Source: History of Whiteside County, Illinois, Edited by Charles Bent, Morrison, IL  1877
Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin, Tampico Area Historical Society, www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com

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Levi FULLER, Sr., was born in Connecticut, in 1793. He married Miss Betsey MARTIN, and came to Portland, in 1836. His large family of seven sons and three daughters have all been identified with the history of the town. He died in 1849, but his widow is still living near Spring Hill at the ripe age of 85. The children have been: Rachel, wife of John TIMMERMAN, living in Portland; Edmund, who married Miss Maria TURNER, and is now dead; Levi, Jr., who married Miss Melissa FULLER, and lives in Erie; John, who married Miss Almira LANPHERE, and lives in Portland, George, who married Miss Chloe MARVEL, and lives in Nebraska; Horace, who married Miss Purleyetta TAYLOR, and lives in Iowa; Eliza, who married George RICHARDSON, and is now dead; Lucinda, wife of Clark LANPHERE, living in Porltand; and James M. and Benjamin, both of whom are dead.

Related link: History of Portland Township, Whiteside Co., 1877