Sampson Ellithorpe was born in Saratoga county, New York, in 1806. He first settled in what is now Hume township, but soon sold his claim to William Ramsay, and moved to Prophetstown, where he died in 1840. Mr. Ellithorpe married Miss Elisa Wight, their children being: Earl S., who married Miss Mary J. Averill, and lives in Prophetstown; and Bethiah, wife of Dr. H.. C. Donaldson, one of the early practicing physicians of the county, and for a number of years, and at present, a successful practitioner in Morrison.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
