Monthly Archives: November 2013

1946 Public Square and N. Market Business Improvements

Posted on by November 17, 2013

Many Improvements in Business Houses on the Square and North Market

Despite Shortages of Building Materials, Stores and Sales Rooms Are Being Modernized As Rapidly As Possible Now.

The Republican recently printed a story about some of the improvements made on West Main Street and today a few of the business places on the Public Square and North Market Street are listed. This is still, only a partial list of the work being done to modernize and improve the business places of Marion and vicinity. Continue reading →

1946 West Main Business Improvements

Posted on by November 16, 2013

1946, Many Improvements and Changes Since First of Year on West Main Street

More than a dozen Marion business firms on West Main Street have remodeled, redecorated or otherwise improved their places of business since the first of the year. Some of these are still in the process of construction and still more improvements are planned as material becomes available. All this has taken place despite the many inconveniences and shortages that face prospective builders today. Continue reading →

Aikman, William 1825-1890 and Mary 1827-1913

Posted on by May 3, 2014

William Aikman 1825-1890
Mary Aikman 1827-1913

William Aikman was born April 2, 1825 in Davies County, Indiana. He was the fourth son of Samuel Aikman and Henrietta Coleman who were originally natives of North Carolina and came to Marion in 1837 with a family of six boys and three girls.

The family settled on the west side of Marion before the town was platted or built, while this County was still a part of Franklin and entered a strip of land from the government, half a mile wide and a mile and a half long, lying along where the C. & E. I. railroad (now Missouri Pacific) runs. It is known to have extended as far west as the VA hospital ground and as far east as Court Street. Continue reading →

1929 Progress Edition of the Marion Daily Republican

Posted on by September 9, 2023

Clyde Bailey 1929 Police ChiefA few of the articles extracted from a special 1929 Progress Edition of the Marion Daily Republican newspaper reflects the state of the city of Marion on its 90th year of existence as follows.

Marion the county seat of Williamson County is the oldest city in the county and as such is one of the most stable cities of the rich Southern Illinois or Egyptian coal fields where it is with its more than one and a half million dollars’ worth of public improvements the home city of 15,000 people. Continue reading →