Samuel Washington Dunaway was the son of Samuel McNight Dunaway (1809 – 1876) and Julia Tarpley (1817 – 1893). Sam, the father, was an early pioneer in Williamson County and helped settle the village of Bainbridge. He was a merchant, railroad president and he bought and sold much land in Williamson County’s early period. Continue reading
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Hardin Goodall, well known Marion merchant and city alderman who had several businesses, one of which was a dry goods store in partnership with James M. Burkhart at 600 Public Square, was County Sheriff in 1868 – 1870, the trying period after the Civil War. Continue reading
The following article is an extract taken from the 1905 Souvenir History of Williamson County detailing the life of Judge James M. Washburn and is followed by collected data. Washburn was a Marion merchant, State Representative, Assistant Secretary of State, Master In Chancery, Attorney, member of the State Agriculture Board and one of the founders of the Egyptian Press newspaper. Continue reading
Hugh Milo Parks was born in Rock Creek precinct near Crab Orchard December 4, 1845. He was the son of Lewis Corder Parks and Isabelle Jean Deason, and a member of a family that dates its residence in Illinois back to the early pioneer days. Continue reading