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

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BENJAMIN and THADDEUS SMITH came to Portland from Bennington, Vermont, in 1837/ Benjamin lived in Portland for five years, and then moved to Iowa.