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 959, Woodland Township
James W. L. Radcliffe, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 26; P. O.,
Bluff City; born in the District of Columbia in 1831; his father, J. L.
Radcliffe, while in the flush of early manhood, became drummer in the
war of 1812; was married in Maryland to Miss Mary Howard, by whom he
had 11 children; James, the second son, moved with his family to Alton,
Ill., in 1834; at the age of 18 he came to this tp., where he now
resides and is the owner of 44 acres of good land; in 1858 he was
united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Dutton, by whom he has 8 children, -
Geo. W., John R., Eugene, Horace, Oliver J., Julia, Salina and James W.
