Brophy, John 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 750, Kerton Township
John Brophy, farmer, deceased, was a native of Ireland, settled in this township in an early day, and died in 1870, after accumulating considerable property by years of toil. He owned 320 acres of land. He married Mary Walder, and their children were James, William, John, Catherine, Thomas, Michael and Francis. Mrs. Brophy was a native of New York, but her parents were from Ireland.