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
John W. Derry & Jacob B. Arringdale. Derry & Arringdale,
manufacturers and dealers in carriages, buggies and wagons, etc., Main
st., Vermont. These gentlemen are practical workmen, and their
principal work is jobbing and repairing. Mr. J. W. Derry is a native of
this county and learned his trade with Mr. G. W. Derry in Vermont.
Jacob B. Arringdale was born in Ohio, and reared in Fulton Co., and
learned his trade with Reuben Huff. Mr. A. is said to be one of the
most skillful workmen in the state.
submitted by Lynda Derry
