Description
This download contains abstracts from the newspapers The Rock Island Evening Argus and The Rock Island Daily Union, 1871, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; 293 pages.
Abstracts in this volume include all information that the author deemed to have meaningful genealogical value. Such as, vital records, visits with out-of-town relatives, probate, and circuit court listings.
From Rock Island Evening Argus, 6 February 1871
Peter L. Armstrong, a Frenchman from Sweden who boarded with Gustave Sioblad, “also a native of the land of unpronounceable names”, has now been accused of robbery.
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