off Captain Keim; drowned when her father's boat went over Dam 5]	Showe, Charlie, Captain (#100), c.1900-1923
Caldwell, Joseph, Locktender (#17, #18), 1839-1840	Kelley, Sam (Old Man), Captain (#98), c.1900-1923	Shupp, Dent (Denton), Captain (#56, #89), c.1900-1923
Calzone [phonetic], Mr., Locktender, Lock 74, early 20th. Century	Kerfoot, Tom, Captain (#1), Locktender (#39 or #40), c.1900-1923	Shupp, Mr., Boatman, c.1910
Carter (Carder), Sam, Locktender (#71), 1923	King, Julia, Locktender (#5 and/or #6), 1900s	Sigafoos, John Scoll, Locktender (#30), Laborer, 1920s-1930s
Carter (Carder), Silas P., Locktender (#70 or #71), 1920s?	King, Martha, Locktender (#5 and/or #6), 1900s	Singer, Tony, Captain (#3), c.1910-1916 [drowned at Little Logs]
Case, Elizabeth, Locktender (#19, #20), 1872-c.1875	King, Walter?, Locktender (#5 and/or #6), 1900s	Sipes, Aleck, Locktender, (#15?, #19, #21), c.1900-1923
Case, George W., Locktender (#19, #20), c.1858-1872	Kingston, Charlie, Clerk, Mule Tender (Tide Lock)	Sipes, Clyde, Locktender (#19), c.1900-1923
Case, Mr., Locktender (#33), 1840s	Kinsel, Mart, Captain (#81), c.1900-1923	Sipes, Mrs. Clyde, Locktender, (#16?, #20, #21), c.1900-1923
Caskey, Mr., Baker, c.1920	Kirby, Mrs. Walter, (#4?), 1938	Sipes, Walter, Locktender (#1, #2), 1900s
Castle, C.R., Captain (Old #27), c.1900-1923	Knight, George, Captain (#12), c.1900-1923	Smart, Samuel, Locktender (#1?, #2?, #3?, #4?, #44?), c.1860s
Castle, Reuben (Rube, Ruby), Captain (#74), c.1900-1923	Knight, Max (Mack), Captain (#50), c.1900-1923	Snyder, Andy, Locktender (#45, #46), 1900s
Chaney, James, Locktender (#73 or #74), c.1900-1913	Knode, John (Johnny), Captain (#42), c.1900-1923	Snyder, Ben, Captain (#33), c.1900-1923
Chaney, Mrs. James (Georgeanne, Georgeianne), Locktender (#73 or #74), 1913-c.1926	Knode, Mr., Locktender	Snyder, Joe, Captain (#29), c.1900-1923
Charles, Tom, Park Ranger (Georgetown), 2000	Koonrad?, David, Locktender (#51), c.1920	Snyder (Snider?), Lewis, Captain (#47), c.1900-1923
Chrisman, Michael, Locktender (#43), 1839-1840	Korcheval (Kercheval), John, Locktender (#35, #36), 1839-1850s	Snyder, Viola, Boatman, c.1904-1922
Clark, Mike, Saloon Keeper, Cumberland MD, c.1910-1923	Kreps, Harry, Scow Foreman, c.1910-1923	Speaker, John (Jack) H., Captain (#54, #58), c.1900-1923; also Locktender (#13 and/or #14), Laborer, 1920s-1930s
Colbert, Annie, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Kuhn, Harry, Captain, c.1900-1923	Speech, Gus, Captain (#5, #85), c.1915 [shot and wounded at Lock 7]
Colbert, Hazel, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Kuhn, William, Locktender (#30), 1839-1840	Spigler, Johnny, Carpenter, c.1920
Colbert, Ora, Boatman, c.1900-1918	Lambie, John, Locktender (#9, #10), 1847	Spong, Alta, Boatman, c.1910-1916
Colbert, Roy, Captain (#76), c.1900-1923	Linthicum, Old Man, Boat Owner Captain, c.1910-1923	Spong, Charles (Spooner), Locktender (#8?), 1915-1838
Colbert, Will, Captain (#19, #76), c.1900-1923	Liston (Pryor), Mrs. Sam (Evelyn), Boatman, c.1910-1923	Spong, Johnny, Boatman, c.1910-1916 [died in steam pipe break accident on the river north of Tide Lock]
Colby, Bill, Saloon Keeper, Cumberland MD, c.1910-1915	Lizer, Buddy, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Spong, Nina (Nine), Boatman, c.1900-1916
Collins, Daniel, Locktender (#19, #20), 1839-1853	Lizer, Charlie, Captain, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Spong, Samuel, Captain (#74), c.1900-1916
Commack, G., Locktender (Tide Lock, #1, #2, #3, #4), 1870	Lizer, Frank, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Spong, Sarah, Canaler's Child *, 1910-1916 [died in steam pipe break accident on the river north of Tide Lock]
Conner, William, Locktender (#6), 1830	Lizer, George, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Spong, Thomas, Boatman, c.1910-1916
Connor (Conner), Hugh, Locktender (#53), c.1839-1848	Lizer, Orville, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Spong, Willard, Boatman, c.1910-1916 [died in steam pipe break accident on the river north of Tide Lock]
Connor (Conner), Sarah, Locktender (#53), 1848-1849	Lizer, Theodore, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Stake, A.K., Locktender (#41, #42), Boat Builder, General Superintendent, c.1847-?
