| A | B |
|---|
| Capt. Samuel Young | Marion County’s first settler |
| Joseph Hensley | First settler in the Walnut Hill area |
| Casey Jones | He died saving others when a freight train was on his track |
| Robert Polecat McMillan | He operated the fastest trains |
| Samuel Wilson | Two kids accidentally rode off in his air balloon |
| O. W. Coleman | First woman in Illinois to cast a vote |
| A. P. Bigham | He came up with the name “Wamac” |
| Phyllis Wham | First woman elected to the Centralia City Council |
| Emile R. Lederman | He organized the Centralia Philharmonic Society |
| James Johnson | First black person elected to office in Illinois |
| James Brady | He worked for Ronald Reagan’s administration |
| Ed Tate | An oil gusher on his farm opened the Lak Centralia-Salem oil field |
| Driscoll Scanlan | State Mining Inspector involved in 1947 disaster |
| Robert Medill | State Mining Board director in 1947 disaster |
| William Rowekamp | UMWA secretary, wrote letter to governor |
| Earl Wilkinson | Only survivor among the Glenridge Seven |
| Adlai Stevenson | Ran against Governor Green, invoked Centralia |
