I sent an e-mail previously about an 1891 "Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co, Iowa" I now own, which has many surnames with Fulton County connections. Since I promised to send some of these, here is a sampling. I'm sure there are others which I have not yet come across and will send them as often as I can. JOHN G. TIPTON, attorney at law, born Fulton Co, IL, 1849; son of JOHN TIPTON, (who was killed by a falling tree on March 23, 1869) and ELIZA CRAWFORD (died July 21, 1879); children of John and Eliza Tipton were: Samuel S.; Thompson; Mary (Swigert); Hannah (Combs); Sarah (Swigert); Lydia C. (Ramsey); N.H. (Meeker); Thomas (deceased); Eliza Jane (deceased); Elizabeth (deceased); Isabel (Dyer)(deceased). J.M. BARSTOW, physician/surgeon; born Fulton Co, IL, Sept 10, 1854, son of SAMUEL and ELEANOR (COULSON) BARSTOW. Samuel born Muskingum Co, Ohio. They went to Iowa in October 1855. Children of Samuel and Eleanor: James M (subject of this bio); Rozeltha (Stoker); Alice J. (McIntyre); Ena H.; Guy E. W.J. COLEMAN, born Sept 21, 1839, Jo Daviess Co, IL, son of JOSEPH and MILLY (COZAD) COLEMAN. Joseph and Milly moved to Fulton County in 1844, where they were among the first settlers in that part of the county. Joseph died one year after moving to Fulton Co at age 44; the mother died in 1884 at age 72. W.J. COLEMAN was reared in Fulton Co until 1870 then went to Iowa. He married in 1880 to CYNTHIA E. ANDERSON, b. Fulton Co, daughter of HENRY R. ANDERSON, a native of Madison Co, Kentucky (Henry was son of JOHN ANDERSON, who was the "son of an old Revolutionary soldier, who with five uncles and 14 cousins were killed at the battle of Cowpens, which nearly exterminated the whole Anderson race. His wife and aunts went to the battlefield and picked out their dead bodies and had them buried." HARRY M. WILSON, b. Fulton Co, IL, July 14, 1865, son of ABRAHAM WILSON and MARY E. (NEGLEY) WILSON. His grandfather was a prominent minister of the German Reformed Church in New Jersey, and later established the German Reformed Church at Fairview, Fulton County. Abraham and Mary had children: Lolo (deceased); Kate; John (deceased 1886); Lulu; Maggie; Harry; Cornelius; and Mamie. J.P. VIRTUE, junior member of the firm of SULLIVAN & VIRTUE, livery, sale and feed stables in Macedonia, Iowa. J.P. was born in 1857 in Fulton Co, Illinois, son of THOMAS and MARY VIRTUE. As of this biography, "he is a genial bachelor who looks upon the bright side of life and is a favorite among his acquaintances." That's all for now. I hope you enjoy them and someone finds this information helpful. Regards, Mona Sarratt Knight