George Davenport
Male, Deceased Person
1783 – 1845
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Who was George Davenport?
Colonel George Davenport was a 19th-century American frontiersman, trader and US Army officer. A prominent and well-known settler in the Iowa Territory, he was one of the earliest settlers in Rock Island and spent much of his life involved in the early settlement of the Mississippi Valley and the "Quad Cities". The present-day city of Davenport, Iowa, is named after him.
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- Born
- 1783
Lincolnshire - Ethnicity
- English American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jul 4, 1845
Rock Island
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on July 23, 2013
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