The Glencoe was a sidewheel wooden hull packet built in Shousetown, PA in 1870 and completed in Pittsburgh in 1871.  It was a big sidewheeler (275x43x7) built for deep water and operation in the Louisville to New Orleans trade.  The original owners were Capt Thomas S Calhoon (2/3) and Capt Jackman T Stockdale (1/3).  The pilots who took her out for her maiden voyage were Jacob Poe and his son George WE Poe.  The first clerk was John QA Parr. [1]   All lived in Georgetown.   

On 19 Jan 1871, the Glencoe made her first trip to New Orleans with Capt Thomas S Calhoon at the wheel and JQA Parr clerk.  Later the route switched to St Louis to New Orleans trade.  The Glencoe Transportation Co was established with Capt John Bofinger, president and Thomas S Calhoon, secretary. [2]

 

The Glencoe was snagged and lost near Vicksburg on 28 Oct 1877.  It was a total loss.  The steamer was valued at $18,750.  Proceeds from the hulk were $1,647, but much of her equipment was salvaged and installed on the Katie Stockdale including the whistle. [3]

 

 

 

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[i]  Capt Frederick Way, Jr., The Steamboating Poe Family, (S&D Reflector (Dec 1965)).
[2]  Frederick Way, Jr.,Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994, (Ohio University Press, Athens 1994), p. 189.
[3]  Frederick Way, Jr.,Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994, (Ohio University Press, Athens 1994), p. 189.