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George Davenport
was murdered in his home on present-day Arsenal Island on July 4, 1845 by three men who were later hanged for their
deed. His family was at a 4th of July picnic celebration at the time, and he was alone at the house.
The timbers from the scaffold were later used as rafters in a barn
located at 4th Avenue and 14th Street. The barn is no longer there.
The following men were listed in the Illinois Death by Execution records in Rock
Island County:
YOUNG GRANVILLE WHITE MALE ? ROBBERY-MURDER HANGING OCT 19 1845 1
LONG, AARON WHITE MALE ? ROBBERY-MURDER HANGING OCT 19 1845 2
LONG, JOHN WHITE MALE ? ROBBERY-MURDER HANGING OCT 19 1845
The following information is from researcher Sally BeDuhn who is a direct descendent
of Margaret Davenport's brother, ??? Bowling. Sally currently lives in Rock Island. She has supplied the following
notes about the Davenport family
from her family's research. Notes were compiled by Lucille Sampson of the Rock Island County Historical Society
in 1978.
Margaret Davenport was George's wife and first white settler in the Quad City
area.
The probate record also lists a number of people to whom George bequeathed money or property.
Darlene Ward Paxton, a certified geneologist, did some research on the Davenport
family and sent this letter to Mrs. Alton K. Fisher on April 16, 1976.
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