Extracted chiefly from the newspapers, Marion Monitor (MM) and Egyptian Press (EP)
July 1879
Mahala Vinyard was tried on a charge of fornication last Monday, was sent to jail in default of $100 bail. MM 3 Jul 1879
An aged lady named Norris committed suicide by hanging on Tuesday last week near Ogden’s mill in the southwest part of county, aged about 85 years. MM 3 Jul 1879
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October 1879
Deaths:
Joe Burns, the barber, died at residence of Josiah Davis near Union Grove last Monday.
William Wagoner, age 98, died 22 Sep at residence of Elder Willis Corder…. born in Kentucky and came to this county at early age, helped open road from Sarahsville to Frankfort…. became helpless and an inmate of the poor house, but the Baptist at the Prairie Church, five miles east of Marion, of which he had for years been a member, agreed to support him and moved him to the residence where he died. MM 2 Oct 1879
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April 1879
There are only 11 totally disabled pensioners on the pay rolls. They each draw $72 per month, $864 per year. MM 3 Apr 1879
Ladies, you can get 14 yards of the best calico ever brought to Marion at Tom Dunaway’s on south side of square, for $1. [Another ad says 25 years of best calico for $1 at same place.] MM 3 Apr 1879
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January 1879
James Durham almost froze to death Wednesday night of last week, … horse fell with him, injuring him so badly he couldn’t walk…was exposed to intense cold for five hours.
Ally Fowler was badly frostbitten same night. MM 2 Jan 1879
James Durham, of south part of county, became drunk and fell from horse on Christmas night…lay for 9 hours…is thought his legs would have to be amputated. EP 2 Jan 1879
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William Levi Durham was born October 10, 1874 in Franklin County. The first record found on William was a Marion city street directory from 1907 that listed William as proprietor of the West Side Barber shop with a residence at 411 W. Main Street.
The 1910 federal census listed him as a boarder in a home located at 509 E. DeYoung Street in Marion. Interestingly enough, one of the other single boarders in the home was future county 1920’s State Attorney Delos Duty who at the time was a druggist. William listed his occupation as a self-employed barber. Later that year on October 16, 1910 William married Blanche Ferguson in Marion. Blanche was born in New Burnside on February 2, 1889 to James Ferguson & Minnie Waters. The couple’s one and only child, Ruth, was born to them on April 20, 1911.
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