Lawrence Lore
Oct 222 min read
Benson Family Photos
Lewis L Benson was the son of Andrew Benson and Nancy Gilliam Benson born in 1872 in Lawrence County Illinois. Among his siblings were...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 131 min read
Don't Forget to Heart
To the readers of the blog, we need your help. We have included a list of deceased residents who would have had birthdays this week...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 104 min read
Watch Where You Sit
We have only spotty digitized county newspapers for the summer of 1879, so the researchers had to look for local news in the Vincennes...
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Lawrence Lore
Oct 91 min read
West Point
Page 1 of The Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, May 25th, 1927 George Hartman , son of Mr. and...
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Lawrence Lore
Sep 173 min read
Duke W Anderson
Duke William Anderson, born in Lawrence County, Illinois (1812-1873) was a Baptist Minister, Church Founder, Educator, and Underground...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 296 min read
February 1879 --Ma, Are We Rich Yet?
Our researchers continue to deep dive into Lawrence County’s history in 1879. In February 18 deaths were recorded. One set of twins was...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 192 min read
Drexal Young 1907-1984
Drexal Young was born October 15, 1907 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Elijah and Clementine Rebecca Corrie Young. He married Clara Belle...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 141 min read
Curley Johnson
“The days are getting shorter.” This was the last sentence Ellis “Curley” Johnson of Bridgeport said to his wife Frances before he died...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 122 min read
Elizabeth Reed
The Rural Republican occasionally published items that had occurred in the past probably to fill a blank space in the newspaper, or maybe...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 61 min read
First Child Born
Edward Perry Fyffe was born in Fort Allison Illinois, during the Native American uprisings when the settlers were forced to inhabit the...
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