Almira Catherine Barham was born in Robinson County, Tennessee, September 12, 1841. Her parents were Judge Thomas N. Barham and Elizabeth Perry, both natives of Tennessee, who came to Marion, Illinois in 1856, bringing Mrs. Reynolds, then only 15, with them, and where Judge Barham died in 1867. Continue reading
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Augustus Nelson Lodge was born January 27, 1831 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana to Nelson and Rebecca Knox Lamond (sounded and later spelled as Lemon) as one of eight children. Continue reading
Philip and Emma Rick
Philip Rick, the popular proprietor of the West Side Hotel at Marion, Illinois, is a native of Baden, Germany, where he was born January 6, 1857. He was reared on a farm and received the thorough and liberal training of the German schools. Continue reading
The following is a list of those who lost their lives in the May 29, 1982 tornado that devastated Marion, Illinois. Continue reading
