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
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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
Henry Spurlin Burress was born in Carterville on August 18, 1912 to Spurlin J. Burress and Rie Andrea Henry. Henry’s father was a coal miner and was likely working a local coal mine at the time. By the time the … Continue reading
James Ronald Joyner was born on September 23, 1947 in Carbondale only due to the fact that Marion had no hospital at the time. His parents were Paul M. Joyner and Nita Jo Webb and in the 1950 census were … Continue reading
Paul Milan Joyner was born in Pittsburg, Illinois on October 25, 1926 to James Cecil Joyner and Lora Grace Allen. By the time the 1930 federal census was taken the family had moved to Marion and his father had gone … Continue reading