TUCKER, John and Louisa L. Wathen – John was a Kentuckian who settled in south El Paso Twp. in 1852. He married a sister of James H. Wathen, co-founder of the city of El Paso, Illinois. They formerly lived near Pekin in 1831. A daughter, Mary E. Tucker, married George A. Yerion of El Paso, and another daughter who never married (Anna Tucker) lived in the home of James H. Wathen, her uncle, until his death in 1902, after which she lived alone. Tucker's earliest land patent was dated August 25, 1852, and was the SW 1/4 in Section 21, El Paso Twp.
TUCKER, Thomas – He was a Kentuckian, settled on Palestine prairie in 1837 not far from Allen Hart.
TUCKER, William F. and Margaret (1818-1901) – William was born September 14, 1816 and died near El Paso on January 5, 1895. He and Margaret were known to be living in the El Paso area in 1854 before the town was built.
TURNIPSEED, John and Mary (1814-1864) – They are known to have lived along the Mackinaw River east of Kappa as early as 1840, when they buried a daughter in the Messer Cemetery.
TYLER, John and Sarah A. Brewer – John was born in Virgil, New York on January 8, 1831, He first settled in Panola Twp. on January 3, 1856. He later established the farm Koble Kyser lived on for many years.
Mr. Tyler died June 15, 1894. His wife was the daughter of John and Rebecca Brewer, Panola Twp.'s first pioneer family. She was a younger daughter, born February 15, 1839, no doubt the first white child born in Panola Twp. She died October 24, 1908 and is buried in Evergreen, as is John. There were three children, Emma, Lee and W. B. John served as Supervisor for twelve years. He was a Democrat. Sarah A. Brewer was probably the oldest of the Panola-El Paso life-long residents.
UNDERHILL, Isaac – Built the first store in 1856, operated by E. T. Van Alstyne in Secor, in which was the town's first post office. He was a large Secor land owner. He built Secor's first big hotel, a brick structure costing $48,000.00, which finally burned and bankrupted the owner in 1874.
UNDERHILL, N. C. – His name is on Methodist records of 1859. He was probably a relative of Isaac.
VAN ALSTINE, Cornelius – The first postmaster of Secor, and one of its earliest storekeepers. He married twice. John E., the oldest son, was born near Beardstown, Illinois in 1854.
VAN ALSTINE, E. T. – Built the first house in Secor in 1856. He is buried in the Gabetown Cemetery, and probably lived in that area before Secor was founded.
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