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Born in Benton, Illinois, Marsh received her bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Nebraska–Lincoln in social welfare. Her husband was Frank Marsh who served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1975 and lived in Lincoln, Nebraska where she had graduated from Lincoln High School.
Grammer, the eldest of 13 children (nine boys and four girls), was born in Benton, Illinois. [1] His father was a musician; he played the violin and trumpet. [2] He served in the US Army during World War II, and upon discharge worked as an apprentice toolmaker at the Washington Naval gun factory at Shop No. 20. Grammer married his high-school ...
Benton is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois.The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. [3] In 1839, Franklin County was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of Benton.
Lipscomb was born in 1923 in Benton, Illinois, and attended Benton High School.He enrolled at the University of Tennessee and played college football at the tackle position on the 1942 Tennessee Volunteers football team that compiled a 9–1–1 record, defeated Tulsa in the 1943 Sugar Bowl, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP poll. [2]
The Benton News is an American weekly newspaper published in Benton, Illinois. In addition to Benton, the Evening News covers Christopher , Sesser and Thompsonville , and Franklin County . References
Don Dardeen, Keith's father, called the Jefferson County sheriff's office and agreed to drive down to Ina with the house key and meet deputies at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, between Illinois Route 37 and the former Illinois Central Railroad tracks, now used by Union Pacific, just north of the Franklin County line. [2]
Scarborough was born in Benton, Illinois on July 3, 1914. [1] Before his entries in the Indianapolis 500, he had participated in "outlaw" racing in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. [2] Early in his racing career, Scarborough sat out for two years after sustaining injuries as the passenger in a car crash. [1]
James Benton Parsons (August 13, 1911 – June 19, 1993) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He was the first African American to serve as a judge in a U.S. district court.