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SAMUEL GEER eame with his family from Fountain county, Indiana, in 1835, and settled on the farm in the present township of Sterling, known as the Lumm farm, now owned by John Martin. He afterwards sold the place, and located the farm where Peter Bressler now resides. His wife was the mother of Hezekiahı Brink, by her first husband. He had one son, Samuel Geer, Jr., who married Miss Nancy Hill, daughter of Jesse Hill, Sr., of Genesee Grove, and has lived in Oregon for the past fifteen years.
JOHN OGLE came from Fountain county, Indiana, with his family, in the spring of 1836. Hle was a carpenter by trade. He married Miss Sarah Brink, in Indiana. Their children were, Benjamin, John, and Daniel. Mrs. Ogle, after the death of her husband, married Ezra Huett, and moved to Iowa, where she died in January, 1877.
ISAAC H. ALBERTSON and JOHN J. ALBERTSON were twins, and were born April 15, 1800, in Dutchess county, New York, and came to Whiteside county
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in 1835, making their journey from Rochester, New York, in a wagon, which contained their worldly goods, drawn by two horses, S. Miles Coe came with them in the same wagon. Upon reaching Naperville, Illinois, it was found that their horses stood very much in need of rest, and it was concluded to have John J. Albertson remain with them, while Isaac H. Albertson and S. Miles Coe pursued the balance of the journey on foot. The team came on soon afterwards. The Albertson broth- ers made their claim just east of the present city of Sterling, and covered the premises now owned by Mr. Landis, Clark Powell, and Samuel H. Albertson. Their first cabin was in the timber near the river, and shortly after they built another one where the house of Mr. Landis now stands. John J. Albertson married Miss Ann DeGarmo, in April, 1839. Their children were: Theodore, born in December, 1839, and Emily, born in 1842, the latter dying in infancy. Mr. Albertson died in October, 1872. Mrs. Albertson lives in New York State. Isaac H. Albertson died July 30, 1845.
JONATHAN STEVENS was born in Stonington, Connecticut, December 31, 1798, and came to Whiteside county in 1838. He settled on the farm just north of Upper Sterling, formerly called Harrisburgh, where he resided for thirty-three years. On the 13th of January, 1824, he married Miss Ellen Bow- man, who was born February 2, 1807. Their children have been: Thomas W., born April 12, 1825; Eveline N., born May 8, 1827; Marshall S., born Novem- ber 14, 1829; and John N., born February 4, 1837. John N. married Miss Anna Patterson, May 31, 1867; children, Mary, and Ella. Marshall S. was a member of Company A, 140th Illinois Volunteers, in the late war, and died September 21, 1872. Mr. Stevens was an enterprising and industrious man, and accumulated a handsome patrimony for his family. His health was feeble for a number of years, and his death occurred September 14, 1870. Mrs. Stevens died January 22, 1876. For biography of Thomas Stevens see history of Jordan township, page 262.
