Frank Shelley Morrison was born July 15, 1869, a native of Greencastle, Indiana, not far from Indianapolis to H.H. Morrison and Elizabeth Pearson. His youth was spent in acquiring an education in common schools. The 1880 federal census, found his … Continue reading
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]After over 100 years of use, the bricks making up the S. Market historic district were getting rough and starting to generate complaints from citizens. In July of 2016, City Commissioner John Goss requested permission from … Continue reading
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]The current location of the Artstarts building at 104 S. Van Buren Street has an interesting and varied history. When Williamson County was created out of the southern half of Franklin County in 1839 and Marion … Continue reading
Not many homes in Marion can claim constant occupation by a single family line for more than 140 years but the house at 513 S. Market Street could make just that claim until recently. After Jacob Holland lost his wife, … Continue reading
Joseph Warder and Ann Thomas Kirkham (1822) were married near the Blue Lick Springs, in Fleming County, Kentucky on Feb 3, 1842. They resided in Flemingsburg for 7 or 8 years and then moved to Maysville, the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky where they lived for about two years. Two children, Elizabeth and Isabell, had been born to them while they resided in Flemingsburg. Continue reading