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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: 1868 Iowa News from Rock Island #1
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:09:07 -0600


All articles are from

Rock Island Evening Argus
Rock Island, Rock Island, IL

unless otherwise stated.

1868

Friday, 3 Jan
Frank G. Wilson, formerly of Davenport, Iowa, is now in jail at Palmyra,
Missouri, on a charge of bigamy.

Monday, 6 Jan
-Willard Barrows, the historian of Scott County, Iowa, died yesterday.
-Lucy Bruhn, wife of Charles Bruhn of Davenport, Iowa, has been missing from her
home since last Friday. She would have been 61 years old on Saturday.
-J.W. Churchill was seriously injured Friday in an accident. He was formerly of
Davenport, Iowa, but is now living in Valley City. He was also a former resident
of Rock Island, Ill.

Tuesday, 7 Jan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Longbottom, of LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, were on the
steamer Glencoe which exploded at St. Louis, Mo., on 3 April 1852, but escaped.
The remains of that ship were recently found when workmen began building the
bridge currently going across the river there.

Wednesday, 8 Jan
Samuel Resdolph and Mrs. Jane Landant ran away from Iowa City, Iowa, and were
followed by the latter's husband to Davenport.

Thursday, 9 Jan
William Boll, a young German who worked for the brewers in Davenport, died there
last Sunday, aged 27 years.

Tuesday, 8 Jan.
V.S. Carter, an old resident of Davenport, Iowa, was found dead at his home on
Sunday, aged 58 years.

Wednesday, 9 Jan
Rock Island Daily Union
John W. Fiedler, a native of Leipsic, Germany, and late of Davenport, Iowa, died
in Chicago a few days ago.

Monday, 13 Jan
Rock Island Daily Union
Francis Denney, of Des Moines, Iowa, married Priscilla C. Bell of Berlin, Henry
County, Ill., on January 1st. at Berlin.

Tuesday, 14 Jan
Rock Island Daily Union
W.D. Davis married Lenora A. Bates on January 10th at LeClaire, Scott County,
Iowa.

Thursday, 16 Jan.
William Cleland married Miss Sarah McKeag, all of Coal Valley, Ill., on the 28th
ult. They are now living in their new home in Montezuma, Poweshiek County, Iowa.

Friday, 17 Jan
Rock Island Daily Union
P.D. Miller, son of Dr. Miller of Keokuk County, Iowa, left Denver, Colorado, on
the 2d and is stopping with his father since his return. Mr. Miller went to
Colorado in 1860 and is now engaged in the stock growing business 80 miles south
of Denver.

Saturday, 18 Jan.
Lt. H.B. Sudlow of Davenport, Iowa, married Miss Mary L., daughter of Hiram
Cable of Davenport, Iowa, on January 15th.

Wednesday, 22 Jan
Frederick Millard married Sarah Allen, both of Davenport, Iowa, on January 21st
in Rock Island, Ill.

Thursday, 23 Jan
John Flahan, an employee of J.S. Altman, the ice dealer of Davenport, Iowa, was
badly injured yesterday when he fell off a derrick. He has a wife and three
children.

Wednesday, 29 Jan
-James Belfelt, a laborer in Davenport, Iowa, was gored by a bull recently, as
was Robert Neal, living at Long Grove, back of Davenport.
-Oscar Meddley, a train passenger from Blairstown, Pa., was killed Monday in a
train accident near Homestead, Iowa.

Saturday, 1 Feb
-Robert M. Lytle of New Liberty, Scott County, Ia., was badly injured a few days
ago while going home with a load of coal.
-Mr. Schrimer was found on the prairie near Victor, frozen to death. He was a
resident of Brooklyn and was aged about 40 years. He leaves a wife and six
children.

Saturday, 1 Feb
Rock Island Daily Union
Sarah J. Tolson of Lyons, Iowa, married Daniel M. Sidlinger of Port Byron, Ill.,
on January 28th at the National Hotel in Port Byron.

Friday, 7 Feb
Rock Island Daily Union
S.N. Ills, principal of the commercial college in Davenport, Iowa, died
Wednesday.

Monday, 10 Feb.
Lazarus Lowry died February 7th at his residence near LeClaire, Scott County,
Ia., aged 74 years.

Monday, 10 Feb
Rock Island Daily Union
Mrs. Kate Keimer was examined by the court as to the soundness of her mind and
was ordered to the asylum.

Tuesday, 11 Feb
August Bunkey, a farmer who was returning home along the Dubuque Road, 10 miles
from Davenport, was robbed last Friday.

Friday, 14 Feb
Owen McCormick, of Pre-emption, Mercer County, Ill, has purchased a tract of
land in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa, and will soon move there.

Friday, 21 Feb
E.B. Seller of Eldora, Iowa, married Virginia J. Bollman of Rock Island, Ill. on
February 20th at the residence of the bride's father.

