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
Warner D. Douglas settled here in 1840; has been engaged in the
dry-goods and grocery business for 25 years, the last 13 years of which
time he has been located in Table Grove, but is now closing out his
entire stock of goods, preparatory to removing to Nebraska. He was
married, Jan. 3, 1830, to Caroline Brooks, by whom he has had 11
children: 5 are living. He has always been a pioneer. When but 10 years
old, he lived in Indiana when the Indians were as numerous there as cur
dogs are in Illinois. His father was in the war of 1812. Mrs. Douglas
was born June 4, 1810, in N. Y., and is the daughter of Nathan Brooks,
who was a prominent soldier in the war of 1812.
