According to James Winslow Holland’s Illinois death record, he was born in Carbondale, Illinois on November 23, 1866 to Jerome Bryce Holland and Mary Jane Calvert. By the time the 1870 census was taken, the parental family unit of Jerome … Continue reading
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Robert Wesley Alsbrook was born in Marion on October 30, 1872 to Stephen Wesley Alsbrook and Sarah Jane Blankenship, the daughter of Isham Blankenship who owned considerable property in West Marion around what would now be the Dairy Queen and … Continue reading
Melvin Lloyd Pulley was born in Crab Orchard Township on December 11, 1875. According to his obit, he was the son of Samuel Pulley and Ellen Scoby, however, his marriage records indicate his mother was Nancy Blackburn. On May 28, … Continue reading
Dr. Mark Webster Ballance was born at New Burnside in Johnson County on April 28, 1880 to James Herndon and Jensey Whiteaker. According to his obit printed in the Southern Illinoisan paper, Dr. Ballance’s ancestors were pre-Revolutionary settlers in Virginia. … Continue reading
Although a proper obit could not be located for Owen Peterson Brown, he appears to have been born in Township 12 Range 3 of Johnson County near Vienna. This is where his farming family was located in the 1870 federal … Continue reading