Early Settlers – RPL's Local History

Leonard H. Schmauss Succumbs to Heart Attack Obituary June 5, 1930

March 19, 2021Marie

Source: Rockford Daily Republic June 5th, 1930 pg. 1

County’s First Census in 1835

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021Jean

Source: Rockford Register-Republic, May 3, 1940

Being a Boy in Old Rockford Number 206 Ransom’s Sanitarium

March 18, 2020Marie

Source: The Rockford Morning Star Sunday, September 28, 1913 p.22

Veterans Who Have Passed: Ronald Benjamin Daugherty

February 14, 2020Janet

Source: Rockford Register Star, Feb. 2, 2020.

Home of D. H. Ferguson 704 North Church

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020Marie

Source: Picturesque and Descriptive History of the City of Rockford

Printed at the Daily Gazette Establishment 1887

Seely Perry Home 325 S. First St

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020Marie

Source: Rockford To-Day 1904 R917.733 R592

Doctors vs. Lawyers 1887

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020Marie

Source: The Stewart Story

R 917.733 G88

Herbert H. Hamilton

January 8, 2020Marie

Source: Rockford To-Day 1904

Local History Room R 917.733 R592

807 West State – Home of Dr. E. C. Dunn in 1887

807 West State – Home of Dr. E. C. Dunn in 1887

December 28, 2019December 30, 2019Marie

E C Dunn

Source: “Picturesque and Descriptive History of the City of Rockford” Compiled by Fred C. Pierce Printed at the Daily Gazette Establishment 1887