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 890, Union Township
Thomas C. Hovell, farmer, P. O., Avon, is a son of Thomas and
Prudence Hovell, of Union township; was born May 20, 1848, in this
township. His father was at Fort Madison and saw the great warrior,
Black Hawk, expire; was also one of the first settlers in Ellisville.
Mr. Hovell received a common-school education in this county; was
married April 2, 1872, to Angeline Brown, daughter of Wm. Brown, of Lee
tp. They have 4 children, - 2 boys and 2 girls. Mrs. H. is a member of
the M. E. Church. Mr. H. and his brother J. J. are proprietors of a
butcher shop in St. Augustine, Knox Co.
