Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Courtright, Levi 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Levi Courtright, farmer, section 28, Genesee Township, was born Jan. 27, 1840, 
in Sussex Co., N. J., and is a son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Vernanten) 
Courtright. (See sketch of John Courtright). His parents came to Illinois when 
he was 15 years of age. His father was the parent of 21 children, born of two 
marriages. Mr. Courtright is the sixth in order of birth of ten children born 
of the second marriage. He was brought up on his father's farm and lived at 
home until he was 22 years old. He was married Dec. 24, 1861,in Genesee 
Township, to Sarah Franklin. She was born Feb. 12, 1841, in Muskingum Co., 
Ohio. Her parents, Simeon and Catherine (Funk) Franklin, went when she was ten 
years old to Fulton County, in the same State. Six years later they made 
another removal to Genesee Township, in Whiteside County. Her father died in 
May, 1871, aged 70 years. Her mother lives in Jones Co., Iowa, with her eldest 
daughter, and is aged 78 years (1885). Mrs. Courtright is one of a family of 
eight children, and is herself the mother of five sons and daughters. Emma V. 
is the wife of Henry Finzel, a farmer and teacher in Genesee Township. Martha 
C., Charles, Frank and Fred (twins) are the names of those who are yet 
unmarried. Mr. Courtright passed some years in the business of farming "on 
shares," and in February, 1873, bought 103 acres on sections 28 and 19, which 
has since been his field of operation. The family belong to the Methodist 
Episcopal Church. Mr. Courtright is a Republican in political affiliation.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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