About 1867 the family moved to Union Point on the Mississippi River where Joseph operated a saw mill on Mud Creek. They traveled to Murphysboro, IL by train. Sarah Jane told her granddaughters, Minnie and Ina Saul that she was forced to leave her little dog behind because the conductor enforced a "no animals " rule. When she alighted in Murphysboro her little dog came racing down the track to meet her. Evidently a kind-hearted trainmans bent the rules. The story is told by the children of William and Sarah that they met in Murphysboro where "she was staying in the house of Tom Logan". We know from other sources that Tom Logan ran a hotel in Murphysboro during this period. We know also that William Saul became a naturalized citizen in Murphysboro on 20 Oct 1868. It is probable that the Robisons were enroute to a new home in Grand Tower and "Squire Billy" was in town for his naturalization on 20 October 1868 and they met at the Logan House Hotel. Seventeen days later they crossed the Mississippi River at Grandtower to the little town of Wittenburg, Missouri and were married by a Justice of the Peace.
The Saul's moved to Kincaid township, where William had been living with his Uncle John, and cleared land and opened a hill farm of their own where eight children were born. In later life they bought the farm, where William's Uncle John lived, and moved there. Son Joseph took over the hill farm. After William died in 1915 Sarah Jane lived on with married daughter Ann Downen until, at age 70, the 1917 flu epidemic killed Sara Jane and widowed her daughter Ann.
About 1867 the family moved to Union Point on the Mississippi River where Joseph operated a saw mill on Mud Creek. They traveled to Murphysboro, IL by train. Sarah Jane told her granddaughters, Minnie and Ina Saul that she was forced to leave her little dog behind because the conductor enforced a "no animals " rule. When she alighted in Murphysboro her little dog came racing down the track to meet her. Evidently a kind-hearted trainmans bent the rules. The story is told by the children of William and Sarah that they met in Murphysboro where "she was staying in the house of Tom Logan". We know from other sources that Tom Logan ran a hotel in Murphysboro during this period. We know also that William Saul became a naturalized citizen in Murphysboro on 20 Oct 1868. It is probable that the Robisons were enroute to a new home in Grand Tower and "Squire Billy" was in town for his naturalization on 20 October 1868 and they met at the Logan House Hotel. Seventeen days later they crossed the Mississippi River at Grandtower to the little town of Wittenburg, Missouri and were married by a Justice of the Peace.
The Saul's moved to Kincaid township, where William had been living with his Uncle John, and cleared land and opened a hill farm of their own where eight children were born. In later life they bought the farm, where William's Uncle John lived, and moved there. Son Joseph took over the hill farm. After William died in 1915 Sarah Jane lived on with married daughter Ann Downen until, at age 70, the 1917 flu epidemic killed Sara Jane and widowed her daughter Ann.
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Headstone photos by great-grand-son Darrell Clendenin 2010