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 918, Vermont Township
James Harmon, farmer, sec. 8; P. O., Vermont; was born in Penn.,
in 1815, son of James Harmon, sr., a farmer, and Margaret (Neeley); he
first learned the plasterer’s trade, which he followed 37 years;
married Martha Keene, who died, leaving 4 children, - Calvin, Margaret,
James and Isabel. In 1849 Mr. H. settled in this tp. In 1860 he married
Tacy Hagar, by whom he has one child, Nancy.
