John F. Fordyce, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 7; P.O.,Table Grove; was born in Fulton county in1836; reared amid pioneer associations; enlisted in Co. F, 183d Ill. Inf.; honorably discharged after 8 months' service; Sept. 25, 1860, married Minerva I. Hagans, daughter of Campbell Hagans, of Eldorado tp., McDonough Co.; their children are, Clara, Henry (dec.), Effie, Frank, Sherman, Bruce, Charles and Freeman. Mr. Fordyce has taught school some and was once a business man in Table Grove. History of Fulton County, Illinois, 1879, Page 915