Mahlon and Emma Tuttle Voorheis had seven children; Henry,Sarah,Mary, Joseph Tuttle Voorheis, married Orrell O. Fidlar( my husbands G-Ggrand parents) David,Emma Catherine.
Mahlon lived 2 miles west of Hutsonville, Illinois. Mahlon and his wife Emma were married in New Jersey, and soon after left all Kin on both sides and moved west to Illinois. They had taken 160 acres as a Homestead and build a cabin and had lived there till they both passed away. Leaving the children to be cared for by neighbors.
Catherine was 2 1/2 years old.
I would like to correspond with anyone who has any lines to this family.
I have a letter from Orrell O. Fidlar Voorheis Hester to her Granddaughter Orrell F. Voorheis Davis(my husbands grandmother), letter written April 10, 1921, 114 Nile ST., Bakersfield, Ca. Will be glad to share this info.