James A. Felts was born March 18, 1862, in Lake Creek Township, about four miles north of Marion to David Jocham Felts and Jane Binkley, both of Tennessee.
James grew up on his father’s farm near Johnston City. In the 1880 census, James was 18 and listed as a farmer. His mother had died and his father remarried to Susan D. Herrington. Continue reading
Albert Raymond Cagle was born near Mount Pleasant in Union County on May 29, 1902 to the late James G. Cagle (1869-1959) and Flora Bishop (1873-1959). Continue reading
Lorenzo Dow Hartwell Jr. was born May 6, 1843, in Williamson County, Illinois, and reared on the paternal farm five miles northeast of Marion, Illinois. He was the eighth in order of birth and the seventh boy in a family of twelve children born to Lorenzo Dow Hartwell Sr. and Sicily Hodge. Lorenzo Sr. emigrated from Virginia with his family in 1839. Continue reading
Charles W. Hay was a prominent businessman and merchant for decades in Marion. He was an active member of the Marion Retail Merchants, the Marion Chamber of Commerce and numerous other civic organizations promoting the business atmosphere of Marion and “Little Egypt”. Continue reading
The following letter was written by Alice Violett around 1998 at a request by Louise (Hood) Couch to capture memories of the old Mission Ridge School that sat near the Veteran’s Hospital. For more information, see the post “Rascal Ridge School”. Continue reading