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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EPHRAIM SUMMERS came in 1836, and lived for a few years in Portland. He was a blacksmith, and is now living in Fulton.