ABRAM MARLOW, famrer, P.O. Marlow, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., September 8, 1822, and is a son of James Marlow (deceased), a native of Virginia, who brought his family to this county in 1828, and settled on Bullock's Prairie, four miles west of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Marlow attended a subscription school in a log cabin, with stick chimney, and sat on a split pole, with pins in for legs. When the Marlows settled here, there were many deer, turkeys, wolves, wild cats, and a few bears and panthers here. Our subject was married, in 1842, to Elvira, daughter of Burrel Warren (deceased). They had eleven children, seven living - Winfield S., Millard F., Sarah A., A. Lincoln, Lucretia J., Hiram P., and Cora. Mr. Marlow was Justice of the Peace fifteen years, Supervisor three years, Postmaster at Marlow one year, and is a Notary Public. Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Masonic fraternity.
Source: History of Jefferson County, IL by William Henry Perrin
Source: History of Jefferson County, IL by William Henry Perrin
ABRAM MARLOW, famrer, P.O. Marlow, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., September 8, 1822, and is a son of James Marlow (deceased), a native of Virginia, who brought his family to this county in 1828, and settled on Bullock's Prairie, four miles west of Mt. Vernon. Mr. Marlow attended a subscription school in a log cabin, with stick chimney, and sat on a split pole, with pins in for legs. When the Marlows settled here, there were many deer, turkeys, wolves, wild cats, and a few bears and panthers here. Our subject was married, in 1842, to Elvira, daughter of Burrel Warren (deceased). They had eleven children, seven living - Winfield S., Millard F., Sarah A., A. Lincoln, Lucretia J., Hiram P., and Cora. Mr. Marlow was Justice of the Peace fifteen years, Supervisor three years, Postmaster at Marlow one year, and is a Notary Public. Member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Masonic fraternity.
Source: History of Jefferson County, IL by William Henry Perrin
Source: History of Jefferson County, IL by William Henry Perrin
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