VAN J. ADAMS was born in Ross county, Ohio, in December, 1803, and was brought up a miller. At the age of nineteen he quit the milling business, and taught school for about ten years. Upon coming to Illinois he settled first in Sangamon county, where he remained for several years, and in 1836 came to Whiteside county and made a claim two miles east of Sterling, on which he resided until his death. After Mr. Adams moved to Rock river he devoted his entire time to the cultivation of the soil, and stock raising. He acquired a large property, and was one of the solid farmers of Whiteside county. From 1850 to 1852, he represented Whiteside and Lee counties in the General Assem- bly of the State with an ability that was duly recognized and acknowledged. Being domestic in his tendencies, he afterwards resisted the often repeated solicitations of his fellow citizens to accept public positions. On the 29th of October, 1828, he married Miss Marian Ritchie, the children of the marriage being: Matthew R., born August 26, 1829; Josiah, born December 31, 1831; James, born September, 1832; Maria P., born October 19, 1836; Josiah Quincy, born April 22, 1842; Francis J. W., born January 19, 1845; Harden J., born November 16, 1847, and Robert, born August 16, 1850. Josiah and James died in infancy. Josiah Quincy died in November, 1860. Matthew R., mar- ried Miss Mary Ann LeFevre, May 13, 1852; children, Van J., Emma Maria, and Edmund L .; Van J., died November 5, 1854; Mrs. Adams died January 16, 1860, and on the 29th of September, 1864, Mr. Adams married Miss Phoebe J. Whitney; children, Ada May, and Maud who died August 4, 1870; Mr. Adams enlisted as a Sergeant in Company B, 13th Illinois Volunteers, and served three years, the entire time of his enlistment; during the whole time he
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was never on the sick list, and was on duty every day; he participated with his regiment in all its battles and marches; and was especially noted for his bravery and soldier like conduet; he was honorably mustered out and paid in Springfield, Illinois, in June, 1864; he has been Supervisor of the township of Coloma for several terms, and is one of its worthy citizens. Maria P. married Edward Bowman, May 13, 1856; children: Frank J., Grant J., and Edmund. Harden J. married Miss Louisa Williamson, December, 25, 1870; children: Van J., and Mary F., the former dying in infancy; Mr. Adams is an Attorney and Coun- sellor at Law, and resides at La Fayette, Indiana; he is an industrious and elose student, and has an extensive practice. Frances J. W. married W. F. East- man, now one of the editors and proprietors of the Sterling Gazette, July 24, 1872, and died February 25, 1877, without children. Van J. Adams died April 29, 1871, the immediate cause of his death being the kiek of a vicious horse. Mrs. Adams died September 9, 1871.
GEORGE H. WELLS was a native of Massachusetts, and came to Sterling in 1838. With the exception of a short stay in Fulton, he resided in Sterling until his death, which took place about four years ago, at the age of seventy years. His first wife died twenty-five years ago, without children. He after- wards married Miss Rebecca McMoore, sister of Andrew MeMoore, who still re- sides at the homestead near the old court house. Mr. Wells was a tailor by occupation, but gave up that trade, and kept the Sterling Hotel. He had no children, but adopted a child, known as Samuel Wells.
JACOB WHIPPLE was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, April 3, 1782, and was for a number of years Colonel of the Third Regiment, Second Brigade, Seventh Division, Massachusetts Militia. He came to Whiteside county, and settled a little west of Sterling, in 1838. He was appointed by the County Commissioners, Superintendent for the building of the Court House in Sterling in 1842, and performed his duties faithfully. Although eminently qualified to fill places of publie trust, and personally very popular, he declined to accept the positions frequently offered him, preferring to give his undivided attention to his favorite employment, the cultivation of the soil. He died February 10, 1872, at the advanced age of nearly ninety years. Col. Whipple's children were: Almanza, born August 11, 1811; Lithuana, born February 13, 1813; Alonzo J., born March 26, 1815; William H., born December 5, 1816; Leander J., born August 22, 1818; Mary S., born August 17, 1820; James M., born November 8, 1822; Lauriston W., born April 19, 1825; Susan J., born January 13, 1828; and Massena B., born October 12, 1829. Alonzo J. died May 11, 1842; Massena B., October 12, 1832; and Susan J., October 17, 1855. Almanza married Charles King, May 7, 1835; children, Mary, Frank, and Ada; Mr. King was ae- eidentally drowned about twenty years ago; Mrs. King died May 21, 1857. Leander married Miss Julia Stacy; children: Ellen, Mary, Clarissa, Fred, and Hattie; Mr. Whipple died August 1, 1869. Lithuana married William Carruth, May 2, 1843; children: Florence, Louisa, and Will. William H. married Miss Mary J. Johnson, and lives on the old homestead; he is one of the few remain- ing sturdy old settlers, and is well known and universally esteemed as a man of integrity and intelligence. James M. married Miss Anna MeKim, in Decem- ber, 1872; one child, Madora. Lauriston W. married Miss Elmira Woodley, March 9, 1848; children, Albert F., Mary F., Belle, Blanche, and Bertie; he lives in Sedalia, Missouri, is a carpenter by trade, and is also licensed as a Baptist minister.
