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 668, Farmers' Township
William P. Portlock was born in Shelby Co., Ind., April 6, 1840,
and is the son of the late Dr. Portlock, a pioneer of Fulton Co., of
whom we speak further elsewhere. His parents brought him to this county
when but an infant. He here received a common-school education, where
he was reared on a farm. He was married May 1, 1861, to Adelaide
Hickey, and they have had 10 children, of whom 5 are living, viz: Ida,
Martha, Lucy, Mary and Squire. Mr. Portlock is a farmer in good
circumstances, on section 20, Farmers’ tp., and owns 200 acres of very
good land.
See Bio of J. S. Portlock, MD & mother, Mary A. Portlock.
