The first Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows that was established in Williamson County was Williamson Lodge, No. 392. It was instituted May 27th, 1869, by Samuel A. Flagler, Acting Grand Master, assisted by the following brothers from Carbondale Lodge, No. 233 Continue reading
Samuel Smithson Vick was born June 23, 1827, near Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to Russellville, Logan County, Ky., where he married Miss Martha J. Newton, February 6, 1848. Continue reading
The following is a list of Postmasters who have served in the Marion, Illinois Post Office. Continue reading
The federal government established a post office at Marion, Illinois on January 30, 1840. Continue reading
Typical Tobacco wagon
“The Indians and early pioneer settlers raised their own tobacco in Marion, Illinois and vicinity in the early 1800’s, but tobacco became the principal money crop shortly after 1840. Continue reading