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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