Joseph Henry Moss was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on October 6, 1855. He attained his education in the public schools of that city and attended Normal Illinois University at Normal, Illinois. In the 1870 federal census, Joseph was 16 years … Continue reading
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Albert Maddison Townsend was born August 16, 1851 in Carroll County, Tennessee to Albert Townsend and Abigail Horn. According to the 1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson County, “He was from staunch Union stock who dared and suffered much at the … Continue reading
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
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
No specific year can be established for the birth of James D. Gill, but by all records it appears to have been in 1869. James was born in Township 9 Range 3 of Williamson County which today would be East … Continue reading