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DANIEL OLMSTEAD is a native of Canada, and came to Portland in 1838, locating a farm on Washington street, upon which he erected a fine brick house. He lived on this farm until 1865, and is now a resident of Nebraska. Mr. Olmstead married Miss Octavia Kendall. Their children were : Sarah, wife of Eugene Butler, living in Sterling; Augusta, now dead; and Frederick, who married Miss Ella Graham, and lives in Rock Island county.
HARMON SMITH was born in Vermont, in 1812, and came to Portland in 1837. He settled on Washington street, and remained on the same farm until his death. He married Miss Jane Olmstead, in 1839, their children being : Webster, who married Miss Hannah Underhill; Clarion, who married John Lambert; and Charles, who married Miss Edna Smith.
LEWIS BROWN was born in Dutchess county, New York, in 1779. and came to Portland in 1836, locating a farm on Washington street, on which his son Harry now lives. IIe died in 1876 at the ripe old age of ninety-five years. Mr. Brown married Miss Orilla Clark. Their children were : Sarah B., now dead; and Harry, who married Miss Julia Minchin, and after her death, Miss Anna Kurfis, and lives in Prophetstown.
STEPHEN CROOK was a native of Rutland county, Vermont, and came to Prophetstown in 1836. He made a claim above Coon creek that season, and re- turned to Vermont. In the summer of 1838 he came back with his family, and in the November following wasfrozen to death while coming home from Dixon's ferry, an account of which will be found in this chapter. Mr. Crook married Miss Mary Gibbs. Their children have been : Mary, who married Harry C. Cook, and is now dead; Albert G., who married Miss Sarah Besse, and lives in Sterling; Lucy Ann, wife of Lewis D. Crandall, living in Colorado; Irene, wife
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of Joel Kirshbaum, living in Iowa; Charles; and Rodney C., who married Miss Mary C. Brydia, and lives in Hume.
ROBERT SMITH was a native of Vermont, and came to Prophetstown in 1837, locating a claim near Jefferson Corners, upon which he settled in 1838. He met with the same fate as Stephen Crook, while returning from Dixon's ferry in November, 1838. Mr. Smith married Miss Christina Lee. They had two children : Richard, living Tampico, and Lucy, living in Vermont.
SAMUEL JOHNSON was born in Castleton, Vermont, in 1805, and came to Prophetstown in 1838. In 1839, he married Mrs. Christina Smith, widow of Robert Smith, and settled near Jefferson Corners, where he lived about twenty years, when he moved to Sterling. He is now living on a farm in Coloma. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are : L. L., who married Miss Block, and lives in Coloma; he was a Lieutenant in the 34th Illinois Volunteers; and Chris- tina, wife of Charles Tenny, living in Vermont.
DAVID WOODWARD is a native of Warren county, New York, and was born in 1811. He came to Whiteside county in the fall of 1837, and remained dur- ing the winter in Portland. In the spring of 1838 he made a claim at the bluff, which is now known as Woodward's Bluff, and has resided there ever since. He has been for over forty years a worthy member of the Methodist church, and is highly respected. Mr. Woodward married Miss Mary Leach in 1835. Their children have been : Elizabeth, wife of James Keefer, living in Henry county, Illinois; Martin, and Henry M., now dead; Emma, living in Prophetstown; El- len, wife of J. Willis Keefer, living in Prophetstown; Mary Elsie, wife of Edgar Hammond, living in Prophetstown; and Milton, also living in Prophets- town.
STEPHEN D. SMITH was born in Poultney, Vermont, in 1798, and came to Prophetstown in 1839. He settled on Washington street where Ezra Hill now lives, and remained there until 1855 when he purchased a farm adjoining the village. In 1871, he sold this farm to his son D. Kenerett, and Luther B. Ram- say, who laid it out into village lots, and most of the building since the comple- tion of the railroad has been done on this land. Mr. Smith still resides upon a portion of it. In 1821 he married Miss Tilly Manley. Their children have been: Polly, who married P. Bates Reynolds, and is now dead; Caroline M., wife of Luther B. Ramsay, living in Prophetstown; Ryland, who married Miss Harriet Williams, and is now dead; William Edson, who married Miss Amanda Rey- nolds, and is now dead; E. Wallace, who married Miss Philura James, and lives in Kansas; and D. Kenerett, who married Miss Alma Green, and lives in Proph- etstown.
