From well before the turn of the century, coal became king in Southern Illinois and reshaped the economies and landscape of many counties, Williamson County among them. Coal mining has always been part and parcel of the lives and livelihoods of most of the citizenry of this county and back in the day if you didn’t work for the coal mines you assuredly knew someone who did. Continue reading
Category Archives: Related
With the issue of the Marion Weekly Leader dated March 18, 1971, it will cease to exist after 133 years of service to the people of Marion and Williamson County. Continue reading
“They were called “hard roads” and they were a rarity in Illinois in the first two decades of the century, but Marion was a center of a movement to get Egypt out of the mud. Continue reading
Robert L. “Dog” Connell was born March 1, 1929, in Marion, the son of William J. and Stella (Robinson) Connell. Continue reading
Joab Gray was born on a Williamson County farm on December 29, 1863 to Henry Gray and Mary A. Goodall, daughter of early county pioneer Joab Goodall. Continue reading