Eugene Ernest Weber was born on a farm about 4 miles east of Marion on April 3, 1890 to Adolph Daniel Weber and Josephine Katherine Uhl. His father, Adolph, had migrated from St. Clair County in Illinois with his wife … Continue reading
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James Martin Williams was born October 16, 1878 to Xerxes Marcus & Sarah F. Williams in Townmount Precinct in Franklin County. The 1880 federal census located the family in this location when his father was only 22, his mother 19 … Continue reading
William M. Welge was born December 27, 1868 near Butler, Illinois in Montgomery County south of Springfield, Illinois to Henry Welge and Martha Simmons. This was where he was located in the 1870 federal census. Henry 29 and Martha 24 … Continue reading
The following biographical sketch was published in the book, “1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson County. The article was likely constructed in 1904. “The subject of this sketch is a native of Marion, where he was born June 11th, 1872. His … Continue reading
William James Walker comes of Tennessee parentage, but was born near Arilla, Missouri in Jasper County to Louis D. and Sarah Walker on January 26, 1855. He came to Illinois with his parents in 1865 at the end of the … Continue reading