18.  "Dr. Alonzo W. Cantwell, born at Mansfield, Ohio, and a medical graduate of the University of Michigan, came to Davenport in 1869 and died here in 1899, having been an active and greatly esteemed citizen for thirty years.  Especially interested in sanitation, he was connected with the Davenport board of helath continuously from its inception until his death.  He was at the front during the epidemic of cholera in 1873 and the epidemics of smallpox in 1872 and 1882, bravely withstanding the unreasoning opposition to needed restrictive measures.  Dr. Cantwell was kindly and popular in the extreme.  To be with him on the street it would seem that almost every citizen, high and low, knew him and was quick to return his cheery greeting in kind. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L