Alphonso Brooks was born in Onondaga county, New York, in 1812, and came to Du Page county, Illinois, in 1833, and to Portland, Whiteside county in 1835. His family came in the spring of 1836. He lived for six years what is now known as the Wallingford farm, and and after that near Spring Hill where he kept a public house for twenty-two years. He has been Supervisor, Town Clerk, and Justice of the Peace, of the township, and also postmaster. He is still living. Mr. Brooks has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Eliza Teats, and his second, Mrs. Mary Whitcomb, whom he married in 1872. The children are: Benjamin F., who married Miss Mary Lanphere and lives in Portland; Alice, who married Jacob Shetters, and lives in Iowa, Marion, who married Miss Eliza Woodside, and lives in Iowa; and Rose E; who married James Parks, and lives in Iowa
Extracted from Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 352
