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 912, Vermont Township
William Henry Derry. W. H. Derry, school-teacher and newspaper
Correspondent, was born in Freeport, Harrison Co., O., in 1842; his
folks emigrated to Vermont tp., where he grew to manhood, received a
liberal education, has taught school several terms, and been Assessor,
Collector, Justice of the Peace, and township Clerk. In 1863 he married
Miss Martha Dennison, of Ohio, by whom he has six children, Vietta,
Alonzo, Amos, Dora, Irene and Grace. Democrat. Mr. Derry s father, John
D. Emigrated from Virginia to Ohio, followed cabinet making and married
Miss Bathia Wharton, of Ohio. They had 8 children, 4 of whom are
livening and are residents of Fulton Co., with one exception. John
Derry, with his family, emigrated to Vermont tp. In 1850, where he now
resides.
submitted by Lynda Derry
