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 928, Vermont Township
John Searl, farmer and minister, sec. 19; P. O., Vermont; was
born in Campbell Co., Ky., son of James Searl, a native of Stueben Co.,
N. Y., and who married Anna Mayall in Ky.; in 1834 emigrated to
Sangamon Co., Ill., with an ox team, and next year settled in Vermont
tp.; he died May 10, 1852, and his wife April 7, 1870. John was in his
third year when his parents settled in Fulton Co.; was liberally
educated as he grew up; in 1849 he married Rebecca Parrish, daughter of
Enoch Parrish; in 1878 was licensed by the M. E. Church to preach. His
living children are: Emma, Nancy, Jasper E., Elizabeth and Aldia B. He
has 148 acres of land.
