George Davenport, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Davenport

Illinois pioneer, landowner and businessman

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1783

Place of Birth: Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1845

Profession: trader

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Colonel George Davenport, born George William King (1783 – July 4, 1845), was a 19th-century English-American sailor, frontiersman, fur trader, merchant, postmaster, US Army soldier, Indian agent, and city planner.
A prominent and well-known settler in the Iowa Territory, he was one of the earliest settlers in Rock Island.
He 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.