According to the book “Williamson County in the World War” printed in 1919, the B & B Confectionary is described as, “The most popular resort of Marion is the B. B. Confectionery, located at 904 Public Square, where the people gather when in want of refreshments and amusements. Continue reading
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William Hendrickson was born in this county on October 16, 1845, on his father’s forty acre farm, two miles north of Pittsburg. His father was Jesse Hendrickson (1822-1898) and his mother was Martha Ann Lewis (1823-1896). His father came to Williamson County from Tennessee in 1830, married Martha in 1845 and they had six children. Continue reading
The 60th Illinois Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Dubois, Anna, Ill., Feb. 17 1862, on the 22nd was ordered to Cairo, and moved to Island No. 10 on March 14. It was in the siege of Corinth, and in pursuit of the enemy beyond Boonville, Miss.; was engaged in repelling the attack of Gen. Morgan on Edgefield in November, and on Jan. 5, 1863, had a skirmish with Wheeler’s cavalry, between Nashville and Murfreesboro, repulsing them. Continue reading
Back in a more innocent time of Marion’s history, this story was printed in the Sunday Magazine edition of the St. Louis Post Dispatch on April 8, 1928, and recounts the story of a thwarted Marion love affair. Well, today they would probably call it “stalking”. Continue reading
In 1850, the Cline family packed up and moved From Allen County, Kentucky to Williamson County, settling in Crab Orchard Township east of Marion, Illinois. Albert Cline’s father was Thomas Jefferson Cline, who followed farming and died in 1897. His mother’s name was Sarilda Jane Absher, known to many Marion citizens in her days as “Grandma Cline”. Continue reading