Description
This download contains abstracts from the newspaper The Milan Weekly Independent, May 1902 – December 1906, Milan, Rock Island County, Illinois; 253 pages.
Abstracts in this volume include all information of genealogical value including births, marriages, deaths, probates, visits from out-of-town relatives, anniversaries, and local histories. The original bound volumes of the Milan Weekly Independent are available at the Rock Island County Historical Society in Moline, Illinois.
From The Milan Weekly Independent, May 8, 1902
This inaugural issue of the paper includes an article on the life of William Dickson, the man who laid out the town of Milan. The article was taken from Dickson’s private journal written for his children and recounts the life of Dickson from his birth in 1783 to his arrival in Illinois where he purchased land that is now part of Rock Island and his eventual move to the area now known as Milan.
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You can find an index of the volume here.
