Like a number of men from his era, it is likely that Francis Marion Westbrook was named after Francis Marion “the Swamp Fox” , hero of the Revolutionary War as was the city of Marion . Continue reading
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“The coming of the “hard” roads to Southern Illinois in the 1920’s, some called it “coming out of the mud” — was a mixed blessing. Continue reading