OBADIAH W. GAGE is a native of Addison county, Vermont, and was born in 1813. He came to the State of Illinois in the fall of 1838, and in the spring of 1839 to Prophetstown, first working at his trade as a shoemaker, and after- wards opening a farm on Jackson street, where he still resides. He was County Commissioner in 1848, and for six terms Supervisor of Prophetstown town- ship. He married Miss Mercy L. Farrington in 1851. There have been two children by this marriage : Augusta, and Euretta, both of whom are living at home.
JOHNSON W. GAGE was born in Addison county, Vermont, in 1818, and came to Prophetstown in 1839, where he has resided ever since. He has held the office of Township Assessor for fifteen years, and School Director for ten years. Mr. Gage married Miss Emily Williams in 1842. Their children are : Oakman (., living in Prophetstown; George, who married Miss Josephine Cox, and lives in Iowa; and Nathan, Charles, Elizabeth, Dell, Joseph R., Rector" Lucy, and Sarah, all of whom are living at home.
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SILAS MARTIN was born in Massachusetts, and first moved to Schoharie county, New York, and from there to Canada. In 1839, he came to Prophets- town, and remained two years, when he went to Coloma, and died there about 1859. His wife was killed in 1841 by the accidental discharge of a gun, while she was out riding. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Martin have been: Sarah, wife of Thomas Yeoward, living in Coloma; Nancy, wife of Morris L. Green, living in Montmorency; Emily, wife of William W. Durant, living in Albany; Sophia, wife of Sydney Barber, living in Coloma; Harriet, wife of William R. MeKenzie, living in Prophetstown; Henrietta, wife of J. E. Whitcher, living in California; Silas, living in California; David, now dead; and Hamilton, whomar- ried Miss Harriet Chapman, and lives in Round Grove.
LUTHER B. RAMSAY is a native of Deerfield, Oneida county, New York, and was born in 1818. He came to Whiteside in 1839 in company with Leonard Woodworth, as one of the engineers in the construction of the canal around the rapids above Rock Falls, and continued at that work for six months, and then returned to New York State, having previously, however, made a claim in what is now the township of Hume. In the fall of 1840 he came back to Whiteside, and lived for three years in Hume, and then moved to Prophetstown where he has since resided. Since his last return to Whiteside he has been constantly engaged in farming, and in 1853 and 1854 was also engaged in mercantile busi- ness in the village of Prophetstown. For quite a number of years past he has manufactured cheese to a considerable extent, and has a splendid dairy farm near the center of the township. He is one of the leading citizens of Prophetstown, and resides in the village. Mr. Ramsay was married to Miss Caroline M. Smith in 1845. Their children have been : Frank D., an able and successful lawyer, who married Miss Lavisa Mckenzie, and lives in Morrison; and Lucy E., and Christina, living in Prophetstown.
SAMPSON ELLITHORPE was born in Saratoga county, New York, in 1806. He first settled in what is now Hume township, but soon sold his claim to Wil- liam Ramsay, and moved to Prophetstown, where he died in 1840. Mr. Elli- thorpe married Miss Eliza Wight, their children being : Earl S., who married Miss Mary J. Averill, and lives in Prophetstown; and Bethialı, wife of Dr. H. C. Donaldson, one of the carly practising physicians of the county, and for a number of years, and at present, a successful practitioner in Morrison.
