Ellison, Henry 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 914, Vermont Township
Henry Ellison, farmer, sec. 22; P. O., Vermont; born Dec. 25, 1841, in Lancashire, Eng.; his parents were Wm. and Ann (Blandon) Ellison, who emigrated to America when Henry was a boy, with 6 children altogether, 4 of whom are living, all in Vermont tp.; they first located in Ohio, where he remained for 6 years, then to Jefferson Co., where he stayed 3 years, and in the spring of 1852 he settled in this tp.; they moved into McDonough Co., where Mr. E. died; Mrs. E. died at the age of 78. Henry has remained in this tp.; in 1866 he married Miss Rebecca, daughter of Allen Stewart, of Ohio, and they have had two children, Charles and George. Mrs. E. died Aug. 26, 1878.