At the first term of the Williamson County Commissioners’ Court, held in October, 1839, John “Bone” Davis was granted a license to retail spirituous liquors at his house in the town of Marion. Continue reading
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It’s unlikely that when Samuel S. Vick opened his drug store on the square in Marion, Illinois in 1872 that he could have foreseen the coming chain of events. Continue reading
In July, 1901, Hogan Willeford went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Frank S. Morrison, in the bottling business forming the Coal Belt Bottling Company and variously the Marion Bottling Company. Continue reading
Duncan-Baker Hardware Co, 306 Public Square, 1920’s
In 1879, Martin L. Baker formed a partnership with John H. Duncan and engaged in the retail hardware and furniture trade. The business of the firm prospered and in the fall of 1903 the business was incorporated under the name of Duncan-Baker Hardware Co., capital stock $30,000.00; a branch store established at Johnston City and a jobbing department added. Duncan was president and Baker served as Secretary and Treasurer of said corporation. Continue reading
Commercial Hotel 303 N. Market 1904
I am fairly certain that the Commercial Hotel at 303 N. Market Street was created out of necessity. For years this location had been the home of a very large family. John Henry and Almira Catherine (Barham) Reynolds had seen the birth of 12 children and already the deaths of at least three or four. Continue reading