HORACE ANNIS was born in Orange county, New York, in 1816. He came to Illinois in 1837, and located in Chicago, where he remained until 1839, when he came to Prophetstown. He was a blacksmith by trade, and worked at the business while a resident there. From 1854 until 1859 he was connected with the Plow Factory at the village, and afterwards moved to Colorado, and then to Montana, having been Probate Judge in both Territories. Hle married Mrs. Portia Nichols in 1840. The children of this marriage have been : Mary, wife of Harmon Cleveland, living in California; Keene, wife of Lewis J. P. Movrill, living in Lyons, lowa; Julia, wife of Hamden Sturtevant, living in Prophets- town; and Paul, living in Montana.
LAWRENCE WALLS is a native of Londonderry, Ireland, and was born in 1803. He came to Illinois in 1838, and was foreman for Sanger and Nichols in their contraet on the Illinois & Michigan Canal. In 1840, he came to Proph- etstown, and purchased a farm east of Coon Creek, where he now resides. Mr. Walls married Philena Clark, and after her death, Clarissa White. IIe has one child, a daughter.
EDWARD WRIGHT was born in Rome, Oneida county, New York, in 1811, and came to Illinois in 1833, remaining a while at Plainfield, Kendall county. In January, 1835, he came to Prophetstown in company with William Perkins.
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At that time there were no houses on the south side of Rock river from Dixon down, until the grove just above Prophetstown was reached, where there were two cabins, one occupied by Mr. McClure and the other by Mr. Bestwick, an Englishman. Messrs. Wright and Perkins made a claim adjoining Asa Crook's, and which took in the land on which the village of Prophetstown now stands, and also enough of the bend of the river below to make what they considered two good-sized farms. Perkins soon after returned to Kendall county, while Mr. Wright remained to hold possession, and make improvements, and eventu- ally purchased the interest of Perkins. Mr. Wright then took R. Ammidon as a partner, and the claim was divided. In 1836 he sold his share, with the ex- ception of twenty acres which had been previously conveyed, to Jabez Warner, who had then just come up the river with a flat boat loaded with flour and pro- visions. He then went a few miles further up the river, made another claim, and commenced improvements, but having had the chills and fever for most of the time for two years, reluctantly left Whiteside county in the fall of 1839, and settled near Lisbon, Kendall county. Mr. Wright married Miss Sophrona Clark, daughter of W. L. Clark, of Lyndon Precinct, in October, 1840. Their children have been: Julia, Emily, Clara, and Lottie, all of whom are now living, and married; they have also had three others, who are now dead.
HENRY L. TULLER is a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and was born in 1816. He came to Illinois in 1834, and settled in Chicago, and in 1841 came to Whiteside county, and engaged in the mercantile business with Capt. W. S. Barnes, at Albany. In 1842 he purchased the store of Frederick Dwight, in Prophetstown, and did business in the county until 1848, when he went to Peru, Illinois, and became connected with Dodge & Pitts in the manufacture of plows. He is now in the same business with T. D. Brewster, in Peru. Mr. Tuller married Miss Frances E. Snead, the only issue of the marriage being one daughter, Frances E., living at Peru.
JEDUTHAN SEELY, JR., was born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1807, and came to Prophetstown in June, 1836, and settled adjoining the village of Portland, but within the present limits of Prophetstown. Mr. Seely married Miss Mariba Foy. Their children have been: Marvin, who died in 1851; Tam- son, wife of Jones B. Nichols, living in Prophetstown; William F., who died in 1876; Emily Martin; and Celestia, wife of E. Laban Ballou, living in Prophets- town.
NATHAN THOMPSON is a native of Saratoga county, New York, and was born in 1822. He came to Prophetstown in 1843, and has been identified with its business interests ever since. In 1852 he became connected with Andrew J. Tuller, as dealer in general merchandise, building the store now occupied by D. K. Smith, and continued in that line for fifteen years. He was also engaged with William Pratt and others, in digging county ditches, and has been very in- fluential in all the railroad enterprises in which Prophetstown has had an in- terest, from the starting of the first project until the completion of the present road through the village. He is now President of the First National Bank of Prophetstown, and resides in the village. Mr. Thompson married Mrs. Sarah Parrott in 1867. They have no children.
