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
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At the age of 91, William Jasper Stockton wrote a biographical sketch in 1939 in which he said the first school he attended was in a barn owned by his uncle, Isaac at Coal Bank which was located between Marion and Spillertown. Continue reading
Edward Everett Denison was born in Marion, Illinois August 28, 1873 to Charles H. Denison and Mary Elizabeth Bundy, daughter of Dr. Samuel H. Bundy and sister to William H. Bundy. Continue reading
In a lifetime a family may move many times. But houses seldom move. Maybe some houses will change locations one time, but not many take the second move as is being done by the house that is believed to have been the first bungalow-type residential building erected in Marion. Continue reading