Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Sturtevant, Isaac 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Isaac Sturtevant, retired farmer, residing at Rock Falls, was born in the 
State of New Hampshire, June 10, 1810. His parents, Perez and Dorothy 
(Kimball) Sturtevant, were also natives of the old Granite State, and moved to 
Vermont in 1825, where his mother died, after which event his father came 
West, and resided with him until his death. The subject of this sketch was a 
resident of the parental homestead until he was 24 years of age, receiving in 
his youth a common-school education. After leaving home he bought a farm in 
Vermont of 160 acres, where he followed agricultural pursuits for nine years. 
He then, in 1843, sold out there and came to Sterling, renting a farm north of 
that place for a year. Next he purchased a farm of 117 acres in Coloma 
Township, where he followed his calling for 30 years. This place he now leases 
to other parties. He also owns 600 acres of improved land in Iowa, where he 
has a herd of 75 cattle. In 1870 he purchased four acres of ground in Rock 
Falls, and built upon it a substantial residence, which he now occupies; its 
cost was $2,500. In his politics Mr. S. is a Democrat, and as a citizen he is 
one of the prominent and representative men of Rock Falls. He was married Nov. 
25, 1834, to Miss Susan Summers, a native of Vermont, and of their nine 
children seven are living, namely: Jane, who married Frank June, July 29, 
1856, and has six children —Minnie, Emmaroy, Susie, Frank, Paul and Jesse; 
Maria, who married Joseph Spear, April 5, 1859, and has five sons—Harry, 
William, Eugene, Ernest and Jessie; William, who married Mary McGee June 23, 
1866, and has three children — Edna, Gracie and William; Emily, who became the 
wife of Dwight Johnson Sept. 6, 1872, and now has four children—Elmer, 
Flossie, Bert and Arthur; Susie, now Mrs. Jake Bowers, and the mother of two 
children, Roy and William; Jerome, who married Currie Hand in 1870, and is the 
parent of five chidren—Maud, May, Jannie, Frank and Isaac.

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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