Joseph Henry Moss was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on October 6, 1855. He attained his education in the public schools of that city and attended Normal Illinois University at Normal, Illinois. In the 1870 federal census, Joseph was 16 years … Continue reading
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Earnest Holman Moulton was born September 29, 1877 to Henry T. Moulton and Sarah E. Robertson in Southern Township south of Marion. He was reared in Williamson County and attended school in Creal Springs. In the 1880 census, the Moulton … Continue reading
Albert Maddison Townsend was born August 16, 1851 in Carroll County, Tennessee to Albert Townsend and Abigail Horn. According to the 1905 Historical Souvenir of Williamson County, “He was from staunch Union stock who dared and suffered much at the … Continue reading
The following is a letter to the editor of the Marion Monitor newspaper in December 1874 written by a man from Corinth, Illinois about his visit to Marion in 1855. Mr. Editor, In 1855, 19 years ago, I first saw … Continue reading
1892, September 13, Lot 2, Block 6 of Gallagher & Aikman’s Addition to the plat of Vicksburg purchased for $100 by Benjamin H. & Mary Ann Jeter. Vicksburg was an outlying unincorporated village of Marion at the time. 1892, November … Continue reading