Hester Lewis Davis was born on January 2, 1886 on the east side of Marion, Illinois to Thomas Davis and Elizabeth Ann Pulley. Continue reading
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John Houston Burnett was born east of Crab Orchard, Illinois on September 19, 1844 to Thomas Houston Burnett and Nancy Caroline (Parks) Burnett. Continue reading
Judge George W. Young, of Marion Illinois, was born January 8, 1845. His parents died during his infancy, and he was bound to Geo. W. Binkley, who was a farmer living on the farm where the plat of Whiteash is now located Continue reading
The One Hundred and Tenth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was organized at Anna, Illinois by Colonel Thomas R. Casey in September, A.D. 1862 and was mustered into the United States service September 11, 1862 by Captain Washington, of the Sixteenth Regular Infantry. Continue reading
“Nobody in this county ever dreamed that Abraham Lincoln would be elected President; and though there were less than one hundred Republicans in the county, yet the excitement ran higher than usual. When Lincoln was elected, many of our people felt it their duty to stand by him. John A. Logan openly declared that he would shoulder his gun to have him inaugurated. Continue reading