William Levi Durham was born October 10, 1874 in Franklin County. The first record found on William was a Marion city street directory from 1907 that listed William as proprietor of the West Side Barber shop with a residence at … Continue reading
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1860 6 July – Business Cards: Augustus N. Lodge M.D.r office at drug store J. Bricker M.D., southeast corner of Public Square, opposite new Courthouse, upstairs Drs. A. Smead & R.B. Smead, Western Exchange Hotel, upstairs J.J. Allen, attorney, courthouse, … Continue reading
Years before the original Marion Dairy Queen came into existence, it sat just outside of Marion city limits next to the Motel Marion and across from the Veteran’s Administration Hospital. It was started up by Frank Roth in early 1950 … Continue reading
David Denzil Hancock was born on August 1, 1940 to Elsberry Hancock and Mary Ruth Frick on a small farm in the Polk Precinct of Pope County in an area called Oak, near what is now Herod, Illinois. This is … Continue reading
Paul Milan Joyner was born in Pittsburg, Illinois on October 25, 1926 to James Cecil Joyner and Lora Grace Allen. By the time the 1930 federal census was taken the family had moved to Marion and his father had gone … Continue reading