John P. Moore was born April 25, 1855 near Hopkinsville, Kentucky to George Nicolas Moore and Mary Gatewood. The family moved in his youth to Missouri so his father could carry mail on a star route assisted by his son. … Continue reading
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James Moulton Campbell was born in Princeton, Kentucky on October 24, 1849 to Samuel Cregg Campbell and Louisa Howard. James attended local schools until his family migrated to Williamson County in 1865 where they established residence in East Marion Township. … Continue reading
William Cook was a Civil War era merchant in Marion and served as a City Trustee after the Civil War yet only a small amount of information could be found about him. He appears to have been born in Southern … Continue reading
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]Caleb Tarleton Holland was born July 28, 1845 in White Day, Virginia (which became West Virginia after the 1860’s) to Jacob Holland (1816-1875) and Emily Tarleton (1819-1857). Jake was born in Morgantown, West Virginia and died … Continue reading
In the process of creating an extensive article about the Robert L. Butler administration (1963-2018) a few years back I searched through the Southern Illinoisan newspaper archives back to the late 1950’s and took note of significant events that occurred … Continue reading