Polhemus, Henry 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 512, Bernadotte Township
Henry Polhemus, farmer, sec. 30; P. O., Ipava; was born in Fairview, Fulton Co., Ill., in 1849. His father, Garrett V., who married Jane Brokaw, of New Jersey, came to this county among the early pioneers. The subject of this sketch was raised at Fairview, from which place he removed to this tp. in 1876; was married to Miss Kate Stines June 29, 1875. Mrs. P. is a native of New Jersey, born in 1855. This union has been blessed with two children, Muferd and Georgiana. Generally Republican.