Connors (Conner), Mr., Locktender (#18, #19?)	Lizer, Wesley (Weston), Captain (#2, #8, #36), c.1900-1923	Stanhope, Lewis G., Locktender (#41, #42), Division Superintendent, 1848-c.1884
Crabtree, Joe (Pap), Locktender (#68), c.1900s	Lowe, Overton G., Locktender (#56), 1856	Stephens, Ayles?, Locktender (at one of the following: #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13 or #14)
Crampton, Bud, Captain (#79), c.1900-1923	Lowe, William D., Locktender (#47, #48, #49, #50)	Stephens, Richard, Captain (#12), c.1900-1924
Crampton, Ide, Captain (#26, #64), c.1900-1923	Lucius?, Mr. (Lucius?), Locktender (#70)	Sterling, Daniel (Dan), Locktender (Guard Lock #5), early 1900s
Crampton, John, Captain (#60), c.1900-1923	Magruder, Joseph, Locktender (#72), 1867	Sterling, Harry F., Locktender (Guard Lock #5), Supervisor, c.1899-1939
Crampton, Links, Captain (#63), c.1900-1923	Malone, Mr., Locktender (#72), 1867	Stewart (Stuart?, Steward?), Charles S., Locktender (#10 and/or #11), c.1888-1939
Crampton, Tom, Captain (#46), c.1900-1923	Martin, Emmert, Captain (#45), c.1900-1923	Stickle, Owen, Captain (#51), c.1900-1924
Crawford, Carrie, Locktender	Martin, Lloyd, Captain (#66), c.1900-1923	Stottlemeyer, Margaret, Locktender (#51?)
Crawford, Isaiah (Didge), Locktender (#50), 1910	Mayhew, Ronnie (Rannie?), Captain (#23), c.1900-1923	Stride, Clyde, Captain (#15), c.1900-1924
Crawfuss, Sam, Locktender (#75), 1858	McBride, John, Locktender (#6), c.1833	Stride, Jack, Captain (#66), c.1900-1924
Cross, Lewis H. (Bugs), Locktender (#29), Laborer, c.1938-1962	McCardell, Ambrose P., Captain (#53), c.1900-1923	Strong, David, Locktender (#72, #75), c.1850-c.1867
Cross, Susan, Locktender (#21), 1836	McCardle, Cortney, Locktender	Stull, Fred, Captain, c.1900-1924
Cross, Sylvia (Sadie), Locktender (#3)	McCardle, Percy, Locktender	Stull, Wilhelm, Captain (Old #39), c.1900-1924
Crow, Sidney, Locktender (#36), 1906	McCoy, Andrew, Locktender (#40), 1839-1840	Stump, Eugene (Gene), Locktender
Crowell, John, Locktender (#34), 1839-1840, 1850, 1854	McDermott, E., Locktender (#72), 1860	Stump, James (Jim), Locktender (#66)
Dalzell, James, Locktender (#6), 1840	McGregor, William, Locktender (#33), 1855	Sullivan, Mrs., Concessionaire, Great Falls, c.1925
Darkey, Francis, Locktender (#75)	McKay, William, Locktender (#35, #36, Guard Lock #3), 1846	Swain, Albert (Bert), Captain (#14), c.1900-1924
Darkey, Hughey, Locktender (#67, #68), c.1910 [the one with the pretty daughters]	McKelvey, Jim, Captain (#36), c.1900-1923	Swain, Billie, Boatman, Captain (#42), c.1890-1920
Darby, Ernie, Miller, c.1910-1923 [his warehouse was immediately downstream of Lock 24]	McKelvey, Tom, Captain (#43), c.1900-1923	Swain, Bob, Captain, c.1900-1923
Davis, Ab, Captain, c.1900-1923	Mellot, Mr., Locktender (Guard Lock #4), 1900s	Swain, Fred (Bubba), Concessionaire, c.1960-2000
Davis, Albert (Af), Captain (#57), c.1900-1923	Mellott, John, Captain (#93), c.1900-1923	Swain, Hen (Henry), Boatman, Captain (#63), c.1890-1920 [a suicide]
