Cyrus F. Fordyce, farmer, sec. 6; P.O., Table Grove; was born in Green Co., Pa., in 1807; lived in Ohio a few years, and in 1828 came to Fulton Co.; in Ohio again during the deep snow; returned to this county in 1831; saw hard times; in 1835 he married Parmelia Hughes, daughter of George Hughes, of Farmers' tp., and he has 3 children living -- John, George and Mary. History of Fulton County, Illinois, 1879, Page 915