LUTHER B. WETHERBEE was born in the town of Hardwiek, Massachusetts, June 23, 1809. and came to Whiteside county in 1837, and made a claim on section 12, in the present township of Sterling, where he built a small frame
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house, and brought his family the next year, the families of Col. Jacob Whipple and Moses Warner accompanying them. After remaining on his farm six- teen years, he concluded the avocation of an agriculturist was not remunerative enough, as prices at that time were low, roads almost impassable except in dry weather, and no market nearer than Chicago. He therefore returned to Barre, Massachusetts, and became foreman again in the same machine shop he had left when he came West. He remained there until 1848, when he came back to his farm, and with the exception of an occasional visit to his old home, and a tour in Europe in 1847, did not leave it. Upon his return to his farm he found the farming business better, owing in part to nearer markets, and was very successful, accumulating a handsome fortune. Intelligent, enterprising, and moral, he was a good specimen of the old-fashioned May Flower stock. His death occurred November 6, 1873. Mr. Wetherbee married Miss Charlotte W. Adams, November 9, 1831. Their children were: Martha A., born November 13, 1833; Jane L., born May 26, 1835; Charles Augustine, born September 13, 1836; Charles Adams, born December 17, 1839; Mary Adelaide, born in 1841; and Edwin C., born April 29, 1843. Martha A. died January 1, 1837; Jane L., February 20, 1840; and Charles Augustine, February 25, 1838. Charles Adams married Miss Margaret Penrose, October 5, 1865; children: May P., Ella D., Harriet A., and Charles E. Mary Adelaide married Henry Gaston, January 6, 1869, and resides in Piatt county, Illinois; children: Charlotte W., Josephine, and Laura. Edwin C. married Miss Hannah Eckles, March 4, 1868, and re- sides in Marshall county, Iowa; one child, Harry L.
ROBERT C. ANDREWS was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Febru- ary 18, 1817, and came to Sterling in March, 1838. He married Miss Rhoda C. Kingsbury, April 24, 1842, their children being: Robert P., born April 3, 1843; Henry C., born August 14, 1844; Hugh W., born March 7, 1845; Frank E., born January 13, 1849; John W., born November 13, 1851; Mary L., born June 6, 1853; and James D., born February 22, 1856. Henry C. died in in- fancy. Robert P. died February 26, 1849. Hugh W. enlisted in Company D, 27th Illinois Volunteers; was taken prisoner at the battle of Pleasant Hill, in Louisiana, under Gen. Banks, and died in a Rebel prison, August 16, 1865. Frank E. married Miss Kate Sides, March 16, 1876; one child, died in infancy. John W. married Miss Ada Austin, March 10, 1874; children: Herbert and Hugh. Mary L. is a teacher in the Second Ward School in Sterling. James is a teacher in Montmorency township. Frank E. is City Engineer for the city of Sterling.
GEORGE W. WOODBURN came to Sterling from Cumberland county, Penn- sylvania, in 1837, and in the spring of the next year was joined by his family. With the exception of seven years' search for gold in California, he resided on his farm just west of the city of Sterling, where he died full of years and honors, June 18, 1872. James II., his only child, was born October 12, 1836, and married Miss Susan A. Farrar, November 15, 1858; children: George W. and Charles H. He enlisted in Company I, 75th Illinois Volunteers, and served three years during the war; was always in the front, and participated in all the battles of his regiment, except the battle of Perryville, when he was on de- tached service; was never siek in the hospital, never had a leave of absence, and was not off duty a single day; he now owns and lives upon the old homestead. George W. Woodburn, was twice married, his first wife dying April 5, 1846. His second wife now resides in California.
JAMES C. WOODBURN came with his brother, Capt. Geo. W. Woodburn, from Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, to Sterling, in 1837. In 1839 he was elected the first Sheriff of Whiteside county, and served the regular term. He
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conducted the first Circuit Court held in the county, at Lyndon, in 1840. He died of consumption in 1848.
HIRAM PLATT came to Sterling from New York State, in 1837, and made a claim at the spring two miles north of the city of Sterling. Mr. Platt married late in life. His wife died a few years after the marriage, and he died in 1869.
