Riverboat pilot & friend of Samuel Clemens. In the summer of 1857, Samuel was the cub pilot, Zebulon Leavenworth & Beck Jolly were the co-pilots & Mark Leavenworth, Zebulon's brother, was the captain of the John J. Roe. Zebulon was also a co-pilot with Isaac Chauncey Cable on the New Falls City with Clemens as the cub pilot. Clemens had been a licenses pilot on the Alonzo Child when the Civil War began. The southern-sympathizing captain of the Alonzo Child refused to return to St. Louis from New Orleans with his steamboat. A stranded Clemens took passage aboard the Nebraska which was piloted by Zebulon Leavenworth. It was the last steamboat to gain free passage to the upper Mississippi through the Union blockade at Memphis.
Riverboat pilot & friend of Samuel Clemens. In the summer of 1857, Samuel was the cub pilot, Zebulon Leavenworth & Beck Jolly were the co-pilots & Mark Leavenworth, Zebulon's brother, was the captain of the John J. Roe. Zebulon was also a co-pilot with Isaac Chauncey Cable on the New Falls City with Clemens as the cub pilot. Clemens had been a licenses pilot on the Alonzo Child when the Civil War began. The southern-sympathizing captain of the Alonzo Child refused to return to St. Louis from New Orleans with his steamboat. A stranded Clemens took passage aboard the Nebraska which was piloted by Zebulon Leavenworth. It was the last steamboat to gain free passage to the upper Mississippi through the Union blockade at Memphis.
Bio by: Connie Nisinger
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