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Nov 17, 1823 Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Died on 03 Jul 1893 (aged 69) Scorpio
George Flavel - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About George Flavel
- Captain George Edward Flavel (; November 17, 1823 — July 3, 1893) was an Irish American maritime pilot and entrepreneur.
- Born in 1823 to Irish parents, Flavel relocated to the West coast of the United States in 1849, working as a tugboat operator between Sacramento and San Francisco, California.
- In 1851, he settled in the northern coastal port city of Astoria, Oregon, where he became one of the first licensed bar pilots in the state. Flavel would go on to amass a fortune with a business managing pilot boats on the Columbia River, making him a prominent local figure, and one of the first millionaires in Oregon.
- In addition to bar piloting, he was involved in several other entrepreneurial endeavors, including operating a wharf in Astoria, and managing a coal business from Australia.
- At the time of his death in 1893, Flavel had a net worth of nearly US$2 million (equivalent to $55,770,370 in 2018).
- His family estate, known as the Captain George Flavel House, was donated to the Clatsop County Historical Society by his great-granddaughter after her inheritance of it in 1933, and contemporarily functions as a museum.
