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Norman Rexford

CTL-P-1098 · Person · 19th century Chicago

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Blue Island founder and namer; tavernkeeper and first postmaster (1838); d. March 28, 1883

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Blue Island founder and namer; tavernkeeper and first postmaster (1838); d. March 28, 1883

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Norman Rexford gave Blue Island its name and was its first permanent settler; he kept a tavern/hotel there (the Blue Island House); Blue Island was given a post office in 1838 and Rexford was made its first postmaster; he died March 28, 1883 (Chicago Tribune, Mar. 4, 1900, which also gives b. Charlotte, Vt., 1802).

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