Marion Illinois History Preservation

Extracted chiefly from the newspapers, Egyptian Press (EP) and Marion Evening Post (MEP)

October

Mrs. Ezra Dillon shot her husband, the street cleaner, Monday night. He did not want to press charges, so she released from detention Wednesday. She rushed to her home and infant. Her mother, Mrs. Wolverton of Carterville, came over Wednesday and spent the day with her. She is 18 and he is 37. She was angered by his alleged relations with a 14-year-old girl. The shooting took place at Maiaer’s livery barn where she found him preparing to enter a buggy for a drive to a beer house. He told her to shut up and go home and take care of the baby. She shot him with a 44 in the muscle of his right arm. In jail, she said he had beat and abused her. He said he had in times past whipped her, but not lately. EP Thursday, 3 Oct 1912

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Extracted chiefly from the newspapers, Egyptian Press (EP) and Marion Evening Post (MEP)

April

Will Patterson was killed at the Chicago & Big Muddy mine Saturday when he jumped from his machine to escape an accident, losing his life under the machine he had driven for years. In October he was married to Katie Dwyer of Scottsboro. He leaves a wife, some sisters and brothers and an aged father, Dick Patterson who has for days been at death’s door at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Billy McCluskey. EP Monday, 1 Apr 1912

Mrs. H.M. Baysinger died Friday at her home south of the Lincoln School building. She was about 35 years old and leaves a husband and four children. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. EP 1 Apr 1912

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Extracted chiefly from the newspaper, The Leader (TL)

January

Dwina   Leander Smith and Mallie Jent were married Christmas Eve. TL 4 Jan 1900

Ed Hartwell was delighted this morning to inform us that a new girl arrived at his house. TL 4 Jan 1900

Sarah C. Belcher, wife of R.M. Belcher, was born 17 Oct 1822 in Wilson County, Tennessee, the daughter of Thomas and Jane Biles, died 1 Jan 1900. She married 11 Apr 1844 and moved from Smith County, Tennessee to this county in Dec 1851 and settled four miles south of where she died. She confessed our savior at the age of 13 and joined the Methodist Church soon after. She was the mother of eight children, four surviving with her husband. She died at the home of her son, J.T. Belcher where she and her husband had lived a number of years. She had been an invalid several years previous to 18 Sep 1899 when she became almost helpless and remained so until death. Burial was in Jeffersonville Cemetery. TL 11 Jan 1900

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