Lawrence Lore
Jul 1, 20248 min read
A Review of Life in the County during July August, September, 1878.
A deep dive continues into life in Lawrence County during July, August and September, 1878. The year of 1878 was to be remembered for its...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 28, 20245 min read
A Review of Lawrence County Life in April, May and June 1878.
James C Allen was the Judge; Thomas H Huffman was the State’s Attorney. B L Cunningham was the Circuit Clerk; Issac Potts was the County...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 27, 20245 min read
1878 in Review January February and March
In 1878, the newspapers reported about President Rutherford Hayes, the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans, and discussed bimetallism...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 25, 20242 min read
The Return of the Spinning Wheel
In 2017 LCHS received a call from a historical society member in Oklahoma who wanted to donate a spinning wheel that had once been used...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 20, 20241 min read
Starved to Death
A death record in the Lawrence County courthouse noted that Nyrane R Yocum was born May 12, 1877, in Vermilion County. His parents’...
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Lawrence Lore
May 22, 20242 min read
Death Records in Lawrence County
From the Illinois Secretary of State on Recordation of Deaths in Illinois The first legislation in Illinois regarding recordation of...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 4, 20241 min read
charivari: a noisy serenade
The editor of the Sumner Press wrote a remembrance Miss Mary Small only daughter of William Small, one of the first settlers of Lawrence...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 14, 20242 min read
Bridgeport 1862
In a published letter to the Mount Carmel Registrar newspaper, signed only as "an old resident of Bridgeport," the writer wondered why...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 16, 20241 min read
How Many Did You Say?
Title: Population of Lawrence County Population of Lawrence County as given in The Blue Book of State of Illinois, Compiled by the Sec....
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 6, 20245 min read
Lukin News
If Lukin had a Facebook page in 1891 the posts might have read something like this. The following are excerpts from the Sumner Press...
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