Anfield, Henry bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 906, Vermont Township
Henry Anfield, bridge-builder and miner, was born Dec. 3, 1833, in Yorkshire, Eng.; his father, Wm. Anfield, was a prominent merchant, who married Frances A. Colby, and had 11 children, 3 of whom died in infancy. Henry learned the carpenter and joiner’s trade, and in his 19th year married Eliza J. Oldfield; in 1859 he came to America and followed his trade at Colchester, Ill., until he came to Fulton Co. 14 years ago; settling at Table Grove, he followed mining, principally, until 1868, when he removed to Vermont. They have had 5 children: Charles (deceased), William, Isabel H., Charles E., and Emily A.