Surnames N ~ Z Nelson, James A. Marion MSG’61 Bate’s Co. Teamster’62 Kneisley’s Co. Dish. Abbeville, Miss, POW Rolla Nelson, M. Knox Priest’s Co. MSG’61 Nichols, D. W. Marion Priest’s Co. MSG’61 Nicholson, (bros) Marion W/Porter on Palmyra Raid Noland, J.P. Rev. Shelby POW 12/25/61 by Col. Glover Noonan, Thomas Monroe W/Porter (w) Newark 8/1/62 … Read more
Surnames H ~ M Name County Unit & Other Information Hagar, Robert Capt. Monroe W/Porter (k) Kirksville 8/6/62 Hainline, J. D. J. Priest’s Co MSG’61 POW 8/5 Haley, Joseph W/Porter (sw) Moore’s Mill 7/28/62 Hall, James H. POW (k) Macon Massacre 9/26/62 Halleck, L.P. Capt. Marion Capt. Dunns’ (k)61 Wilson’sCreek Halleck. Alonso Macon (k) 1861 … Read more
Partial List David Bedell, buried by the side of Elisha Headlee, his brother-in-law. Headlee and Bedell served in the same company of Pennsylvania dragoons and married sisters. They came from North Carolina to Missouri in 1834 and selected the place for Salem cemetery, requesting that they be buried by side. They were strict Methodists. Information … Read more
The 1919 report of the Adjutant General to the Fiftieth General Assembly listing the names and number of pensioners certified under the provisions of the Act approved 23 April 1913 – For Marion County Missouri
Marion County Old Age Pension Application List Surname Given Name ABBOTT Amos ABBY Henry ABBY Jake, ABBY Abe, Died 1/8/37 ABELL Joseph Martin ADAMS Martha ALEXANDER Jacob Keithley ALGER Carrie Bedeau ALLAN Dollie AMBURN Alexander ANDERSON John Andrew ANGLE Rachael ARENDT Henry Nicholas ARMBRUSTER Joseh ARMSTRONG Harriet ARMSTRONG Margaret Emma ARNOLD Lottie ATKINS Annie Louise … Read more
INFORMATION FOUND IN SCRAP BOOK A scrap book found by Mrs. Hazel Wintz, in a vacant house in Paso Robles, some years ago originally belonged to Adelaide Pierce, nee Fields. It is of the 1879 period. Miss Fields was from Hannibal, Mo., then married and went to live in the Dakota Territory, later returning to … Read more
In accordance with President Wilson’s order to place United States troops along the Mexican border, Missouri sent elements from the National Guard to patrol the line. This list contains the names of those men who served along the border in 1915 and 1916. It provides the serviceman’s rank, unit information, and when they were organized. … Read more
Pension Lists Pensions of Ex-Confederate Soldiers Old Age Pension Application List 1883 Pensioners of Marion County Revolutionary War Revolutionary Soldiers Known to be Buried in Missouri Civil War Civil War Journals Journal of Mildred Elizabeth Powell Reminscences of War Times at Palmyra Samuel Broughton Co., I, 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Journal Civil War Soldiers of … Read more
Samuel Broughton Co., I, 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Journal Journal of Mildred Elizabeth Powell By Mary Stella Hereford Ball In 1861 storm clouds were gathering over Missouri with almost cyclonic swiftness and men and women waited breathlessly until the decision of loyalty or secession was known. Families and friends were divided here as elsewhere in … Read more
Marion county was represented in two regiments of the enrolled militia, the 38th, Col. Hayward, and the 53d, Col. 0, C. Tinker, of Ralls county. At first, all of the companies from this county but Capt. Drane’s company were in the 38th regiment, which one called “the Railroad Brigade,” because nearly all of the members … Read more