We have only spotty digitized county newspapers for the summer of 1879, so the researchers had to look for local news in the Vincennes...

Page 1 of The Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, May 25th, 1927 George Hartman , son of Mr. and...

Duke William Anderson, born in Lawrence County, Illinois (1812-1873) was a Baptist Minister, Church Founder, Educator, and Underground...

Our researchers continue to deep dive into Lawrence County’s history in 1879. In February 18 deaths were recorded. One set of twins was...

Drexal Young was born October 15, 1907 in Lawrenceville, Illinois, to Elijah and Clementine Rebecca Corrie Young. He married Clara Belle...

“The days are getting shorter.”  This was the last sentence Ellis “Curley” Johnson of Bridgeport said to his wife Frances before he died...

The Rural Republican occasionally published items that had occurred in the past probably to fill a blank space in the newspaper, or maybe...

Edward Perry Fyffe was born in Fort Allison Illinois, during the Native American uprisings when the settlers were forced to inhabit the...

Amanda (Manda) L Price was born July 23, 1856, in Denison Twp, Lawence County Illinois to John Clayton and Lucinda (Potts) Price. She...

Women may have gotten the vote in 1920, but they didn't become jurors in Lawrence County until 1939. The first time women's names were...