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 860, Pleasant Township
William Moorhouse, partner of Mr. Hess in the Ipava Fulling
Mills. In this factory are employed 15 hands, and a good business is
carried on. He was born in Pennsylvania Aug. 6, 1835; came to this
State in 1867 and located in Ipava, and soon embarked in his present
business. He is a thorough business man and owns one-third interest in
the Canton Woolen Mills. His parents were natives of England, and his
wife, Margaret Johnson, whom he married in New Jersey in 1859, was born
in that State in 1839. They have a family of 3 children: Mary L., Anna
E., and William H.
