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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CALEB P. LANPHERE was born in Greene county, New York, in 1799, and came to Portland in 1841. In 1841, he married Miss Lucinda MARTIN. Their children have been: Almira, wife of John FULLER, living in Portland; James M., livinging Portland; Clark C., who married  Miss Lucinda FULLER, and lives in Porland; George, living in Warren county, Illinois; Albert, living in McDonough county, Illinois; Mary, wife of B. F. BROOKS, living in Portland. Mr. LANPHERE died in 1875. He was a devoted christian, and one of the pillars of the Methodist church. He was a Justice of the Peace, and town Clerk of the township for a number of years.