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 656, Farmers' Township
Wm. H. Dilworth, sec. 29, Farmers' tp.; P. O., Table Grove: was
born in Fulton Co. March 5, 1855. His grandfather, Harvey Harris,
before the excitement of the Black Hawk war had vanished in 1832, came
to the wilds of Fulton county and endured many privations and hardships
in paving the way for the prosperity of future generations. He died in
April, 1876. Our subject's father, James Dilworth, is a prominent
farmer of Vermont tp. Mr. Dilworth was married, Jan. 12, 1876, to
Rozelle Montgomery, daughter of Wm. Montgomery (dec.), of Missouri.
They have two boys, viz: Thornton and Harvey H. Mr. D. is a well-to-do
farmer and stock-raiser.
