The Life and Loves of Parmenas W. Beckes
Rose Robeson has been busy hunting obituaries for Tewalt and Price cemeteries. She found the following one for Parmenas W. Beckes, ...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 30, 20247 min read
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Onward to Oregon
Mary Goen was born about 1793. She married John Laws . Mary and John had a daughter, Nancy Laws, born Dec 31 1823 in Lawrence County...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 25, 20242 min read
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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...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 22, 20242 min read
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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...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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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...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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West Point
Page 1 of The Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, May 25th, 1927 George Hartman , son of Mr. and...
Lawrence Lore
Oct 9, 20241 min read
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Duke W Anderson
Duke William Anderson, born in Lawrence County, Illinois (1812-1873) was a Baptist Minister, Church Founder, Educator, and Underground...
Lawrence Lore
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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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...
Lawrence Lore
Aug 29, 20246 min read
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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...
Lawrence Lore
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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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...
Lawrence Lore
Aug 14, 20241 min read
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