Sometime in the late 1980s, my sister, Susie Green Moore, convinced our parents Miriam and Wayne Green to record memories of their lives. Using an ancient upright Underwood manual typewriter, my mother typed her own story first and then transcribed my father’s handwritten notes. Continue reading
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I would be remiss not to include the backstory on Joab Goodall the pioneer. It is because of Joab and his wife Nancy that all the Goodall family members who have played a part in Marion’s history were made available. Continue reading
Nannie Gray Parks, a public spirited citizen who ably occupied various positions of local trust, was known throughout Southern Illinois as a leading and successful librarian, historian, and genealogist. Continue reading
Milo Erwin’s “History of Williamson County”, published in 1875 details the first murders occurring here and types of crime in the county up to about 1874. … Continue reading
The J. V. Walker & Sons Clothing Company, one of the oldest clothing firms in Southern Illinois, at one time, with stores in Carterville, Herrin, Christopher, Johnston City, Marion, Benton, and five other locations was the result of a steady growth of a business founded by J. V. Walker. Continue reading
