Shannon Holland was born near Morgantown, West Virginia, February 2, 1846, and came with his parents to Illinois at the age of 15 years in 1861 settling near Attila in the western side of Williamson County. Continue reading
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One of the platforms Mayor Robert L. Butler ran on in that first election in 1963 was a promise to take care of Marion’s chronic flooding problem. It was to his advantage that just before the primary, the town’s streets filled with water after a storm. Water was four feet deep at the four-way stop and much of the city was drenched. Continue reading
It won’t occur many times, that we will get the opportunity to read an autobiographical account by a historical city leader. Mayor Robert Butler’s “tongue in cheek” account of his own life is one exception. Continue reading
DeWitt Talmage Hartwell is descended from a long and distinguished citizenship of Williamson County, where his family forms a thread of the pioneer fabric of Southern Illinois. Continue reading
William Oscar Potter was born February 17, 1871, in a log cabin in the southern part of Rock Creek precinct, near Crab Orchard in Williamson County. Continue reading