ALEXANDER G. THOMPSON was born in St. Charles, Missouri, in 1818. From there he went to Erie county, Pennsylvania, and came to Prophetstown in 1838, and settled on section 36, on Jackson street, where he resided until 1865, when he moved to Round Grove. He is still residing at the latter place. Mr. Thompson married Miss Almeda Gault. Their children have been: Addie, wife of Albert Seaman, living in Sterling; George W., who died while in service at New Orleans during the late war; Sarah Jane, now dead; Sarah, wife of
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Charles W. Roberts, living in Nebraska; Carrie E., wife of E. E. Pinney, living in Lyndon; and Lizzie Jane, now dead.
WILLIAM THOMPSON was born in Erie county, Pennsylvania, in 1811, and came to Prophetstown in 1838 with his brother, Alexander G. He remained in Prophetstown until 1866, when he went to Floyd county, Iowa, where he is still living. Mr. Thompson married Miss Mary Cleaveland. Their children have been: Amy, now dead; Harmon, Cora, and three others, living in Iowa.
CHAPTER XXIII.
HISTORY OF STERLING TOWNSHIP-BIOGRAPHICAL-HISTORY OF THE CITY OF STERLING-NEWSPAPERS -- MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS -- CHURCHES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS-BIOGRAPHICAL.
HISTORY OF STERLING TOWNSHIP.
The present township of Sterling originally formed a part of Harrisburgh Precinct, and then of Elkhorn Precinct, where it remained until it was created a township by the Commissioners appointed by the County Commissioners' Court in 1852 to divide the county into townships, give them names, and pre- scribe their boundaries. Sterling township comprises all that part of Congres- sional township 21 north, range 7 east of the 4th principal meridian, as lies north of Rock river, and contains all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 24, and fractional parts of sections 22, 23, 25, 28, 29, and 30, in that Congressional township. The land back of Rock river is rolling prairie, excepting along the banks of the Elkhorn creek, where it is broken in places, and more or less covered with timber. Along the river in the middle and upper portions of the city of Sterling, and for a short distance eastward, the land is somewhat bluffy, all of which was originally covered with timber. The balance along the river is divided between bottom and rolling land. The township is watered by Rock river on the south, and by Elkhorn creek, which enters it near the northwest corner of section 2, thence flowing nearly westward through sections 3 and 4, and thence in a southwest- erly course through sections 5, 8, 17, and 18, when it passes into Hopkins township. Besides the timber land along the banks of Rock river and Elkhorn creek, there is quite a tract on section 6, in the northwest part of the township, which is divided into lots. The farming land of the township is exceedingly fertile, and under the excellent management of its owners, produces abundant crops. A good quality of stone for building purposes is quarried at the foot of the bluffs in the upper part of Sterling, and in the rapids of the river.
Early in 1834, the populous township of Sterling could boast of only one inhabitant, Mr. Hezekiah Brink, who, though bearing the weight of many years, is still living at his old homestead. During that year Mr. Brink made an ex- ploring expedition through a portion of Rock River Valley. At Dixon he met Messrs. Andrews and Holland, and with them journeyed down the north side of Rock river through Gap Grove, passed the site of the present city of Sterling, and paused at the point where Como is now located. From thence the explor- ers followed the Elkhorn to the mouth of Spring creek, a little west of the present village of Empire, crossing the former stream by swimming their horses, and transporting themselves and baggage in an Indian canoe. Striking down to the river again, they followed an Indian trail to a point opposite the Prophet's village, and leaving their horses to graze at the ox-bow bend, crossed over to where they found a cabin, occupied by a Mr. McClure, with whom they remained over night. The next morning they started back to Dixon, following the river trail, and after a few day's rest at Father Dixon's cabin, during which they dis- cussed the relative merits of the different points they had visited, decided where
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to locate their respective claims. Andrews and Holland, having the first choice, selected the land on the river bend, afterwards known as the Como Purchase. Mr. Brink made his claim on the north bank of Rock river, east of the street now known as Broadway, in Sterling. As soon as this matter was concluded, Mr. Brink proceeded to Oswego, on the Fox river, and exchanged his horse for a yoke of oxen. Upon his return to Indiana, he brought his family back with him to his new home, and occupied his cabin about May 1, 1835. His improve- ments were made within the limits of the present city of Sterling. At that time Mr. Brink's nearest neighbor resided at what is now called Old Prophets- town.