JOHN PLATT came to Sterling from New York State in the spring of 1838, bringing his father and mother, the family of Daniel D. Guiles, Mrs. Jones, his sister-in-law, a widowed lady, and her son, David P. Jones, now an attorney and counsellor at law in good practice, residing at Ottawa, Illinois. Mr. Platt set- tled in the township of Sterling, where he now lives. His father died in 1866, at the great age of nearly ninety years, and his mother died in 1863. Mrs. Jones has been dead a number of years. Mr. Platt is now 81 years of age.
DAVID D. GUILES was born November 3, 1819, near Saratoga Springs, New York, and came to Sterling in 1837. He married Miss Eliza Ann Platt, March 7, 1833. Their children were: Edgar P., born September 14, 1835; Sarah, born January 14, 1838; Phobe Adelia, born November 22, 1840; Ellen M., born June 13, 1843; Charles G., born July 22, 1846; George, born March 3, 1849; and Mary E., born December 20, 1852. Edgar P. died in 1841, at Sterling. Sarah married M. S. Andrews, June 16, 1856. Phoebe Adelia married W. B. Chambers, December 25, 1855. Ellen M. married Crila C. Ellis, November 20, 1862. Mrs. Guiles died October 22, 1854, and Mr. Guiles married Mrs. Aman- da Augustine, August 19, 1857. He succeeded John D. Barnett as Postmaster at Sterling.
HENRY TUTTLE was born in Greene county, New York, January 29, 1818, and'in 1837 came west in company with A. B. Steele, John B. Steele, and Tim- othy A. Butler. David Steele had gone west the year previous, and made a claim of 400 acres. Of this tract Mr. Brink claimed and secured 160 acres. A. B. Steele purchased 80 acres of Mr. Brink's claim, and with Mr. Tuttle se- cured an undivided half of David Steele's claim. When David Steele died, his father came west, and the property was divided. He selected 80 acres north of Science Ridge school house and 80 acres on the Elkhorn, as his son's share. A. B. Steele settled where Abram Landis now lives, sold out in 1847, and returned to New York. Mr. Tuttle opened a farm just north of Sterling, which is now owned by George Hoover. He afterwards owned the Porter S. Chapman farm, which he sold in 1867 to Samuel Stroch, and purchased a farm just west of Round Grove, from C. D. Sanford, where he now resides. IIenry Tuttle was one of eleven children, and came west as the pioneer of the family to secure claims. His father came west in the fall of 1841, and was soon after stricken with typhoid fever, which soon caused his death. Mr. Aaron Steele made the journey with Mr. Tuttle, Sr., his brother-in-law, from New York to Sterling, a distance of 1,000 miles, in a buggy. He was smitten by the same disease, and died in October, 1841. The death of these two gentlemen deterred other mem- bers of their families from emigrating to the west, and [Mr. Henry Tuttle was left alone, so far as his relatives were concerned.
BOWMAN W. BACON removed to the west in 1838, with the Stevens family, to which he was related. Mr. Bacon married Mrs. Fuller. He served in the army as Captain of Company G, 74th Illinois Regiment. He was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, from the effects of which he died, July 21, 1864.
