Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Page, William C 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

William C. Page, of Sterling, is a hatter by trade, but is now retired from 
active business. He was born in York Co., Maine, July 31, 1810, his parents 
being Samuel and Sophia ( Goddard ) Page. He received a common-school 
education, and at the age of 17 years left home and served a four-years 
apprenticeship in learning the hatter's trade. Shortly after the expiration of 
this term, he opened a shop at New Market, N. H., where he followed his trade 
six years; selling out, he removed to Exeter, that State, and followed the 
business four years; went next to Kennebec, Maine, purchased a farm and 
managed that for 11 years, in connection with following his trade; selling 
out, he went to Haverhill, Mass., where he was employed in the manufacture of 
flannel three years; then he went to North Berwick and in company with two 
others purchased a factory, which they ran for three years, manufacturing 
woolen blankets for calico printers; selling out his interest in the latter, 
in 1857, he came to Sterling and opened a lumber-yard, since which time he has 
been engaged in milling and farming. He is succeeding well in his business, 
and is a prominent citizen of the county. Politically, he indorses Republican 
politics, and religiously he is a member of the Congregational Church. Mr. 
Page was married in January, 1833, to Miss Dorcas Felker, a native of New 
Hampshire, and they have had six children, two only of whom are now living,—
Harriet N. and Soviah. Mrs. Page died Dec. 20, 1872, and in 1874 Mr. Page 
married again, this time wedding Jane Stackpole, also a native of the old 
Granite State. She died in August, 1884.

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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