List of Old
Settlers who died
during 1886-1887
Newspaper article from Galesburg's Republican-Register, Saturday, August 20, 1887
"A report of the deaths of old settlers during the past year revealed the fact that there have been eighty-five deaths. We give the names in the following list:"
| Cedar | James Woodmansee Mrs. Thomas Murdock Mary Turrey Benjamin Cane Mr. Bowman |
| Chestnut | Mrs. Sarah Mitchell Mrs. Mary B. Lay |
| Copley | Mrs. H. Clark Mr. James Cook Miss L. Knapp Mr. M. Knapp Mrs. N. Arnold Mrs. A. Larson |
| Galesburg | Norman Churchill Mrs. P. Chappell Dr. Solm Mrs. Thrall(sp?) Harvey H. May George Avery Mrs. John C. Geer Rev. B. F. Haskins James S. Delano Joshua Brown Mrs. Maurice Martin Mrs. M. D. Billings Ralph Skinner Mrs. L. A. Livingston |
| Henderson | Mrs. Delilah Brown Lucinda Davis John Vaugh |
| Indian Point | James Fogarty Mr. Butler Mrs. Newton Bishop Samuel Freeman George Bassett |
| Knox | Mrs. Lydia A. Welty Henry W. Arms Mrs. Mary Swain Mrs. O. P. Rugh Hugh Montgomery Mrs. Jesse H. Seacord Thomas Turney Sarah Carr Mrs. A. W. Martin Mrs. Esther Elwell Mrs. Julina Manning Mrs. Cephas Arms Mrs. Doctor Bailey |
| Lynn | John R. Morgan Mrs. Sallie Lafferty |
| Maquon | Dr. Potter |
| Ontario | Edwin Brainard William LeBaron John L. White V. C. Steadman Thomas Sullivan Thomas Lahay |
| Persifer | Mrs. Isaac Ward |
| Rio | James B. Edgar John J. Smith James Kearney Mrs. Gillis |
| Salem | William Matthews Mrs. Blakeslee Mrs. S. Rogers Jacob Kightlinger D. B. Coykendall |
| Sparta | Thomas B. Faulkner William Talbot George Wilkes Mrs. M. C. Barringer Mrs. B. Armstrong Mrs. William B. Duval |
| Victoria | Mrs. S. Moshier C. P. Sansbury Monroe Knapp Mrs. N. Moak Mrs. M. Gibbs |
| Walnut Grove | Mrs. E. P. Main P. England H. Collinson |
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