George Davenport

Col. George Davenport's Home Bailey Davenport, one of George Davenport's sons	George Davenport was murdered in his home on present-day Arsenal Island on July 4, 1845 by three men who were later hanged for their deed. His family was at a 4th of July picnic celebration at the time, and he was alone at the house. The timbers from the scaffold were later used as rafters in a barn located at 4th Avenue and 14th Street. The barn is no longer there. The following men were listed in the Illinois Death by Execution records in Rock Island County: YOUNG GRANVILLE WHITE MALE ? ROBBERY-MURDER HANGING OCT 19 1845 1 LONG, AARON WHITE MALE ? ROBBERY-MURDER HANGING OCT 19 1845 2 LONG, JOHN WHITE MALE ? ROBBERY-MURDER HANGING OCT 19 1845 The following information is from researcher Sally BeDuhn who is a direct descendent of Margaret Davenport's brother, ??? Bowling. Sally currently lives in Rock Island. She has supplied the following notes about the Davenport family from her family's research. Notes were compiled by Lucille Sampson of the Rock Island County Historical Society in 1978. Margaret Davenport was George's wife and first white settler in the Quad City area. The probate record also lists a number of people to whom George bequeathed money or property. Darlene Ward Paxton, a certified geneologist, did some research on the Davenport family and sent this letter to Mrs. Alton K. Fisher on April 16, 1976.
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