Augustus Nelson Lodge was born January 27, 1831 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana to Nelson and Rebecca Knox Lamond (sounded and later spelled as Lemon) as one of eight children. Continue reading
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J. H. Siekman came to Marion June 1, 1913, to serve as Principal of Brown’s Business College. The school was located on the main floor of the Masonic building located on the southeast corner of West Main and Monroe Streets (315 W. Main St.) Continue reading
Reward for William Lawrence
I found this for sale on Ebay and couldn’t resist posting it. Henry Scott Harris was Sherriff of Williamson County from 1902 to 1906 when the Coal Belt Railway was just getting cranked up.
Earl Blankenship, Sr. was born March 28, 1894 in Marion, Illinois, the only son of Elijah and Cora (Chamness) Blankenship. He was raised on a farm with his sister, Nell, on West Main Street, the current site of the Veterans Administration Hospital. Continue reading
