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Calvert, Joseph L. 1824-1909, Marion Alderman and Merchant

Posted on by May 14, 2014

Joseph Lewis “Uncle Lew” Calvert, four term Marion Alderman, was the son of John Newton Calvert and Cynthia Simpson. His grandparents were John Calvert and Gracey Newton and William Simpson and Mary “Polly” Jones. 

Joseph’s mother, Cynthia, was born before 1800 in Vienna; she died before 1840.  She and John Newton were married on February 26, 1818. Joseph L. had several siblings:  Silas M., Napoleon B., William S., John Bunyon, George Marion, Martha C., Thomas A., and Nancy C. Calvert. Five of the siblings died before the age of 7. Continue reading →

Durall TV Center

Posted on by May 9, 2014

Durall TV, 1400 W. Main
Durall TV, 1400 W. Main
Durall TV, 1400 W. Main
Durall TV, 1400 W. Main
Durall TV, 1400 W. Main

Durall TV Company was begun when Maurice Durall and Hartley Grisham began putting up television antennas on the roofs of houses in 1951. At that time television reception was very poor with a lot of snowy and blank television screens.  Antennas were about 48 feet high from the roof. Only St. Louis stations were available and that was beyond the range of most antennas but neighbors still congregated nightly in the homes that had television sets.  Continue reading →

Goddard, James T. 1817-1886, Merchant

Posted on by May 4, 2014

James Thomas Goddard, at one time, one of the wealthiest men in the county, was born about 1817 in Virginia. He was the son of James Goddard, born November 12, 1789 in Henry County, Virginia and died January 9, 1878, and Mariah Davis (1790 – 1845). James and Mariah had other children: Martha A., John, Mary E., Wesley, Melinda L. and Mary Goddard.  Continue reading →

Tippy, Oliver S. 1850–1931, Marion Alderman, Goodall & Tippy

Posted on by June 12, 2014

Oliver TippyOliver Scott Tippy was born on March 4, 1850 in Williamson County, Illinois near Carterville. He was the son of Mathew Ryburn (2/19/1812 – 2/24/1878) and Margaret Paralee (Campbell) Tippy, pioneers of Illinois and Tennessee.  They had six children, 4 boys and 2 girls:  Emily, James M., William W., Oliver S., Marion C. and Elizabeth Tippy.     

Oliver’s parents, Matthew and Paralee, were married in 1842 and in the 1850 census Matthew and his wife were living in Williamson County, Illinois. There were four children under 6 years of age:  Emily E., James M., William W., and Oliver S. Tippy.  Oliver was less than a year old.  Continue reading →