Lawrence Lore
Mar 264 min read
Thomas Fish
Thomas Fish’s ancestors have been documented in England as early as 1555, arriving in Connecticut about 1656. Later his family moved to...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 201 min read
J L Bass Family
John Launier Bass was born March 24, 1805, in Wilson County Tennessee. At a birthday celebration (1914) for his son Henry's 83rd...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 12 min read
First Woman Hanged
The only enforcement of the death penalty in Lawrence County, Illinois was that of Elizabeth Reed. She was however not a resident of...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 122 min read
German Pioneer Settler
Peter Scherer Sr, a pioneer settler of southern Lawrence County, Illinois was a native of Germany, being born in Rein-Byron about 1809....
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Lawrence Lore
Jan 303 min read
Political Dispute between Dr. Anderson and A. Lincoln in Lawrenceville
The Lawrence County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society erected a historical marker on the north side of the...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 17, 20232 min read
Aaron Shaw, State's Attorney for Elizabeth Reed's Trial
Aaron Shaw was born December 19, 1811 near Goshen, New York. He attended Montgomery Academy in New York and studied law at Goshen. Shaw...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Attention: Ruark's
William F Ruark has been reported as the son of John C and Mary Smith Ruark born about 1815. While the Native Americans had vacated the...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Gunsmiths of Lawrence County
Last week, Readers, you learned a lot about John Small and his impact on Lawrence County’s history long before Illinois was even granted...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 27, 20235 min read
What Happened Here? The Town
The Ryan family and the Gillespie family from the East, embarked on a keel boat with their possessions, floated down the Ohio and with...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 11, 20231 min read
Account Book 1820
A small handwritten account book has been located at the Lewis Library in Vincennes once belonging to Benjamin Gibbs, of Lawrence County....
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