The following is a letter to the editor of the Marion Monitor newspaper in December 1874 written by a man from Corinth, Illinois about his visit to Marion in 1855. Mr. Editor, In 1855, 19 years ago, I first saw … Continue reading
Sam Lattuca
1892, September 13, Lot 2, Block 6 of Gallagher & Aikman’s Addition to the plat of Vicksburg purchased for $100 by Benjamin H. & Mary Ann Jeter. Vicksburg was an outlying unincorporated village of Marion at the time. 1892, November … Continue reading
Periodically I run into printed biographies that don’t appear to match historical records and this is one case. A biography based on this subject was printed in the “1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson County” and the interviews were composed about … Continue reading
John W. Spiller was born in Spillertown on February 21, 1872 the son of William J. Spiller and Susan E. Goodall. William J. and his wife produced 14 children, but 3 of them died in infancy. In the 1880 census, … Continue reading
George L. Brack was born on March 21, 1867, the son of George Brack and Malinda Youngkin in Wolf Creek, Grassy Township. When he was 3 years old, his father died and his mother remarried to Willis Hoover, a farmer, … Continue reading