Davis, Benjamin Franklin, Miner, Ticket Taker (Great Falls Overlook) and Locktender (#16, #17), c.1900-c.1920s [injured in a coal mine accident near Cumberland]	Mercia, Mr., Locktender (#56)	Swain, Jess (Jesse), Boatman, Captain, Locktender (#18, #19, #20, #21), c.1890-1920)
Davis (Toone), Catherine Louise, Locktender (#16), c.1920-1929	Metts, Frederick, Locktender (#12, #13, #14), 1839-1840; also Locktender (#5, Guard Lock #1), 1850	Swain, John, Laborer, Captain, Boat Owner, c.1832-1850
Davis, Charles (Beaver), Captain (#82), c.1900-1924	Metts, Hezekiah, Locktender (#12, #13, #14, #15, #16), 1839-late 1840s	Swain, John, Boatman, Locktender (#10, #14), c.1890-1920 [drowned when his brother Bill knocked him into a lock]
Davis, Feemy, Storekeeper, (#7?, #8?, #9?, #10?, #11?, #12?, #13?, #14?), 1900s	Metts, Lucy A., Locktender (#5, #10, Guard Lock #1), 1850s	Swain, Leonard, Captain (#63), c.1900-1923
Davis, Frank Andrew, Locktender (#16), c.1920-1929	Miller, Sam, Locktender (#15), c.1910	Swain, Otho, Boatman, Locktender (#21), c.1908-1923
Davis, George H., Locktender (#15), Levelwalker, 1900s	Mills, Alvey (Alvie?), Captain, Boatman, c.1890-1923	Swain, Robert, Locktender (#21), mid-1900s
Davis, Hamilton, Locktender (#7?, #8?, #9?, #10?, #11?, #12?, #13?, #14?), 1900s	Mills, Jim Ike, Boatman, c.1890-1923	Swain, Virginia, Locktender (#21), mid-1900s
Davis, J.W., Locktender (#22 and/or #23), 1865	Mimmis, John W., Locktender (#12), 1874	Swandle (Swangle?), George, Captain (#10), c.1900-1923
Davis, James, Locktender (#28), 1839-1840, 1844	Mitchell, Pete, Quarryman (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), c.1890	Tarman, Thomas, Locktender (#21), c.1865
Davis, Mrs. James, Locktender (#28), 1844-?	Mitchell, William, Locktender?, Laborer?, 1929	Taylor, Bill, Captain (#41), c.1900-1923
Davis, Joe, Locktender (#61), 1900s [he and his wife murdered in their lock house which was then burned to cover the crime]	Montauge, Philip, Locktender? (#32?, #33?, #34?, #35?, #36?, #37?), c.1860	Taylor, Charles, Locktender (#17)
Davis, Joseph, Boatman, c.1920 [was driving the mules for his step-father Frank Myers when the #73 dropped into Conococheague Creek]	Moore, Cyrus, Locktender (#47, #48, #49, #50), 1858	Taylor, Daise, Captain, c.1900-1923
Davis, Samuel L., Locktender (Tide Lock, #12, #13), Scow Laborer,	Moore, James, Locktender (#74, #75), 1850	Taylor, Foster, Captain (#95), c.1900-1923
Levelwalker, Carpenter or Carpenter's Helper, c.1918	Moore, John S., #47, #48, #49, #50), c.1850	Taylor, Samuel (Sam), Locktender (#49), c.1911; between Dam #5 and Dam #6, 1938
Davis, Viola, Boatman, c.1920	Moore, Mr., Locktender (#40?), 1900s	Taylor, Sharpie, Captain (#90), c.1900-1923
Davis, William (Willie) John Hamilton, Locktender (#12, #13), Gold Miner, c.1915-1936	Moore, Thomas (Tom), Locktender (#37), c.1900s	Terrell, James, Locktender (#73, #74), 1859-1862
Delaney, Charles (Piney, Charley), Captain (#42, #77), c.1900-1923	Moore, Tom, Boatman, c.1900s	Thrasher, Billy, Boat Owner, Captain, c.1901-1923
Delaney, Jack, Locktender (#39), 1877-c.1880s	Morany, Samuel, Locktender (#47, #48, #49, #50), 1855	Tice, John, Captain (#18), Boatman, c.1910
