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 922, Vermont Township
Benjamin Marshall, farmer, sec. 32; P. O., Vermont; was born in
Indiana Co., Pa., Nov. 6, 1830, son of Walter Marshall, also a native
of Pa., and a farmer, who marred Mary Purnell and had 7 children;
Benjamin, the eldest grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, receiving a
liberal education, married Margaret Duncan, and had 7 children, - 6 of
whom are living, - Hadillah, Louisa, . Wm. H., Scott (dec.), Stewart,
Mary and Emma. May 31, 1855, he located in this tp., purchasing 40
acres of land, where he now has an excellent orchard and vineyard; in
the latter are a thousand vines. He is pretty generally ahead, also in
quality of live stock and poultry.
