BOWLING TOWNSHIP.
Bowling Township is bounded by Rural on the east, Edgington on the west, north by Black Hawk and south by Mercer
County. The country is quite rolling, with splendid farms, and plenty of timber land and prairie. The first settlers
were Mr. Bowling, John Tyndall, William Tyndall and Edmond Cropper, in 1838. William Tyndall came to the county
in 1835, living in Stephenson over two years. In 1841 James, David and John Clarke and John Johnston and Christopher
Armstrong—all from Ireland—formed the next settlement, known as the Clarke settlement, in the southeastern part
of the township. Curtiss McKnight settled soon after. The first school was held about 1844 or 1845, in a small
frame house on section 26.
Source: "Historic Rock Island County : history of
the settlement of Rock Island County from the earliest known period to the present time : embracing references
of importance, and including a biography of Rock Island County's well-known citizens."
Rock Island, Ill.: Kramer & Co., 1908
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