In 1835, John J. Albertson and Isaac H. Albertson, came from Dutchess county, New York, and made a claim east of Mr. Brink's, upon which they set- tled. William Kirkpatrick came in the spring of this year, made a claim and built a cabin where the section line between section 22 and 27 intersects Rock river rapids. He came from Sangamon county, Illinois, and had crossed the river at this point in going from home to Yellow creek, near Freeport, where he had a saw mill. John W. Chapman also came in 1835, and settled west of the present city of Sterling, claiming the constitutional number of acres-six hundred and forty of prairie, and one hundred and twenty of timber. Samuel S. Geer, John Simonson, John Wilcox, and Jacob Brown, also came this year.
In 1836, the population was increased by the arrival of Elijah Worthington, and Julius D. Pratt, from Luzerne county, Pennsylvania; Luther Bush, from New York; Van J. Adams, from Ohio; Wyatt Cantrell, from Kentucky; John W. MeLemore, David Stecle, John Ogle, Enoch and Noah Thomas, Nelson Ma- son, John D. Barnett, and others. Messrs. Mason and Barnett were met on the prairie where they were searching for homes for themselves and families on Gov- ernment lands, by William Kirkpatrick, while on one of his trips from his home in Sangamon county to his mill on Yellow creek, and persuaded by him to visit Chatham. The place pleased them so well that they determined to locate there. Van J. Adams made a claim about two miles cast of Sterling, upon which he resided until his death.
During the year 1837 the number of settlers was further increased, among them being Hugh Wallace, Eliphalet B. Worthington, James C. Woodburn, George W. Woodburn, Ezekiel Kilgour, Wm. A. Merritt, John Pettigrew, D. C. Combs, William H. H. Whipple, and Benjamin Fancier. The Woodburns pur- chased part of the claim of John W. Chapman, west of Sterling. Mr. Whipple also purchased a part of this claim. William A. Merritt died twenty years ago of consumption. D. C. Combs was a blacksmith, and had a shop in Harrisburg, but did not remain long. A man by the name of Johnson made a claim during the year, in the grove now the property of the heirs of Joel Harvey, three miles west of the present city of Sterling. He was unmarried, and lived with his brother-in-law, a Mr. Halloway. Johnson died in 1838, and was the second per- son buried in the cemetery near the Lutheran church, Mr. Stecle being the first. After the death of Johnson, Mr. Halloway, who was an Englishman, and did not understand the science of farming, returned East. The land was afterwards entered by other parties.
A large number of settlers came in 1838, among them Luther B. Wether- bee, Col. Jacob Whipple, James M. Whipple, Dr. John A. Bates, Dr. A. W. Benton, Daniel M. Vrooman, Jesse Penrose, Theodore and Elijah Winn, Jona- than Stevens, Wesley Robinson, John Platt, and Brewster Platt. Daniel M. Vrooman went to California in 1850, and when last heard from he was return- ing from Sacramento to San Francisco on a boat. Dr. John B. Bates, a highly educated gentleman and successful physician, died in the winter of 1842-'43.
