James Hugh Felts was born February 1, 1866, in Williamson County, Illinois. He was the son of Martin V. Felts and Rebecca Lucky. His father was a veteran horticulturist and apple man of Southern Illinois. Continue reading
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Helen Longbons was a lifelong piano teacher in Marion and tutored literally hundreds of piano students in her home at 514 E. Everett St. Helen was born August 5, 1901 to Mamie Bundy and Edward Longbons. Continue reading
A storm roared thru south Marion Monday evening (April 29, 1963), leaving thousands of dollars in damage but no injuries. Continue reading
Thursday night’s hail storm (Jan. 10, 1963) sent some of Marion’s older residents searching for their photographs of hail stone collections picked up in the wake of the monster hail storm that hit Marion Feb. 16, 1926. Continue reading
Marion Curtis Campbell was the son of Cyrus Campbell and Hannah Wiley. He was born in Williamson County January 12th, 1834. Continue reading
