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Kent State student on the hunt for historic sculptures in Marion County
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Donald Quigley, decorated Marion World War II veteran, dies at 101
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Willis ALLEN, Congress, IL (1806-1859) ALLEN Willis , a Representative from Illinois; born near Roanoke, Va., December 15, 1806;
attended the common schools; taught school; moved to Tennessee and settled in Wilson
County; moved to Franklin (now Williamson) County, Ill., in 1830 and engaged in agricultural
pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Marion; sheriff of
Franklin County 1834-1838; member of the State house of representatives 1838-1840;
prosecuting attorney of the first judicial circuit in 1841; member of the State senate 1844-1847;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1847 and 1848; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate