Mary Lou (Bethel) Roberts was born Sunday, October 24, 1926 in McCormick, Illinois in Pope County to Jewell Guy Bethel & Elma Houston.
In the 1930 census, the family was located in Hammond Lake, Indiana. Mary Lou was then 3 years old and her father was doing his best to support the family during the depression by working as a laborer in the steel mills. Continue reading
Paul Junior Reese was born in Marion on July 8, 1922 to Ernest Gottlieb Reese and Reba Herring. Gottlieb was born in Illinois, the son of German immigrants Charles Frederick Reese and Engel Marie Sophie Dralle who came to this country when they were about 21 years of age. Continue reading
After seeing images of the old Citadel Building on the Marion Square in a January 2007 issue of Marion Living Magazine, Ms. Sharon DuPont of Johnston City wrote the magazine. She recounted the story about her uncle, Guy D. Hogan, who as a lad of three in 1919, fell down the elevator shaft located in the then active Marion State and Savings Bank building. The incident caused quite a stir in Marion. Continue reading
Frank E. Morrison was a native of Nokomis, Illinois, he was born February 23, 1879 the third of five children born to William Morrison and Ella Gale.
He received his education in the schools at Oconee, Illinois, and was married at Oconee on September 2, 1903 to Miss Classena Wilmer.
In 1903, soon after his marriage he came to Marion where he became a telegraph operator for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad at the depot just off West Main Street. In 1905, he became the local agent for the railroad. Continue reading
Howard Lavern Pentecost was born October 17, 1921 in Williamson County, in what is now the Ordill area, which is now off limits to the general public, to Robert Houston Pentecost (1878-1962) and Martha Naomi Frey (1887-1978). Continue reading
