Marion, Ohio

Marion is a city located in Marion County, Ohio. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 35,318. It is the county seat of Marion County{{GR|6}}.

People from Marion

• John Dean, Nixon Administration Official and Watergate personality. Attended Marion Harding High School.
• Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States and Publisher of the the Marion Star. Born in the Morrow County, Ohio community of Blooming Grove, his parents moved to Caledonia, Ohio when Harding was a young boy. The Harding's moved to Marion, Ohio in the early 1880s.
• Elsie Janis (Elsie Beerbower) Comedian, Broadway star, "Sweetheart of the AEF".
• Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, Wife of Warren G. Harding, First Lady 1921-1923.
• Edward Huber, Industrialist, Inventor of the gasoline powered tractor.
• Huey Lewis, of Huey Lewis and the News lived there for a short time in 1954.
• Marilyn Meseke, Miss America 1938; Miss Ohio 1938.
• Gerry Mulligan, Jazz Artist also known as "Juru".
• Jim Thorpe, Olympian. Resident of Marion and Marion County during the 1920s. Played for the National Football League's LaRue, Ohio Oorang Indians football team and captained NBA native American teams based in Marion as well.
• Mary Ellen Withrow, 40th Treasurer of the United States, 1994-2001.