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 439, Astoria Township
T. M. Hettrick, of the firm of Coyner & Hettrick, lumber
dealers, Astoria. Mr. H. was born in Astoria township, in
1841. His father, Wm. Hettrick, is a resident of this township,
where he is enagaged in farming. Daniel attained his majority while
living on the farm; he acquired a good education and for a number of
years taught school. In 1865 he was united in marriage with Miss
Ella K. Walker, daughter of Adam Walker, of Ohio. In 1874 he
moved to McDonough Co., and during the spring of 1879 came to Astoria
and purchased an interest in the lumber yeard of J. B. Coyner, the
well-known lumber dealer.
