Voorhees, Peter 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 972-973, Young Hickory Township
Peter Voorhees, farmer, sec. 13; P. O., Ellisville. Mr. V. is a son of John S. Voorhees, of Fairview, and was born Nov. 17, '37, in Somerset county, N. J.; was brought to this county when but 6 months old. Enlisted Aug. 13, '62, in Co. D, 103rd Ill. Inf., and was wounded 3 times. Was married Sept. 29, '64, to Margaret Hageman, daughter of Isaac Hageman. She died suddenly March 1, '79. The youngest child, Charles Leslie, followed his mother July 5, '79, Mr. V. is a member of the Christian Church, of which his wife had been a consistent member for several years.