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 915-916, Vermont Township
Reuben Frazier, farmer, sec. 34; P. O., Vermont; born in Belmont
Co., O., in 1827. His father, Wm. F., was a North Carolinian, who
emigrated to Ohio in early day. Reuben married, in Ohio, Mary E. Swan,
daughter of John and Elizabeth S., by whom he had 10 children, 5 now
living, - Rebecca C., Daniel S., Emma J., Nancy E. and Anna. In 1856 he
came to this county. Mrs. F. died July 19, 1871; Oct. 26, 1872, Mr. F.
married Melinda Derry, daughter of Solomon Derry, and had one child. In
1864 Mr. Frazier enlisted in Co. H, 12th Ill. Inf., and was in the
battle of Kingston, N. C.
