FAMILY HISTORIES OF WHITESIDE COUNTY IL John and Caroline (Plank) Deets Photo owned by Craig Deets Found on Ebay 2009 (Information from Craig Deets) John Deets was born Sept 4, 1841 died Jun 11, 1913 in Whiteside county IL. His wife was Caroline Plank. The little girl is probably their first child, Margaret "Maggie" Ann Deets born Jan 13, 1863 and died Apr 12,1917 in Coleta, IL. The photo with Henry H Deets was probably taken shortly before his death. Henry was born May 16,1866 and died June 8, 1882. He is buried in Riverside cemetery in Sterling, IL. John and Caroline are buried there as well as many other family members. The Deets family moved to Whiteside county from Lancaster county with many other Mennonite families in the 1860's.