Downtown Square Renovation Completed in October 2024 After four years of work, Marion’s downtown revitalization project has wrapped up, marking a new era for the city’s historic core. Originally scheduled to finish by Thanksgiving, the project wrapped up early in … Continue reading
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William Levi Durham was born October 10, 1874 in Franklin County. The first record found on William was a Marion city street directory from 1907 that listed William as proprietor of the West Side Barber shop with a residence at … Continue reading
William James Carter was born on November 27, 1857 to John Henry Carter and Louisa Jane Croslin. No obit was located for James but he was almost certainly born in Williamson County on the east side. The first census record … Continue reading
Charles Benjamin Robertson was born on September 2, 1865 to Joseph Robertson and Candace Caroline Dean. According to his obit, Charles was born in Marion, however, the first census record he was found in was the 1870 census and the … Continue reading
David Denzil Hancock was born on August 1, 1940 to Elsberry Hancock and Mary Ruth Frick on a small farm in the Polk Precinct of Pope County in an area called Oak, near what is now Herod, Illinois. This is … Continue reading