ELIJAH WORTHINGTON was among the first settlers at Sterling, and one of the original proprietors of the town. He was born at Colchester Conn., in Octo- ber, 1802. His family afterward removed to Pennsylvania, settling at Wilkes- barre, in the Wyoming Valley. In 1825, Mr. Worthington married Miss Caroline
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Pratt, by whom he had three children, one dying in infancy. A printer by pro- fession, after a few years of mercantile life at Pittston, Pa., he engaged in the publication of the Record of the Times, at Wilkesbarre, a paper still in existence. During the Masonic excitement of those days, he took grounds in opposition to the Order, and assumed the publication of the Anti-Masonic Advocate, vigorously assailing the principles of Free Masonry. In 1830, his wife died, and in 1833 he married Miss Ann Eliza Merritt, of Wilkesbarre, by whom he had two chil- dren, one dying in infancy. In 1835, he came to Sterling, made his claims, built a log cabin on the spot where his son's residence now stands, and brought his family hither the year following. In 1837, in company with Hezekiah Brink, now living in Sterling, he started a store in a log cabin just east of his house, and now the property of Mr. W. F. Eastman. At that time this store was the most pretentious mercantile establishment in the country, west of Dixon's Ferry. Mr. Worthington was actively identified with all the public enterprises of that day, and would have contributed largely, by his energy and enterprise, to the development of his adopted home, had not death terminated his usefulness. He died in December, 1839, of acute pneumonia, after an illness of but a few days, aged 37 years. His two children, Helen and Elijah, by his first wife, died the following year. His widow married Leonard Goss, Esq., removing to Savanna, and afterwards to Mt. Carroll, where she died in July, 1846. The only member of Mr. Worthingtou's family now living is his son, C. M. Worthington, for many years editor of the Sterling Gazette, and whose home is upon the same spot where his father erected his log cabin forty-two years ago.
ELIPHALET B. WORTHINGTON was born in Coldchester, Conn., September 7, 1797. When a mere lad removed to Wilkesbarre, Pa., where he attended school and learned the printing business. In 1824, he formed a partnership with his uncle and commenced the publication of the Newsboy in Chester, Pa. After a few years he returned to Wilkesbarre and became the editor of the Journal and Anti-Masonic Advocate of that town. April 24, 1834, he married Sarah McShane, of Philadelphia, and removed to where Sterling now stands, in the spring of 1837, to the town of Harrisburgh, which consisted of four cabins oc- cupied by H. Brink, John Ogle, Samuel S. Geer, and Elijah Worthington, the latter gentleman the brother of the subject of our sketch. Mr. Worthington was one month making the trip from Wilkesbarre to Sterling. In the spring of 1838 Mrs. Worthington commenced a school which was designed for the nucleus of an academy, to which the proprietors of Harrisburgh donated a lot. The school was taught in the first frame house built in the settlement. The boards were sawed from hard wood at Wilson's mill, at a cost of $40 a thousand. The fol- lowing are the first names that appear upon the school roll : Wm. M. Kilgour, Nancy Jane Kilgour, Andrew, Alfred, Esther, and Julia Bush, Geo. W. and Lucinda Brewer, Helen M. and Elijah Worthington, Jr. The next year a class was formed in painting, composed of Messrs. Benton, Johnson, Woodly, Stephens, and Brown; Dr. John Bates, critic. In November 1841, Mr. Worthington was appointed postmaster at Sterling, by President Tyler, and managed the of- fice during his administration and those of Polk and Taylor. Mr. Worthington was deputy clerk of the Circuit Court of the county for about fifteen years. His real estate claim was made upon the south side of the river, which he sold to A. F. R. and Samuel Emmons. He subsequently made a claim which he sold to Henry Landis. Sterling was his permanent home until the time of his death, November 14, 1871. Children : Anna M., born February 15, 1835; Edward L., born October 5, 1836; Emily F., born February 3, 1840; Mary L., born Feb- ruary 2, 1843; Josephine, born May 28, 1845; Louise, born July 16, 1847. E. L. Worthington married Caroline Haven, of Ohio; three children. Anna M.
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married Lorenzo Hapgood. Emily F. married A. A. Norwood. Mary L. mar- ried S. S. Lukens. Josephine is now the wife of C. C. Johnson.
MARTIN MONTGOMERY came from New York, and settled in Sterling in 1838. His family consisted of his wife, two or three sons, and three daughters. The sons, except Charles, went west soon after they came to Illinois. Charles enlisted in the army, and served three years; he now lives in Iowa. One daugh- ter married Zachariah Dent, of Clyde township. She died six or seven years ago. Another daughter married Mr. Martin of Sugar Grove, and is still living. The other one married Wesley Robinson, an early settler of Sterling, and lives in Clyde township. Mrs. Montgomery, the mother, died soon after she came west. Mr. Montgomery afterwards married a Mrs. Town, of Fulton, and died about 15 years ago.
