William Francis Wright, who went by the name Francis, was born in Williamson County, Illinois, July 28, 1852, and was the son of John Wright and Mary Arnold who came to Illinois from Tennessee. The home of his youth was about five miles from Stone Fort, near Creal Springs, on a farm where he followed the occupation of farming until about 1890 when he entered the mercantile business in Creal. Continue reading
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Alan White, formerly of Carmi, Illinois, while doing research on his family found one of his great grandfathers by the name of Amzi A. White who was born in Connecticut and moved to Illinois about the same time as Marion’s John H. White who is memorialized on this site. Continue reading
Although this family only lived in Marion, Illinois for about 18 years, I wanted to include his contribution. A large number of pictures taken by J. W. Wilder, at the turn of the century, are the family photos and professional business and government photos that we are looking at today. Continue reading
Samuel Smithson Vick was born June 23, 1827, near Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to Russellville, Logan County, Ky., where he married Miss Martha J. Newton, February 6, 1848. Continue reading
Otis W. Williams was born September 16, 1870 at Mt. Erie in Wayne County, Illinois. At the age of thirteen, he moved with his parents J.C. and Katherine (Atterbury) Williams to Marion. In 1891 he went to Creal Springs and in 1892 was married to Miss Anna Jones, then a teacher in the Creal Springs schools. Continue reading
