Dr. E. S. Barrows

Born in Middlebury, Vermont on March 26, 1799. He began his medical career by treating soldiers in the Seminole War in Florida.
He was the first doctor in Iowa between Dubuque and Burlington and in 1836 consulted in the illness of Antoine Le Claire.
In 1856 he formed the Scott County Medical Society and retired in 1860. He was buried in a fortified iron casket.

Leon Bismark "Bix"  Beiderbecke
Leon was born March 10, 1903. Famous Jazz and Blues Player.
Every year since 1971 the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival takes place in Le Claire Park, by the Mississippi River. 
He died at the age of 28 years in New York from pneumonia complicated by years of excessive drinking.

Joseph Bettendorf
Mausoleum

 In 1888 followed his brother to work as the superintendent of the newly formed Bettendorf Metal Wheel in Davenport.
His brother, William P. Bettendorf ,
(not buried in this mausoleum) invented the first power-lift sulky plow which started the Company Bettendorf Axle Company. Then in May 1, 1902 the factory was destroyed by fire. The company rebuilt in Bettendorf, then called Gilbert.
 Joseph died on May 16, 1933.

William Peter  Bettendorf, the eldest son in his family was born in Mendota, Illinois, 1857.
He invented the first power-lift sulky plow which started the Company Bettendorf Axle Company.
He died in 1910.

Brandt Mausoleum
Known as philanthropists.
The Brandt's were founders of the New Era settlement near Muscatine,
donated the x-ray equipment to Moline Lutheran Hospital
 and gave large tracks of land to establish Wild Cat Den State Park.

John Burrows

Helped established this cemetery.
Built a Manson on 1533 Clay Street called Clifton.
He lost the Clifton and his business due to a foreclosure when he willing mortgaged  everything to save the Cook and Sargent Bank.

Amanda Cook

Born in Derbenshire, England, August 19, 1847 and at the age of 13  moved to America with her parents.
Traveling with 75 covered wagons to California they were attacked by a war party of 300 Cheyenne.
Her sister Lizzie and her ran but were captured. She was adopted as an Indian girl.
A year later, near Fort Dodge on the Arkansas River, she surprised an Indian trader by speaking English.
He purchased her and returned her to Illinois.  She searched for her sister but never found her.

George L. Davenport

He was the son of Colonel Davenport and first white child child born in this region on November 17, 1817.
He spoke Fox and Sac just as fluently has he did English because his only playmates were local Indian boys.
George  was eventually adopted into the tribe and was given the name "Mosquake."
He was present with his father when the Indian treaty; which, resulted in the land of Davenport area.
He married Sarah Clark in 1839 making them the first couple to be married in St. Anthony's Church.
He helped organize the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company in 1853 and in 1865 became the president of the Davenport National Bank.
He was appointed by President Hayes as the Indian agent for the Sac and Fox Indians.
He retired and lived in Florida until his death on February 28, 1885.

John F. Dillon

Born in Montgomery County, New York, December 25, 1831. At the age of 17, he entered medical school to train under Dr. S. E. Barrows. However, medicine didn't  suit him so he took up law. By 1852, he was a licensed attorney in Scott County. He earned a spot as Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court and later moved to the U.S. Court of Appeals. He finished his career as a professor at Columbia University.

On his headstone it reads:
While traveling to Europe on the ill-fated steamer " La Burgoyne" his wife Anna and their daughter were lost at sea. the ship collided with "The Cromartshire" and went down off the coast of Nova Scotia.
561 people lost their lives.

This is a huge stone!

Jacob Eldridge

Born in Haddonfield, New Jersey on Nov. 20, 1824.
He moved to Davenport at the age of 21. His father was the first postmaster of Davenport.
The city of Eldridge was named in his honor. He died June 8, 1892

Nicholas Fejervary

Born in Hungary on May 27, 1811. As a politician he escaped the Revolutionary turmoil and moved to Scott County in 1852. A purchase of 300 acres of land, he and his wife Caroline Kars erected their home which they lived in for 40 years. He became the director of the Clarissia Cook Home for the Friendless and later established a home for aged farmers who failed to reap the reward of their labors. He died on September 19, 1895.

Petersen Mausoleum

It is the resting place for W. D. Peterson and his family.
He was the son of J. H. C. Peterson, the founder of the well known department store.
W. D. was called the "Father of the Levee" due to his improvements on the Davenport waterfront.
The band shell in Le Claire park was built in the memory of his daughter Wilma.
The mausoleum consists of limestone and marble, which is from Greek quarries.

Jennie McCowen

Born in Harveysburg, Ohio on June 15, 1845.
At the age of 16, she began to support herself by teaching school in Iowa for twelve years.
She entered medical school at the U of I in 1873. She graduated three years later with honors. She opened the first women's treatment office in Davenport, 1880. In 1883, she became the first female president of the county medical society. She died on July 30, 1924, age 80.

Nott Mausoleum

When Ben's wife Anna Belle, who was active member in D. A. R., died of pernicious anemia, he built this private mausoleum to honor her. It was built like a small brick house, which has a fireplace and two rocking chairs.

Mary Putnam

During the Civil Was she served as the Secretary of the Davenport Aid Society. Her first son, Joseph, lured her into the wonderful world of natural science. At the age of 13 Joseph was well known as the entomologist. In 1868, she became the first women member of the Academy of Sciences and was called " mother of the Academy." She was also the great granddaughter of Hannah Caldwell,  the first women killed in the Revolutionary War. She left $24, 00 in her will to the Academy of Science to start what is known today as the Putnam Museum.

August Reimers

Born on September 23, 1841, in Schwerin, Germany. After his father lost his life in the 1848 fighting against the King of Prussia his family emigrated to the United States and eventually ended up in Davenport. His teen years was spent as a candy maker's apprentice. Enlisted and served in the Union Army for five years. He was wounded three time and was promoted to Captain. After the war, he returned to Davenport and worked in the candy making business until his death. 

Schricker Mausoleum

This was the first mausoleum erected in Oakdale. Miss Selma Schricker, "the flower lady" was well known for her beautiful gardens of imported foreign flowers.

MDCCCXCIX above the entry represents 1899.

[The coloring of this marble is eye catching. - ch]

Phoebe Sudlow

Born on July 11, 1831 in Poughkeepsie, New York, then later moving to Nelsonville, Ohio. Where she taught school in a log cabin at the age of 15. In 1858 she continued her profession as a teacher and principal in Davenport. On June 19, 1872, she became the first female superintendent in the United States. Her career ended as the first female professor at the U of I. Davenport's East Intermediate School was renamed in her honor. She died on June 8, 1922.

James Thorington

Born May 7, 1816, in Wilmington, North Caroline. He followed in his fathers footsteps and entered Alabama University and complied a study in law. Moving to Davenport in 1838, he practiced law and became the second Mayor of Davenport. Between 1845 and 1882 he served as a lawyer, mayor, probate judge, sheriff, chief of the district court, congressman, county recorder and later was appointed U. S. consul to Aspinwell, Colombia by President Grant. He was credited as one of the leaders in the political movement to unite the anti-slavery elements into the Republican party in 185-56. He died in 1887, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while visiting his daughter.