Delaney, Orville, Captain (#56), c.1900-1923	Morrison, Mr., Locktender (#18), c.1880	Tice, John, Jr., Captain (#18), c.1900-1923
Dent, Alex, Locktender (#33), 1852-1853	Morten (Motter?), Jacob, Locktender (Guard Lock #5), c.1839-1840	Trammel, Philip, Locktender (#45, #46), 1839-1840
Dent, Mr., Locktender (#28)	Mose, Charlotte, Boatman, c.1910-1923	Tschiffely, Will, Miller, c.1910-1924 [his warehouse was immediately downstream of Lock 24; his mill was on Seneca Creek across from Allnutt's store]
Derr, Emmanuel, Locktender (#37 or #38), 1800s [both he and his wife died of cholera]	Mose, Clifford (Pete), Boatman, c.1910-1920	Tony, Pete, Quarryman (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), c.1890
Detrow, Mr., Locktender (#40), 1920s	Mose?, Clell, Captain?, c.1900	Turner, James, W., Locktender (#49), c.1888-1889
Dick, Clete, Captain (Old #21, Old #24), c.1900-1923	Mose, Daniel, Boatman, c.1919-1923	Turner, Joe, Locktender (#38)
Dick, Lafe, Captain (#84, #96), c.1900-1923	Mose, Edward, Captain (#97), c.1900-1923	Turner, John, Locktender (#72, #75), 1858, 1864
Dick, Ralph, Captain, c.1900-1923	Mose (Renner?), Ella May, Boatman, c.1890-1923	Twigg, Emory, Locktender (#69), 1900s
Dodd, Isaac, Locktender (#43), 1844	Mose, Hazel, Canaller Child, c.1921	Twigg, Hennin, Captain (#33), c.1923
Drennen, Henry, Locktender (#35, #36, Guard Lock #3), 1856-1860	Mose?, Ivan, Captain?, c.1900	Twigg, Sam, Locktender (#71?)
Drew, Solomon, Locktender (#8), 1830	Mose, J.P. (Jerome, Beanie), Captain (New #27, #38), Boatman, c.1908-1920	Underdunk, Robert, Captain, c.1900-1923
Dubia, George, Locktender (#15), 1865	Mose, J.P. (Jr.?), Canaller Child, 1906-1909	Underdunk, Tuden, Captain (#36), c.1900-1923
Dunn, Ed, Captain, c.1900-1923	Mose, Sr., Lester M. (Les), Captain (#27, #38, #42, #52), Boatman, Quarryman (Nestle Quarry, Falling Waters, WV), 1904-1922	Vide, Will, Boatman, c.1910-1923
Eaton, Charles (Scat, Charley), Captain (#28, #80), c.1900-1923	Mose (Colbert), Sr., Mrs. Lester M. (Mary), Boatman, Levelwalker, c.1904-1922	Violette, Alfred (Ap, Alf) Lee, Locktender and Concessionaire (Lock #23), c.1910-1923
Edmonston, Mr., Locktender (#11), 1830	Mose, Jr., Lester Marion, Canaller Child, c.1920	Violette, Kate, Locktender, Laborer, Concessionaire (Lock #23), c.1900-1942
Egan, Mr., Locktender (#60?), 1860	Moser, Dickie, Captain (#88), c.1900-1923	Violette, Mr. (Alf's son), Levelwalker (Lock #23 to Lock #25), c.1915
Eichelberger, Leif, Captain, c.1900-1923	Mouse, Murphy, Locktender	Violette, Mr., Superintendent, Seneca Quarry, late 19th Century
Elgin, William S., Locktender (#33, Shenendoah River Outlet Lock), 1839, 1840s-1850s	Mouse (Maus?), Thomas (Tom), Locktender (#47, #48, #49, #50, Guard Lock #5), c.1860	Violette, Mr., Timekeeper (Seneca Quarry), late 19th Century
Elliot (Elliott), Mr., Locktender (#17, #20), c.1915-1923	Myers, Charles B., Captain (#120), c.1890-1915	Walsh, M., Locktender (#33), 1862
Elliot (Sikes), Mrs. Liza, Locktender (#17), c.1915	Myers, Charles G., Captain (#21), c.1900-1923	Walter, John, Locktender, Storekeeper (#25), early 1900s
