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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of A. P. HECTORNE 

[Surnames: ABLE, GILL, HECTORNE, MAUVAIS] 

HECTORNE, A. P.

    
An energetic and prosperous farmer of Union Twp., Fulton County, IL, he was born in Avon, IL on May 21 1850, a son of Nicholas and Mary Ann (Mauvais) Hectorne, natives of France. 
    
Nicholas Hectorne came with his wife to the United States about the year 1845, and settled in Illinois in 1849. By trade he was a shoemaker, but on locating in Fulton County he bought a farm, which he improved, and followed farming on it as long as he lived. 
    
On this farm, the subject of the present sketch was reared, receiving his education in the district schools of Union Twp. At the age of twenty-eight years he engaged in farming on his own responsibility and although he learned the carpenter's trade and worked at it more or less for fifteen years, his main occupation has been farming. 
    
In 1877, at Avon, IL, Mr. Hectorne was united in marriage with Blanche Gill, a native of that place and a daughter of James and Mary (Able) Gill, the father born in Kentucky and the mother in Illinois. James Gill was a blacksmith by trade and he and his wife first made their home in Fulton County about the year 1850. 
    
Mr. and Mrs Hectorne have had one child, Edmond P., who is with his parents. 
    
In politics Mr. Hectorne is a supporter of the principles of the Democratic Party, and has served as Township Collector for one year and held the office of Assessor three terms. 
    
His religious connection is with the Catholic Church.