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 953, Woodland Township
T. J. Horton, farmer, sec. 20; P.O., Astoria; is a native of
Ohio, born in 1844; grew to manhood in this county, where he has since
followed farming, and where he was united in marriage with Miss Louisa
McDermott, by whom he has 2 children. Mrs. H. died Feb., 1875, and in
the following year Mr. H. married Susan Stoops, a daughter of Michael
Stoops, in Woodland tp.; is the owner of 87 acres of land; has been
School Director, Road Commissioner, etc.
