Keepers of the Light
This list has been updated with information from the Rock Island Guide Book published by the Friends of Rock Island:
| Keepers |
Years |
| David E. Corbin |
1837-1852 |
| Willis W. Allen |
1852-1853 |
| Ira Cass |
1853-1855 |
| Joseph LeCuyer, Sr. |
1855-1857 |
| Simon Allaird |
1857-1859 |
| Frank Sawyer |
1859-1861 |
| Martin Trobee |
1861-1865 |
| Abraham Capers |
1865-1870 |
| William Betts |
1870-1886 |
| Jesse Miner |
1886-1898 |
| Louis Hutzler |
1898-1899 |
| F.W. Raether |
1899 |
| Lawrence Brown |
1899-1902 |
| Charles Boshka |
1902-1911 |
| Edward Cornell |
1911-1928 |
| John Fitzgerald |
1928-1942 |
| Ray Buttars |
1942-1946 |
| Assistant Keepers |
Years |
| Jack Arnold |
1837-1846 |
| Abraham Grover |
1866-1868 |
| Mrs. Capers |
1868-1870 |
| James Fuller |
1870-1872 |
| Emily Betts |
1872-1882 |
| Jens Jacobsen |
1889-1897 |
| Charles Boshka |
1897-1902 |
| John Fitzgerald |
1902-1928 |
| Earl Malloch |
1928-1942 |
| Frank Kusmierczyk |
1943-1944 |
| Ernie Lockhart |
1946 |
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