MOSES WARNER and family came west in 1838 in company with the Whip- ple and Wetherbee families; they stopped about a year in Sterling, and in 1839 settled in Lee county. Mr. Warner died in the winter of 1876-7, at an ad- vanced age. Two sons, Henry and Moses M., reside in Sterling.
MILES S. HENRY is a native of Geneva, Ontario county, New York, and was born March 1, 1815. He was a schoolmate of Stephen A. Douglas, at the Canandaigua Academy, and upon leaving that institution studied law in the office of John C. Spencer, in Canandaigua, for three years. He came west in 1834, and stopped for a while in Chicago, and then went to La Porte, Indiana, where he purchased an interest in Michigan City, which was then coming into notice. He read law at La Porte with Hon. Gustavus A. Evarts, who had been Circuit Judge of the Northern District of Indiana, and then commenced to practice. In 1843 he married Miss Philena N. Mann, an adopted daughter of Judge Evarts, and in the same year formed a law partnership with him, and emigrated with him and his family to Platte county, Missouri. Not being pleased with the place, he returned to Illinois in the spring of 1844, and at the instigation of Judge Stephen A. Douglas, settled at Macomb, McDonough county. At this place he commenced the practice of the law with Hon. Jesse P. Thomas, Circuit Judge. After the August term of the Circuit Court, in 1844, he came to the Rock river country on an exploring tour, attended the session of the Circuit Court held by Judge Browne, at Lyndon, and was so well pleased with the valley that he concluded to settle at Sterling, to which place the county seat had just been removed. In October, 1844, he brought his fami- ly to Sterling, and entered into the practice of the law, soon attaining a promi- nent position at the bar. He resided for a year in the upper town, known as Harrisburgh, and then purchased and built a residence on the same lots, on Third street, where he now resides. In 1852 he opened a banking house in Sterling, and in 1854 formed a partnership with Lorenzo Hapgood. in the banking busi- ness, the firm name being M. S. Henry & Co., the firm continuing until 1861. During all that time he was also engaged in practicing law. In the fall of 1854 he was elected a Representative to the General Assembly of the State, on what was then called the People's ticket, the party being afterwards called Re- publican. During the session of the General Assembly when he was a member, a United States Senator was elected, Abraham Lincoln and Lyman Trumbull being the candidates of the People's party. Mr. Henry voted for Mr. Lincoln until he not requested, but demanded, that he should not vote for him any longer, but cast his vote for Mr. Trumbull. Mr. Henry was also a strong advo- cate of the Free School system, and during his term as Representative did more, probably, than any other member, to secure the passage of the first Free School Law in Illinois. He was a delegate from Illinois to the Republican National Convention, at. Philadelphia, in 1856. which nominated John C. Fremont for
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the Presidency, he, however, advocating the nomination of Judge McLean for President, and Abraham Lincoln for Vice President. In 1857 he was appoint- ed Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Bissell, and held the office until the war broke out, when he tendered a regiment of cavalry to the service; but it was refused by Gen. McClellan, because there was a greater proportion of that arm of the military in the service than it required. Mr. Henry was also, in 1857, elected President of the Sterling & Rock Island Railroad Company, and endeavored to build a road from Sterling to Rock Island, and from thence to Oquawka, and remained President until 1861, when the project was aban- doned in consequence of the breaking out of the war, the financial embarass- ment of the times, and the violent opposition of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, with which it would compete. In 1862 Mr. Henry was appointed Paymaster in the Army, which position he held during the war. After the war he was engaged in the oil business in West Virginia, and also in the manufac- ture of salt at Bay City, Michigan, and for three years was the President and General Manager of the Salt Company at that place. In consequence of the ill health of his wife, he sold his interest at Bay City, and returned home. His wife died soon after, and in October, 1871, he married Mrs Emily J. C. Bush- nell, widow of Major Dr. R. Bushnell. On his return to Sterling, in 1868, he re-commenced the practice of the law, in company with his present partner, C. C. Johnson, Esq., and has so continued since. Mr. Henry is one of Whiteside's able and energetic citizens, and has many warm friends and admirers.
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