Mercer, T. M. bio

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 451, Astoria Township
T. M. Mercer, contracter and builder, came to Astoria four years ago, and has succeeded in building up a large trade, frequently working from 6 to 20 men, most of them being skilled workmen. He has erected many fine structures both in town and throughout the surrounding country. He completed the magnificent buildings on Broadway occupied by Dilworth Carter's dry-goods house, Mooney's drug-store, the bank building, also Bonnel Bros., and many other of the fine buildings that grace the town. During the 4 years he has resided here he has received and continues to receive large orders from residents of both tow and country to which he gives his special personal attention.
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