Source: History of Whiteside County, IL, edited by Charles Bent, Morrison, IL  1877
Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin, Tampico Area Historical Society
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A, T, WIGGINS was a native of Montpelier, Vermont, and was born in 1816. He came to Portland in 1838, and in 1839 formed a partnership with Job DODGE, in the mercantile business, remaining until 1841, when the partnership was dissolved. He then became connected with William POLLOCK, in the same business, at Como, and died in 1845.