Windland Livery Sales and Feed Stable started business around 1902 at 110 S. Market Street on the corner of W. College and S. Market in the first block south off the Marion, Illinois public square. It is very likely that this business was already existent under someone else’s name previously but is yet to be determined.

When the square business began to boom and the automobile started to dominate, the livery got moved between 1910 and 1920 when Windland bought the Weston’s Livery at 607 N. Market Street.

In the 1922 Marion directory he is listed as the only livery left in Marion and the address given is 609 N. Market. Over the next few years he changed access to the livery into the rear on N. Madison Street and the address changed before 1927 to 608 N. Madison Street.

The livery and feed business was alive into the year 1930 but likely came to a halt shortly thereafter with the advent of the depression and lack of demand for stabling horses anymore.

Sam’s Notes: George Washington Windland was born in Jonesboro, Illinois September 7, 1873 to James and Margaret (Cluster) Windland.

In the 1900 census, George was 28 and had already moved to Marion. He was living just outside of town with and working for George Knobelock, a farmer of German descent. George was one of three live-in farm laborers.

On May 21, 1902, George married Adele L. Rudolph and they had two girls, Elsie Windland born in 1903 and Edna Mae Windland born in 1909. The couple bought and lived in a home at 913 W. Cherry Street where they continued to live till their deaths.

In 1927, George Windland served as Superintendent for the Williamson County Poor Farm while he was in the last years of operating his livery business. This was likely to fill in on a dying business, although the 1930 census still lists him as a liveryman.

The 1940 census find him at age 66 and Adele 61. They have one daughter, Elsie 37, still living at home. Elsie was a saleslady for a private cosmetic company and George had become a caretaker for a private building.

George W. Windland passed away in Anna, Illinois on June 4, 1945 followed by his wife Adele Windland in 1951. They are both interred at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Elsie Windland died November 22, 1995 and Edna Mae Windland died December 6, 1996. Both died in Springfield, Illinois.

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(Data from Marion City Directories, Marion City Cemetery Records, Federal Census records, Ancestry.com; compiled by Sam Lattuca on 04/09/2013)