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 919, Vermont Township
Ellis Hoopes, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 26; P. O., Vermont;
is a native of Chester Co., Pa., born in 1804; his father was also a
Pennsylvanian and a school-teacher, married Elizabeth King and had 9
children, the eldest but one of whom is Ellis, jr. The family moved to
Ohio about 1813, where Ellis was educated and learned carpentering; was
naturally very skillful; in 1826 he married Miss Grace Foulk, daughter
of Judith and Sarah F., natives of Bucks Co., Pa.; in 1841 he came to
Vermont tp., where he has since resided, making for himself a
comfortable home. July 27, 1878, Mrs. H. was buried in Vermont cemetery.
