Description
This download contains abstracts fromThe Port Byron Globe, 1898-1900, Port Byron, Rock Island County, Illinois; 279 pages.
In addition to Port Byron, Illinois, this volume contains genealogical data from the upper end of Scott County, Iowa and from the lower end of Whiteside County, Illinois, notably the community of Erie.
From The Port Byron Globe, January 14, 1898
A letter from I.H. Wasson is published from western Nebraska in which he mentions seeing his sons Charles and Monroe in Red Willow County, Nebraska; also Capt. John McKinzie living in Perkins County who formerly built river steamers; also Thos. Blackburn now living in Ogalalla, Keith County, formerly a blacksmith in LeClaire; Mr. and Mrs. Rector, also natives of Iowa; and Mr. Hoxie formerly of Port Byron.
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