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Marion, Indiana

Notes:
Marion is a city in Grant County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,948 as of the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Grant County.[6] It is named for Francis Marion, a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.



The city is the home of Indiana Wesleyan University, the largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and largest private university in Indiana- if including online and regional campuses in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. The traditional campus enrolls approximately 2800 students. Since 2003, former Olympic skater Wayne Seybold has been Marion's mayor. Marion is also noted for being the birthplace of legendary actor James Dean, and famed cartoonist Jim Davis, though James Dean and Jim Davis were raised in nearby Fairmount. It was also the location of the wedding of actress Julia Roberts and singer Lyle Lovett in 1993. The city is also the site of the infamous lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith.

Latitude: 40.5583739, Longitude: -85.6591442

Birth

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	(Washington) Myles, Dinah Carroll	13 Jun	Marion, Indiana	I216
2	Myles, J.L.L.			I240

Residence

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Residence		Person ID
1	Myles, R.D.			I28
2	Myles, R.D.			I28
3	Myles, T.L.			I6

Married

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	Family	Married		Family ID
1	Myles / (Washington) Myles			F162