Lawrence Lore
May 31, 20231 min read
Group Photo
This photo was taken in 1920 at the home of Ray Moore in St. Francisville, later occupied by Cozie Marcel. It was apparently some...
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Lawrence Lore
May 28, 20231 min read
R.I.P. Malinda Duke Warner Crews
Thanks to the Crews descendants for donating a beautiful 1858 coffin handle from the casket of Malinda Duke Warner Crews to LCHS. The...
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Lawrence Lore
May 25, 20232 min read
Crews Family Genealogy
Re-written from 1910 Lawrence County Illinois History and Biography page 663-664 Albert Crews was born in the Allison Township September...
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Lawrence Lore
May 11, 20231 min read
Hankin's Texaco Collection
Daily Record May 24, 1974 Obituary Edwin (Red) Hankins, 62, died suddenly May 23, 1974 at his home at 317 State Street, Lawrenceville....
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Adam Lackey
Lawrenceville Republican January 12 1922 Obituary for Adam Lackey Adam Lackey, son of John and Nancy Lackey, was born February 26,...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 11, 20231 min read
Edwin Wiswall, Inventor 1902
In the August 28,1902 edition of the Lawrenceville Republican was a short paragraph stating that "Edwin Wiswall of Petty returned from...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 4, 20232 min read
Dropkick Record BTHS
“Dropkick Extra Point” by Larry Curry The Lawrence County Historical Society is always getting requests about events that took place in...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 14, 20234 min read
"Little George" aka "Skipper"
This is the story of George Lewis Maxfield written by Julia Randall. George Lewis Maxfield blessed his parents on July 11, 1956, when he...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 13, 20237 min read
Hi Ho Silver!
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats and the sounds of gunfire!...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Eggs Twenty Cents a Dozen in 1883
Bridgeport News in the Rural Republican December 28, 1883 Several family reunions took place on Christmas. Only twenty-six Schmalhausen’s...
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