Tuesday, 25 Feb
The Rev. C.E.M. Burnham, formerly of Rock Island, Illinois, is now at the
Baptist church in Lyons, Iowa.

Monday, 2 Mar.
Mrs. Mary M. McNamey died February 29th in Davenport, Iowa, at the residence of
her mother, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, aged 26 years. The funeral will be Tuesday from
the residence of her mother on 3rd street.

Tuesday, 3 Mar
Harrison H. FEnno, of Pleasant Valley, Iowa, has been charged with selling an
ill horse to Samuel Heagy of Hampton, Ill.

Tuesday, 10 Mar
John T. Hawthorn died March 9th in Keokuk, Iowa, aged 23 years. The funeral will
be Wednesday at the residence of Wm. Hawthorn on Highland street between Dock
and Adams in Rock Island, Ill.

Monday, 16 Mar
Rock Island Daily Union
A.W. Smith and his two sons with a group of men, including John Snyder, M.
Culver and two men named Jacobs met on Friday at Dixon, Liberty township, Scott
County, Iowa, and were involved in a shooting affray.

Tuesday, 17 Mar
-Dr. Herman Byers, of Davenport, Iowa, who had been missing since Christmas, was
found drowned last Saturday at Rockingham.
-John Dunn, of Davenport, Iowa, married Miss Ann Woods of this city on May 30th
in St. Mary's Church in this city.
-John B. Harmon, of Davenport, Iowa, drowned Monday off the bridge in a storm.
Injured were T.R. Smith, Albert Amsbaugh, Hermann Rhode and Henry Rhode, all of
Davenport.
- John Henry Bernhardt Khorte, a German aged about 28 years, was killed by the
train three miles back of Davenport, Iowa, on Friday. Three medals for bravery
in the 53rd Prussian Infantry were found on him.

Wednesday, 18 Mar
The body of John Bernard Hamann, who died Monday off the railroad bridge, was
recovered Tuesday and buried in Davenport. He leaves no family.

Friday, 20 Mar
H.P. Penniman and W.B. Sigley of Battle Creek, Michigan, are soon to open the
LeClaire House in Davenport, Iowa, which has been closed for two years.

Saturday, 21 Mar
Rock Island Daily Union
John Lane, aged 25 years and John Wagner, aged 35 years, arrived in Davenport,
Iowa from Des Moines, Iowa, about six days ago and have now been arrested in
Rock Island, Ill. It has since been determined that Waggoner's real name is John
Straus.

Tuesday, 24 Mar
Wm Renwick has sold his sawmill just above the railroad bridge in Davenport,
Iowa.

Thursday, 2 April
George Peaslee was found dead on his farm about five miles southwest of
LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, on Wednesday, aged 30-35 years. He leaves a wife
and children.

Monday, 13 April
S.M. Baker., of Virginia, has bought the Ogilvie House in Muscatine, Iowa.

Thursday, 16 April
-A son of Nathan Greer, who lives about ten miles from Davenport, Iowa, was in a
hunting accident Tuesday.
-Charles Lelander, a Swede by birth, but a resident of Davenport, Iowa, for many
years, recently bought the property of Christian Thede opposite the woolen mill
office in Moline, Ill.

Monday, 20 April
A little son of Dr. J.J. Tomson, aged 6 years, swallowed a glass bead and is in
poor condition.

Wednesday, 22 April
Capt. Dick Morehouse died on the 19th inst. at the residence of LeGrande
Morehouse in Muscatine County, Iowa, 16 miles below Davenport, aged 62 years. He
had been a steamboatman for 25 years in the St. Louis and New Orleans trade.

Wednesday, 22 April
Rock Island Daily Union
Capt. Dick Morehouse, one of the pioneer steamboatmen on the upper Mississippi,
died on the 20th at his farm in Buffalo Township, Scott county, Iowa, aged 66
years.

Saturday, 25 April
The Tomson boy died on the 24th, aged about 7 years.

Thursday, 30 April
George F. Carpenter, of Davenport, Iowa, died last night at Chicago, Ill., as
learned by Jerry C. Conklin of Davenport. He leaves a wife, but no children.

Friday, 1 May
-George F. Carpenter, of Davenport, Iowa, died last night at Chicago, Ill., as
learned by Jerry C. Conklin of Davenport. He leaves a wife, but no children. Mr.
Davie of Montreal is the brother-in-law of the deceased. He was the son of a
doctor living in Vermont and was about 30 years of age. His wife lives in
Davenport and has no family.
-George Fayette Carpenter was born in 1834 in Bangor, Franklin County, N.Y., and
was aged about 34 years. He was the youngest son and child of Dr. Christopher
Carpenter of Bangor, who died in 1863. George attended the Franklin Academy at
Malone, N.Y., from 1851-1854; and the Northfield, Vt. school in 1856. He came to
Davenport, Iowa, in July, 1856. In 1862, he was married in Davenport to Miss
Belle Parry, sister of the wife of Charles H. Davie. Burial will be in
Davenport. He is survived by his wife, an aged mother and a brother at
Manchester, Iowa; and by a brother at Bangor, N.Y. He had relatives at
Northfield, Vt. Herman Carpenter, his uncle, is a lawyer and at one time was a
member of the legislature.
- Paul M. Livington, of Andrew, Jackson County, Iowa, was killed on April 10th
in an accident. His wife, a young child and a son, aged 10-11 years, was
injured. He was a brother of Hugh Livingston of Richland Grove, Mercer County,
Ill.

