In February 2022, Marion resident Leonard Russell donated a number of items to our museum. Among them were a letter written by his great grandmother, Mrs. W.P. Throgmorton, during the civil war to her brother, land grants, deeds, books and four pieces of stained glass.

The stained-glass pieces for the most part are 36″ x 24″ and came in pairs from the First Baptist Church in Marion when the church went through a large expansion and remodel project decades ago. Leonard had them removed from the window casings and modified to be able to hang in his home. Upon a recent move he donated them to the WCHS and they now occupy windows on three floors of our museum. The window pairs were dedicated to Dr. W.P. Throgmorton and his wife for dedicated service to the church back around 1900.