The Ellis /Hickman murder was profiled on this blog August 7 2024 “killed by Concealed Weapon”     https://www.lawrencelore.org/post/kill...

The year 1880 was to be an eventful one. The census of the United States would be taken, a new President elected, and it was a leap year....

Dr Silas Hall was born July 29, 1849, in Wood County Virginia to Bushrod and Mary Ross Hall.   He is shown living with his parents in...

John D. Sage, one of the leading millers in Lawrence County Illinois, was born December 14, 1820, in Ontario, New York, to Jonathan W....

The fact that a half a barrel of cussedness is frequently found in a two-quart boy has never been explained. Apples and potatoes are...

The Vincennes newspapers carried the news of St Francisville as often, if not more, than the Lawrenceville newspapers. However, the facts...

A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...

Hadley was a small village located on the Richland/ Lawrence County line along the old B & O tracks. The following article was printed in...

In the 1870s the Lawrence County Fair was held in October. News of the upcoming County fair was frequent in the newspapers. "The bounty...

News in the County in October 1879 Stuble & Co was the new undertaker in Lawrenceville.  They promised to keep on hand a good assortment...