Lawrence Lore
Apr 92 min read
Youngest Volunteer WWII
James Harold Bailey became one of the youngest, if not the youngest, Army volunteer inducted by the local board as reported by the...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 51 min read
Smile. . .
Eddie (1860-1936) and Louella Waggoner Baker ( ?-1951) brought three of their five children their spouses and grandchildren together in...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 32 min read
Elbert, Madge, and Robert Bailey
Elbert Bailey (1920-1990) was employed for 23 years with Girton Brothers Trucking in Lawrenceville. He also served four years as Lawrence...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 292 min read
Five Hearses
Usually when you read about a funeral being the largest one the county had seen, it means a lot of mourners attended. The meaning is...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 283 min read
A S Baird & Son Contractors
Alexander S Baird moved to Sumner in June 1864. He was a native of Wabash County where his family had migrated from Indiana in the early...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 264 min read
Thomas Fish
Thomas Fish’s ancestors have been documented in England as early as 1555, arriving in Connecticut about 1656. Later his family moved to...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 221 min read
Beasley's Chevrolet
J O Beasley owned and operated Beasley’s Chevrolet Sales and Service at the north edge of Sumner for nearly 51 years. In September 1977...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 211 min read
Children with Guns
Ten-year-old Walter Byrley, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James Byrley 1711 Fourteenth street, was fatally wounded when he was shot by his...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 182 min read
Hardaway Abernathy
Hardaway T. Abernathy was an early Lawrence County pioneer arriving in Lawrence County about 1838 and settling in the area that would...
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