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
James A. Sperry, farmer and fruit-grower, sec. 20; P. O.,
Bernadotte; born in Bernadotte tp. in 1844, son of S. A. Sperry, who
with wife now resides in Ipava, Ill.; held the office of Postmaster at
Bernadotte; was married at that place in Nov., 1870, to Miss Alice
Wood; this union has been blessed with 3 children - Harry, Roy and
Mabel, all of whom are living. Mr. Sperry has lived in this county all
his life, and by perseverance has established himself as one of the
first fruit-growers and farmers in this section, having 160 acres of
land on which he has his nursery. Republican.
