Marceline past and Present Progress and Prosperity

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MARCELINE, MISSOURI

ITS INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL INTERESTS GROWTH AND PROSPERITY

HISTORY OF MARCELINE, METROPOLIS OF LINN COUNTY.

The decade from 1880 to 1890 will go down in history as the greatest ten years of railroad construction on the American continent. Jt was during this period of unparalleled industrial progress that the … > More >

Reid Family

Thomas Venable Reid was born April 13, 1862 in Rothville where his parents settled after migrating from Virginia in a covered wagon, in 1860. Tom was a farmer and a carpenter in his early years. After his marriage to Della Vaden Simpson they settled in Marceline where he helped on the construction of the first … > More >

Nellie Gardner

Nellie Gardner, age 95, of Brookfield, died Friday, January 2, 2015, at Life Care Center in Brookfield.

A funeral service will be Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield with Pastor Don Kabel and Pastor Randy Festervand officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery in Brookfield. The family … > More >

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