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Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, 
Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871
(page 43)

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H. J. Whitmore was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, on the 4th of November, 1827, and emigrated to Canton, Fulton county, Illinois, in the fall of 1844. His father, Joseph P. Whitmore, was born in Maryland, and married Miss Ann Harklehovad, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Whitmore, for many years, was engaged in the agricultural business, having the first reaper ever brought into Fulton county. Mr. W. is now living on section 6, Banner township, consisting of over two hundred acres of fine tillable land, and dealing largely in stock, especially in the finest breed of hogs, which he makes a specialty. Any person desiring to see hogs bred to perfection, and witness Mr. Whitmore's careful mode of caring for them, so as to preserve all their finest qualities, will be amply repaid by visiting his beautiful stock farm, where his hospitalities are always extended to those who visit him. Mr, W. was married to Miss Anna A. Suydan, daughter of Mathew and Eliza Suydan, both natives of Ohio. Mrs. Whitmore died on the 20th of August, 1866. Mr. Whitmore was married to his present wife, Tillia Griffin, a native of Pennsylvania, on the 24th of May, 1867. His family consists of six children -- two sons and four daughters, all of whom are now living.