Monday, 4 May
Rock Island Daily Union
-The funeral of George F. Carpenter was last Wednesday at Chicago. He had been
found dead near the Illinois Central railroad depot that morning, aged about 31
years. He is survived by his wife. He was the son of a physician in Vermont and
formerly lived in Davenport, Iowa. Burial was in Davenport after a funeral at
the residence of J.C. Conklin.
-D.P. McAllister of Rock Island, Ill, will soon move to Davenport, Ia., and has
rented a store on Harrison Street there where he will be in the grocery, flour
and feed business.

Tuesday, 5 May
Rock Island Daily Union
Gottlieb Fahrer, Jr., owner of the Sigel House in Davenport, Iowa, was badly
wounded in a stabbing affray there yesterday.

Thursday, 14 May
Rock Island Daily Union
Charlie Rothman, aged 10 years, of LeClaire, Scott County, Iowa, nearly downed
Tuesday, but was rescued.

Friday, 15 May.
Rock Island Daily Union.
Clara M. Martin, of Muscatine, Ia., married Simon A. Kerns of Moline, Ill., on
May 14th at the Presbyterian Church in Muscatine.

Tuesday, 19 May
Henry Weiss was killed in an accident yesterday on Credit Island. He as one of
the oldest members of the Liberty Fire Department. The funeral was today.

Thursday, 21 May
Spencer Tompkins, son-in-law of Buzzard Barnes, formerly of Rock Island, Ill.,
of Dubuque, Iowa, is now at Omaha, Nebraska.

Friday, 22 May
James McNamara, of Long Grove, Scott County, Iowa, and John Kehoe, we believe of
the same locality, met yesterday at the 5-Mile House on the Dubuque Road and got
in an argument. McNamara was stabbed fatally, it is believed.

Monday, 25 May
Josiah F. Hess, of Davenport, Iowa, is one of the claimants to the Laurence
estate in England.

Wednesday, 27 May
F. Quickenstadt of Davenport, Iowa, recently shipped 17,000 peltries to Germany.

Tuesday, 2 June
Frank Smith, son of Dr. T.S. Smith of Pleasant Valley, near Davenport, Iowa,
aged 10, was badly injured Saturday when he was crushed by a tree.

Saturday, 6 June
Mrs. Everts, of Daxon [Dixon], Iowa, 20 miles from Davenport, was operated on
today at the residence of Mrs. Dow on the corner of 15th and Brady streets in
Davenport.

Friday, 12 June.
Rock Island Daily Union.
A boarder with Mr. and Mrs. Swin in Davenport, Iowa, has recently eloped with
Mrs. Swin to Des Moines, Iowa.

Monday, 15 June
Alexander Brownlie, Sr., of Long Grove, Scott County, Iowa, was badly injured
the other day in his stable.

Wednesday, 17 June
Mrs. Harriet Everts of Dixon, Iowa, died last Monday in Davenport.

Thursday, 18 June
Fred Dalzell, son of Capt. James Dalzell of Davenport, Iowa, is missing. He is
aged 10 years.

Friday, 19 June
John Daly, a poor Irishman who lives near Wheatland, Scott County, Iowa, sent to
Ireland for his sister, who left Liverpool last March 9th, but who has not been
heard from since.

Friday, 19 June
Rock Island Daily Union
Patterson Rowe married Miss Eurana Hitchen, both of Clinton, Iowa, on June 18th
in Rock Island, Ill.

Saturday, 20 June.
Rock Island Daily Union
Capt. Wm. M. Morris is making plans to move to Woodbine, Harrison County, Iowa.
His brother, Thomas, has a stock farm there.

Tuesday, 23 June
Rock Island Daily Union
Matheas Zabel, a member of the Turner Society and of the Liberty fire company,
Davenport, Iowa, died Sunday. He was a former soldier. The funeral was yesterday
with burial in the Catholic burying ground.

Monday, 29 June
Crummie Carroll, son of W.L. Carroll, an architect of Davenport, Iowa, drowned
Saturday in the river near the Great Western Brewery. The body was recovered.


Cathy Joynt Labath
Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm
Iowa Old Press
http://www.IowaOldPress.com/


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