Source: Rockford Register Star, June 6, 2019.
Cedar Bluff Cemetery
Marsh, Philip Wells – 1815 – 1897
Son of Bradley Marsh and Sally Wells
born: 12/22/1815, Litchfield County, CT
died: 8/8/1897 in Rockford, IL
buried: Cedar Bluff Cemetery
married: 12/22/1845, Winnebago County
married: Nancy Eliza Miller
came to Rockford in 1839
Source: Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties who Came Before 1841, by K. Rowland
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Andrew, Mrs. Mary
wife of late David, Circuit Ct. bailiff. Died at home 8/16/1944, McAllister-Julian Funeral Home Centennial Methodist, Cedar Bluff Cemetery
Source: Rockford Morning Star 8/17/1944
803 Ridgewood Rd. – house history
photo ca. 2013
Original building permit to build house issued in 1936 to Eric H. Peterson, first homeowner. he and his wife lived in the home until their deaths. He died in Swedish American Hospital in 1966, Ruby V. (Asprooth) Peterson died in Swedish American Hospital in 1971. He was president and CEO of Rockford Varnish Co.
The next owner was Daniel J. Hallstrom and family, 1971 – 2005, when the house was sold to Alphonse Kneeland, who lived there for 10 years.
Architect and/or Contractor not found as yet.
Sources: Rockford Morning Star, Rockford Register Republic and Rockford Register Star articles and obituaries.
Source: Rockford Morning Star December 22, 1936
Source: Rockford Morning Star June 23, 1966
Building permit 2015 – half-bath Source: RockfordTownshipAssessor.net
Frances E. Sadewater 1922 – 2016
Source: Rockford Register Star May 12, 2016
Nimrod Lionell “Pops” Pearson – 2015
Source: Rockford Register Star Oct. 4, 2015
War of 1812 Soldiers Buried in Winnebago County
Source: Genealogy magazine, January 1917 Vol. 7
*West Side Cemetery became Greenwood Cemetery
Scandinavian Cemetery – Controversy, 1887
Source: Rockford Daily Register Sept. 6, 1887
Malvesti, Yvette – 2004
Source: Rockford Register Star May 11, 2004
Malvesti, Harry L.
Source: Rockford Register Star July 8, 2002