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 473, Banner Township
Waldron Van Middlesworth, farmer, sec. 8; P. O., Canton.
His parents, Cornelius W. and Jane (Addis) Van M., were natives of N.
J.; father died in 1867, and mother still living, in Canton, and about
70 years old. Waldron was born July 12, 1838, in Newark, N. J.,
married Laura Counterman May 19, 1861, in this tp.; she was born Sept.
13, 1840, in this State. Their children are Willie G., born April
19, 1862, and Janie, March 5, 1869. Mr. Van M. has a brother, Addis
James, and a sister, Mary Neumire, married and living in Stark
Co. He has been a manufacturer of sorgham molasses for nearly 14
years. Has been Town Collector. Methodist Protestant. Democrat.