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Ilis remains were taken to Massachusetts by his friends, for burial, about ten years after his death. The Winn brothers have been dead a number of years. Dr. A. W. Benton practiced medicine a number of years in Sterling, and then moved to Fulton. He died some years ago. Jonathan Stevens made a claim north of the present city of Sterling. Marshall L. Pratt came this year, and purchased an undivided sixteenth part of Harrisburgh, and remained two years, and then went West, forfeiting his claim, which became the property of Theo- dore Winn. Among the arrivals in 1839 and 1840, were John Enderton, C. C. Judd, William E. Boardman, William H. and George K. Adams, R. L. Wilson, and John Dippell. After that time settlers came in more rapidly, as the beauty and fertility of Rock River Valley had become pretty widely known.
The following are the names of the early settlers of Sterling, as near as can be ascertained, with the year of their arrival: 1834, Hezekiah Brink, James Holland, John Andrews, William Andrews, Peter Burke, Samuel Geer; 1835, Samuel S. Geer, John J. Albertson, Isaac H. Albertson, John Simonson, John W. Chapman, Wright Murphy, William Kirkpatrick, John Wilcox, Jacob Brown, Samuel Brady; 1836, Elijah Worthington, Julius D. Pratt, John Ogle, Wyatt Cantrell, John W. McLemore, Van J. Adams, Col. S. W. Johnston, Luther Bush, Nelson Mason, John D. Barnett, John Mason, Andrew McMoore, David Steele, William Oliver, Isaac Ricco, William Reed, Enoch Thomas, Noah Thomas, An- drew Swan, Bowman Bacon, Andrew Oliver, D. B. Combs, A. F. R. Emmons; 1837, Eliphalet B. Worthington, James C. Woodburn, George W. Woodburn, Ezekiel Kilgour, Zera M. Chapman, Levi Chapman, Porter S. Chapman, Wil- liam H. H. Whipple, Henry Brewer, Horatio Wells, John Pettigrew, Benjamin Fancier, A. B. Steele, Henry Tuttle, Marshall Pratt, John Petty, Hiram Had- lock, William A. Merritt, Moses Warner, Hugh Wallace, Hiram Platt, D. D. Guile, D. C. Combs; 1838, James Carley, Sutherland Ingurel, William Rogers, Charles Wickwire, William Stephens, Dr. John A. Bates, John Brendago, Mar- tin Montgomery, Zachariah Dent, Col. Jacob Whipple, James M. Whipple, Lu- ther B. Wetherbee, George H. Wells, George D. Reed, Robert C. Andrews, Charles King, Chester Millard, Theodore Winn, Elijah Winn, Jesse Penrose, Wesley Robinson, Daniel M. Vrooman, John Platt, Brewster Platt, George Blan- chard, Jonathan Stevens, Charles Miles, George Chandler, Ephraim Batcheller, Dr. A. W. Benton; 1839, John Enderton, C. C. Judd, Oscar Rhodes, William E. Boardman, William H. Adams, George K. Adams. R. L. Wilson, D. F. Batcheller, John Dippell, and others, came in 1840, and the settlement from that time was largely increased by arrivals.
The first white child born in the present township of Sterling, was Margara, daughter of Hezekiah and Martha Brink, the date being February 25, 1836. She married Mr. A. B. Crandall, in 1855. The first male child born in Sterling is claimed to be Chas. M. Worthington, a son of Elijah Worthington, and well known as a former editor of the Sterling Gazette.
The first death is stated to be that of a young man who had been one of a party to oust a claim jumper. At such times parties went armed, fearing a warm reception from the jumper and his friends, and such was the case with the party which this young man joined. While on their way to the claim a musket was accidentally discharged, the contents of which entered his leg, caus- ing a wound of so serious a nature that amputation was found to be necessary, and a short time afterwards he died.
There seems to be a lack of recollection as to the earliest marriage which took place within the territory now comprising the present township of Sterling. The first marriage of which we have been able to obtain any record, was that of Robert C. Andrews and Rhoda C. Kingsbury, which occurred April 24, 1842,
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Van J. Adams, Justice of the Peace, officiating, although other marriages un- doubtedly took place at a much earlier date. The marriage of John Dippell and Esther H. Bush occurred June 18, 1843. That of James Bradley and Lucinda Brewer February 13, 1844.
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