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 657, Farmers' Township
M. D. Hall, sec. 28, Farmers' tp.; P. O., Table Grove; was born
in McDonough Co., Jan. 5, 1851, and hence is connected with the history
of this part of Illinois. His father is a native of Kentucky, and came
to Illinois when but a boy. He still resides on the place he first
purchased at Pennington's Point, McDonough Co. Our subject received a
common-school education, and has since engaged in farming and
stock-raising, in which he has been successful. He was married Oct. 10,
1872, to Clara Dilworth, daughter of James Dilworth, of Vermont, Ill.
Mr. D. was among the early settlers of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have
one child, Willie D.
