Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
NUMBER lEADINC
LOCAL PEOPLE ON
1917 DEATH LIST
Total of Prominent Persons Who Ex-
pire is Not so Large the Last
Year as In 1915.
MANY FORMER RESIDENTS DIE
Quite a Few People of Prominence
Who Moved From City Arc on
Neurological Record.
Several ef Rock Islands best known

Several CT Rock Islands best known
and most prominent men died during
the past year, although the number is
small in comparison with that of 1915
when the community lost an excep-
tionally large percentage of its lead
ing financiers and business mer-
chants.
Notwithstanding the heavy toll OF
death. the city has not lost in popula-
ton for the birth rate has been greater
than the mortality and then there has
been an unprecedented number of re-.
movals to the city attracted by work
at the Rock Island arsenal and in
I factories making war supplies.
Among the citizens to answer the
| final summons we're DR.. Carl Bern
hardi, physician; J. J. Ingram. law
yer; ]. ". Cavanaugh, DR.. T. A. Smith,
| John Bengston. Daniel Hayes, Hugh
Ralston, Dugald Porter. Levi F. Cralle,
4. Mosenfelder, c. P Comegys. ].
! Miner Custer and Martin Vein
! berger.
/ There were a number of prominent
| former residents called including
Major II. C. Connolly, soldier and law
yer; H. B. Hayden, former city sup
erintendent of schools; Rev. j. F.
Lockney. former pastor OF Sacred
Heart church: Dr. ]. W. Frizzelle and
| DR.. c. T. Dwinnell, former pastors of
the First Methodist church.
Moline also lost many of its leading
citizens. among them being DR.. A. H.
Arp. A. P. Fisk, Joseph Damn, ST., vice
president of Deere & Co., W. T. Ball,
T. I. Stanley, Senator F. A. Landee
Appended is neurological list for
Rock Island county taken from The
Argus files for the past year:
JANUARY.
| Blanche Fenton. 2, Rock Island
John Swanson. 40. Moline.
Thomas John McConochie, infant,
Rock Island
Major H E. Connolly, IS, former
Rock Island resident, died in Pas
adena, Ca, and is brought back for
burial.
3-Mrs Matilda Meier, aged 5S. fof-i
! mer Rock Island resident, died in
| Danyilie, Ill.
: Charles H. Ferguson, aged SO, for
/
in Wichita. Kan
Mrs. Margaret McGettrick, SO. Rock
Island
Mrs Lucius H. Frank, IS, Rock Is
/ land
Julius Blysie, Moline.
| Mrs Dorothea Brandt, so, Hamp-
ton
| Charles F. Witte, IS, Drury.
| Floyd Alvin Davis. infant, Moline
! Mrs Carrie Robinson, 81, Rock Is
| land.
Carroll Stipp. Z, silyis.
| 6-Joseph c, Scheuermann. IS, Rock
Island.
Peter A. Gustafson, 81, Moline.
Mrs Sarah Brindle, rs. Rock Is
land.
Mrs. Barbara Eckhardt, So. Buffalo
Prairie.
| S-Jim Vaseliou, Rock Island
Mrs. Frank Woodyatt. Al, former Mo
line resident, dies in Chicago.
| 9-Francis Van WaIieghem. 8, Moline.
William Kay. II. Rock Island.
Mrs John Toilen. former Moline
resident, dies in Chicago
10-Wr. ]. Wellington Frizzell, 81,
former Rock Island resident, dies
in Minneapolis.
l11-Cornelius Van Hyfr, 40, Rock Is
land
Oscar J. Peterson, IS, Moline.
12-Arvid G. Dahlstedt, infant, Moline
George W. Sexton, 81, Rock Island.
Rev. William Schoenig, former Rock
Island resident, dies in Ellis Grove
13-David Fl. Ruff, former Rock Is
land resident. dies in Chicago.
Mrs. Mary E. Yerbury. so, former
resident of Rock Island, dies in
Riverside, Cal
14-Mrs Marie Lindquist. 81. Moline.
James Dandas, So, Moline.
Esther Fredericka Carlson, %, Rock
Island
15-Mrs. Margaret Stewart, 81, Rock
Island.
! William II. Ney, SIS. Moline.
Mary GUILTY 30, Moline.
l6-0lof Munter, 30. Moline
Mrs. Jeanette Barker 50, Rock Is
land
Dorothy Elizabeth Nice, II, Rock
Island,
| 17-Mrs. Marceline Mougeno, SIS, Rock
Island.
Mrs Title Anderson, 40. former
resident Of Rock Island, dies in
Chicago.
i8-Moses Vehrman, is, Rock Island
/ Mrs. Clara Hawley. Is. former resi-
dent of Rock Island, dies In Aims
worth, Iowa.
I9-Hilda Carton. infant, Moline.
Lawrence Peterson, rs, Rock Island.
| August V. Swanson, 50, Moline.
Mrs. Agnes Saupe Bufe, So. Moline,
2o-Ed Wuty, Moline.
Mrs. Henry Winebeck, 50, East Mo-
iIne
Mrs. Andrew Swanson. As. Moline.
Mrs. Elizabeth Anna Dempsey. rs,
Rock Island.
f2i-Patrolman Jay D. Mum. As, Rock
Island
DR.. F A Smith, "a, Rock Island.
, Frank Van Hole, infant, Moline.
Evan Roderiek, 80, Rock Island.
, Mrs. Joel Anderson. rs. Moline.
22-Mrs. Meta Rasmussen, Sc. Rock
Island.
Mrs. Mary Van Deviere, 20, Moline.
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