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 964, Woodland Township
Wm. Springs, farmer, sec. 14; P. O., Astoria; was born in the
State of Ohio, October, 1843, 3d child of John and Hannah Springs; grew
to manhood in Ohio. Enlisted in Co. C, 67th Ohio Inf., and participated
in several engagements, and was seriously wounded before Richmond. In
1868 he settled in Fulton Co., Ill., where, on the 31st of December,
1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Kelley, a daughter of
Wm. Kelley, by whom he has 5 children.