Everetts, Jim, Captain, c.1900-1923 [same as below?]	Myers, Columbus, Boatman, c.1890-1923	Walter, William (Waller), Locktender (#29), 1838-1839
Everitt, James, Boatman, c.1910	Myers, Commodore, Captain, c.1890-1923	Ward, A.B., Locktender (#31), 1840
Farman, Asa, Locktender (#12, #13, #14), 1846	Myers, Frank, Captain (#73), c.1900-1923 [was steering #73 when it broke through the Conococheague Aqueduct]; also Locktender? (between Guard Lock #4 and Guard Lock #5), 1930s	Warner, Daniel, Locktender (#19, #20), c.1846-1850
Farman, Rebecca, Locktender (#12, #13, #14, #15), 1846-?	Myers, George, Captain (#53), c.1900-1923	Waters, Hatton, Boat Owner and Captain (Alice May), Store Owner (Travilah MD) c.1910-1923
Farrow, Nathan, Locktender (#1, #2, #3, #4), 1900s	Myers, Henry, Locktender (#50), 1910	Weneow, William, Locktender (#73, #74), 1860
Fawcett, Mr., Locktender (#5), 1870	Myers, Mrs., Henry, Locktender (#50), 1910-1911	Willard, Ernie, Boatman, c.1915
Fenlon, W.W., Locktender (#15, #16), 1830-1832	Myers, Jacob F. (Jake), Boatman, c.1898-1919	West, W.T., Locktender (Great Falls), c.1870
Field (Fields), Robert C., Locktender (#21), 1839-1840, 1846	Myers (Shives), Molly, Boatman, c.1900-1923	Whalen (Wehlan?), John, Locktender (#27), 1900s
Fisher, Samuel M., Locktender (#21), 1846	Newcomer, Susan, Locktender (#45, #46), 1864	Whalen (Wehlen?), Mr., Locktender (#5), 1830
Fisher, Will, Captain (#67), c.1900-1923	Niche, Mr., Locktender (#39), 1920s	Westbrook, Bill, Saloon Keeper, Cumberland MD, c.1910-1923
Fitch, James, Locktender (#26), 1839-1840, 1848	Nicolson, George, General Manager, 1890-1938	Willard, J., Locktender (#5)
Flynn, Aloysius, Locktender (#47, #48), 1880-1910	Nugent, Boatman, c.1910-1923 [African-American]	Willard, William, Locktender (#5), 1900s
Flynn, James (Dutch), Locktender (#47, #48), 1880	Null, Frank, Captain (#54), c.1923	Williams, Henry, Captain (#52), c.1900-1923 [same as below?] Williams, John, Boatman, c.1910-1923
Flynn, John, Locktender (#47, #48), 1880-1910	Null, Jimmy (James), Captain (#52), c.1910-1923	Williams, Mr., Captain, c.1910-1923 [one of possibly only two African-American Captains on the canal in the last years of commercial navigation]
Flynn, Joseph, Locktender (#47, #48), 1880	Nuse, Daniel (Dan), Locktender (#70), before 1916	Wilson, Doc, Captain (Old #31), c.1900-1923
Fowler, Sam, Levelwalker, c.1920 [Level 43 and/or Level 44]	O'Brian, Pat, Blacksmith, c.1840	Wimmis?, John W., Locktender (#12), c.1874
Fox, Charlie, Captain (#10, #13), c.1900-1923	Offut, Thomas B., Locktender (#5, Guard Lock #1), 1839-1840	Wolfe, Daise (David?), Captain (#4), c.1900-1923
Fox Family, Boat Captains, Boatmen, Locktenders (#29), c.1890-1923	O'Reilly (O'Riley), James, Locktender (#1, #2, #3, #4), c.1830-1842 [drowned in Level #3]	Wolfe, Hooper, Boatman, c.1900-1924
French, Bud, Captain (#38), c.1900-1923	O'Reilly (O'Riley), Mrs. James, Locktender (#1, #2, #3, #4), 1842-?	Wood, Mr., Locktender (#26), 1900s
Fuller, Mr., Locktender (#21), 1830	Osborn, Mr., Locktender (#Tide Lock, a.k.a. Lock A), summer 1870	Wood, Charles, Locktender (#24), c.1865
