Sarilda Jane (Absher) Cline was born in Kentucky on February 16, 1826. She married Jefferson Cline on May 21, 1846. Continue reading
The One Hundred and Tenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois by Colonel Thomas R. Casey in September, A.D. 1862 and was mustered into the United States service September 11, 1862 by Captain Washington, of the Sixteenth Regular Infantry. Continue reading
It’s unlikely that when Samuel S. Vick opened his drug store on the square in Marion, Illinois in 1872 that he could have foreseen the coming chain of events. Continue reading
John Mitchell Cline was born in Allen County, Kentucky, December 25, 1848, to Jefferson and Sarilda Jane (Absher) Cline. Continue reading
In July, 1901, Hogan Willeford went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Frank S. Morrison, in the bottling business forming the Coal Belt Bottling Company and variously the Marion Bottling Company. Continue reading