William Aikman built and ran the steam roller mills, known then as the Marion Roller Mills. Continue reading
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Although this family only lived in Marion, Illinois for about 18 years, I wanted to include his contribution. A large number of pictures taken by J. W. Wilder, at the turn of the century, are the family photos and professional business and government photos that we are looking at today. Continue reading
Coal miners rode the electric line to get to work and school children watched plays like “Peck’s Bad Boy” at an opera house on Union Street. Continue reading
John Weston Livery was located at 607 N. Market Street. The family of John and Lula Weston lived the next door to the north at 609 N. Market St. Continue reading
At the age of 91, William Jasper Stockton wrote a biographical sketch in 1939 in which he said the first school he attended was in a barn owned by his uncle, Isaac at Coal Bank which was located between Marion and Spillertown. Continue reading