Fulton, William H., Locktender (#28, #29)	Otto, Henry, Locktender (#47, #48, #49, #50), c.1850	Wooder, Bill, Captain (#8), c.1900-1923
Gallagher (Galliher?), Frank, Locktender (#58), early 1900s	Page, Eliza, Locktender (#24?), Registrar, 1835	Wright, Mr., Locktender (#22), c.1830s
Gallagher (Galliher?), Mr., Locktender (#60), 1912	Page, Peyton, Locktender (#23 or #24), Registrar, 1830-1835	Wright, Mr., Locktender (#25), 1900s
Gallagher (Galliher?), S.B., Locktender, 1930s	Patton, Will, Locktender	Wright, Robert (Bob), Captain (#86, #97), c.1900-1923
Gallagher, Stickney (Coon), Locktender (#60), early 1900s	Pearl, Charles (Charlie, Charley), Captain (#59), Locktender (Tide Lock, #1, #2, #3, #4); also Locktender (of one of the following locks: #15, #16 #17, #18, #19 or #20), c.1900-1924	Young, Archibald, Locktender (#75), 1830? [did #75 exist in 1830?]
Garlock, Robert C., Locktender, 1930s	Pennell?, Mr., Locktender (#68), 1900s	Young, Bill, Locktender (#41 or #42), 1900s
Garrish, Benjamin (Bennie, Benny), Boatman, c.1914-1923 [appeared on mid-20th century postcard leading mules on canal]	Penner, Will, Captain (#69), c.1900-1924	Young, John Y., Locktender (#9, #10), 1830s-1840s
Gloss, Will, Captain (Old #31), c.1900-1923	Penner, William J., Locktender (#6)	Young, William, Locktender (#73, #74), 1851
Goldsboro, Mr., Locktender (#69), early 1900s	Pennifield (Penefield), G.W., Locktender (#23 and/or Guard Lock #2), 1865	Young, William T., Locktender (#44)
Goode, George, Quarryman (Seneca Stone Cutting Mill), c.1890	Pennifield, Sylvester, Locktender (Tide Lock and/or #1, #2, #3, #4), c.1890-1939	Zeigler (Ziegler?), Will, Jr., Captain (#69), Locktender (Tide Lock), c.1900-1923
Goodhart, William (Coon), Locktender (#34), c.1920s	Pennyfield, Charlie (Charles?), Locktender (#22), c.1900-1924	Zimmerman, Bob, Captain (#62 and New #61), c.1900-1923
Gormly, Philip, Locktender (#1, #2, #3, #4), 1831	Pennyfield, George P., Locktender (#22), c.1890-1910	Zimmerman, Clint, Captain (#4), c.1900-1924 [Captain of the loaded boat headed downstream in the Paw Paw Tunnel standoff]
Gray, Turmann, Captain, c.1900-1923	Perch, John, Locktender (#30), 1864	Zimmerman, Frank, Captain (#31), c.1923
Greddath, Vernon M., Locktender (#17), 1900s	Perch, Mrs. John, Locktender (#30), 1864-?	Zimmerman, Harry, Captain (#30), c.1900-1923
Greenwalt, Mr., Locktender (#32), 1860s? [son fell off lock and drowned August 1865]	Poffenberger, Rube, Captain, c.1900-1924	Zimmerman Family, Boatmen (Boatman), c.1910
Greenwalt, Abe, Locktender? (#33), 1924	Poffenberger, Sam, Captain, c.1900-1923	Zimmerman (Zimmer) Lucy, Locktender, Laborer (#39), c.1916-1938
Grim, Josephus, Locktender (#37), 1871	Poole, Charlie, Locktender (#25), Storekeeper (Lock #25), early 1900s	Zimmerman (Zimmer), Micky, Locktender (#39), c.1916-1924 [drowned in front of Lock #39]
Grim, Mr., Locktender (#38), 1838	Porter, Levi, Locktender (#38), 1877	Zimmerman, Webb, Locktender or Laborer, 1930-1933
Gross, John (Bunny), Locktender (#59), 1900s	Preston, Henry (Hen), Captain (#8), c.1900-1923

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