Lawrence Lore
Mar 51 min read
John Wayne and the Searchers
Some of you may have watched the John Wayne movie-- The Searchers --wherein a blonde blue-eyed young girl was kidnapped in Texas by the...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 151 min read
'Til Death Do Us Part
February one hundred years ago might have been the month for romance but not for these couples: Herschel L Kendall vs Clemence Kendall;...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 141 min read
Almost a Valentine Bride
Page 1 of Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 Miss Grace Holsen (31) and Omer...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 131 min read
Deaths 100 Years Ago
Causes of death 100 years ago this month--Taken from Lawrence County Death Records February 1924 How many of these deaths could have been...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 122 min read
German Pioneer Settler
Peter Scherer Sr, a pioneer settler of southern Lawrence County, Illinois was a native of Germany, being born in Rein-Byron about 1809....
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 82 min read
Aided in WWII
The 505th Bombardment Group of the Army Air Force was activated on March 11, 1944. First equipped with B-17's, the group later trained...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 73 min read
Accidental Death of 12 Year Old
Copied from the Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 page 1 Carl May, the...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 22 min read
Hester Ann Adams 1845-1904
Mar 18, 1885 Mrs. Adams, of Bird Station, came to town on Saturday and bought one of those pretty New Home Sewing machines. The above...
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Lawrence Lore
Jan 312 min read
"summer complaint"
Grace Osborne was the daughter of William Hazzard and Judith/ Jude Brausa Osborne. She was born February 23, 1902, and died September 4,...
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Lawrence Lore
Jan 292 min read
Postmaster Dies at Post Office 1948
Lawrence County News Thursday July 1, 1948 Paul Frederick Lewis, 59, Lawrenceville postmaster, was found dead in the bathroom of the...
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