Shores, Richard 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 962-963, Woodland Township
Richard Shores, agriculturist, was born in Coshocton Co., O., in 1823; his father, James, was born near the city of Baltimore; he learned the trade of a shoemaker in his youth and followed this calling for a number of years; for a period taught school, and for 13 years was a Justice of the Peace, and in the war of 1812 he took an active part. He came to Woodland tp. in 1851. He resided here until the day of his decease, which occurred shortly after the close of the Rebellion. His remains now lie at rest in Woodland tp. Mrs. S. died shortly before her husband. Richard, a patron of this book, was married in Holmes Co., O., to Miss Agnes Newell, a daughter of Chas. and Nancy Newell, by whom he had 9 children, 4 are living: Eliza J., born Jan. 9, 1858; John H., born Sept. 8, 1860; Armintha, born April 26, 1863; Geo. W., born Jan. 31, ’67 Mr. S. is the owner of 75 acres of valuable land, having disposed of a portion of his property. Politics are Republican generally, rather on the independent order.