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 667, Farmers' Township
I. P. Pickering, blacksmith, Table Grove, was born in Harrison
Co., O., May 14, 1832; was raised on a farm until 17 years old, when he
was apprenticed to Henry Lott, a blacksmith, in Georgetown, Ohio; when
in 1851 he finished his apprenticeship he came to Fulton county, where
he worked at his vocation, and is now proprietor of the Table Grove
Blacksmith Shop, and has a large run of custom. He was married, Dec.
28, 1854, to Hannah Green, by whom he has had 10 children; 7 are
living. Mr. P. enlisted in the late war, but being a cripple he was not
admitted into the regular service; he paid about $500, however, to fill
other quotas. This was a truly patriotic act in Mr. Pickering, which
should be remembered by Uncle Sam and the compliment returned.
