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

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HIRAM UNDERHILL was born in Dorsett, Vermont, in 1794, and came to Portland in 1838, remaining in the village of Portland until 1839, when he made a claim near Jefferson Corners. He married Miss Marth WASHBURN in 1813. Their children have been: Horace, who married Miss Irene WELLINGTON, and is now dead; Julia Ann, who first married Benjamin DOW, and after his death, Jared HURLBURT, and now lives in Oregon; Abram, who married Miss Olive MARVEL, and lives in Oregon; Jane, wife of Ezra W. HILL, living in Prophetstown; and Mary, wife of George COON, living in Iowa.