Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-17

hchliou III tHIS TeduiuS. lHey are |
such as:
A-Agy, Ainsworth, Allen. Assay. An |
derson, Armagost, Armstrong, Asquith, |
Andrews, Attig, Ash, Adams B-t
Bowman, Berger, Ball, Bateman. Bax-
ter, Bopes, Brookman, Boney, Bough-
ion, Brayton, Bruner, Brown, Boul-
tinghouse, Burgoyne, Buffum, Baker,
Britton, Ballord, Bethurum, Brusso
Bull, Burr, Bell, Burial, Barkman,
Burroughs, Bahringer, Bowes, Breh-
mer, Bendle, Blaser, Bowser, Bigler.
Barnett, Blakely, Bishop. Beardsley.
Pognar. C-Christy, Coffman, Cavett,
Crabtree, Clark, Cobledick, Cozad
Cobb. Cathcart, Carpenter. Crawford.
Cleland, Condor. Cole. Conkling, Cut
Ter. CIPHER, Collins. CFeswell. Castor
Cushman, Chase, Candor, Carr. Clapp,
Conger, Chopper, Curry, Castle. Car
Isle, Caruthers. D-Davis Dunlap,
Dougherty. Dodge, Doak, DILL De
Santo, Dollerhide, De Graft, Derrick.
Denning, Dutton, De Moss, Drurv
Drugg, De Bord. E-Edgington Eli
oft. Elton, Eberhart. Eckhardt, Eby,
Eckstrom. Ewett, Edwards, Engle
English. Erickson. Essex F-Foun-
tain. Freeman, France, Fret. Fry,
Fuhr, Fleming, Frickmond, Flowers
Ficken. Fisher. Fowler, Fox, Feldman,
Foster G-Gaunt, Gauley, Gould
Guyer. Gilbert, Gingles, Gregg, Gard
ner, Gran, Goble. Hogan. Heath
harris, Hayes, Hatten, Hoffer, Has
kel. Holmes, Hubbard, Hill Hauck
Heintermeister. Hazlitt, Koran,
HeinZe, Humphrey, Hoilopeter, Hum
ley. Hartman, Hobart, Harvey, How
ard, Henning, Hessman. Houseman
Houston. Haefele, Haas, Hunting. /
Irwin, Isenhart, Inglehart. J-Jahn,
Jackson, Jones, Joyce. Jaeger. Jen-
nings. Johnson, Johnston. KEEL,
Kelley. Kenworthy. Kane, Kistler, KeI-
leher, Kimball, Keller. Kuhnemann
kreps, Kettlekamp, Kruger, Kuhn,
KIndley. Kirkman, Kranz L-Lafiin
Lamb, Lamona, Lloyd, Lutz. Love,
Leeds. Lewis, Lenz, Lehman. Leid-
vein, Lequatte. Lowe, Lyman, Licka-
felt. M-McBurney, McGreer, McGin-
mis-, Marshall. Mosher. McEntire, NJ
Afee Mclaughlin. Miller. Moore, Nor
ris. Montgomery, Mcdonald, McNutt,
McCarty, Mahaffy, Marky, McShane.
Murdoch, Marble, Markle, Nader, Nc
Kay Moorhead. Matthews, Mayhem,
Mccullough. Muhleman, McGrew,
Nudge, McDole, Muehlen, Muhelfield,
Mewes, Marquis. Marston, Mitchell,
Martin. N-Nelson. Nicwarren. Nelly
Neff. Nixdorf, Nuckols. O-Oak, o.
sen, O'haver, O'Brien, Olmsted, Old
ham. P-Parmenter Patterson. Pot
tel. Powers, Powell. Partridge. Pears
Post. Pifer, Peppers, Prov, Petit,
Parker. Plat, Peck. Parchot, Price
Philips. 2-Royer, Ryan, Reynolds
Reymer. Rouse. Ross, Richards. Rich
aldson, Robson. Robinson, Rinke,,
Roberts, Reede, Rush, Rursch, Reed
Reeves. Roth, Roose, Runner s.
Samuelson, Sloan, Smith, Schmidt
Schoonmaker, Smell, Schultz. SheT
wood. Spickler, Sproaston, Spilger
Stoddard, Sturgeon, Seymour. Seaver
Stahan, Spencer, Stropes. Sutton
Sellers. Sortore Schneider. Schriver
Sedan, Simpson. Saulspaugh, Streck
fus, Schuck, Spiller, Schuesler. Sper
ling, Shankle, Schooley, Strohmeief
Stechman, Space. Schaarman. t
Taylor. Tyler. Talbot. Titterington
Thompson, Thompkins, Tucker, Thorn
as, Tilton, Tillard, Tarpy, Tuttle
: eryl. Twigg. Temple. WAN Alta
: Van Meter, Venable, Vanderveer, Val
Camp, Vallandinghdm, Vickers, Vance
? Vetter, Vincent, Won Acn. w
$ Walker. Wakely. Wells. Wenks, Wal
: soE, Westbay, Wray. Wait, Womacks
Waugh, Walton. Wallace. Whitney
; Waldman. Weiss. Wakefield, Wyley
Williams, Wolff, Wood, Warma.
Wheaton. Y-Yearlock, Young. Il
l. Zeigler. Zeimer. Zolner.
Thus We see that our English alph'
Il let has been well used in the namin
{! our citizenship, ana in most II
+ stances the persons named have ira
. ed it well.
D. Buried Nearly 200:
. But in the coming of those name
4 tie writer's pleasure was tingel wit
a sadness when the fact that ll-'hg th
=. years of his ministry he had burie
rearly 200 men and women ever
o years of age, came wildly to mind. y
81 The early pioneers have all depal ie
% this life. Of the children brought wit
them, very few are resident with |
N Yet, and they are old and their wor
:, lis almost finished. We have in min
:, the Van Atlas, Thomas, James an
John. Also Matthew Robson. Thes
n came with their parents in the earl
SOS, and I am not right sure but job
q, Van Alta was born in the lower en-
10 CT this county, or over the line
!. Mercer, when many Indians and vel
% few white people were in the vicinit
- (Note.-Since writing this paper
=. saw John Van Alta who told me tn;
u he was born near where Keithsbul
- is now located. in 1892. His fathe
=, Benjamin Van Alta, came fro
Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in 1872
: and preempted land there and afte
ward sold, the same to Mr.. Keith
Author.)
tMr Johnston also remembers tn;