Part 2 WWI Continued The Rainbow Division first saw action fighting alongside the French in February, 1918,(WWI) where it remained in...

Part 1 Miles M. Adams was born October 29, 1898 in Lawrence County to William and Stella Musgrave Adams. He and a classmate, Jess Tharp,...

Lawrence County News March 27, 1941 Two Lawrenceville Couples Celebrate Golden Weddings Golden wedding celebrations within a few days...

Taken from 'The History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois' first published in 1883, page 301: "Samuel Kincaid was a...

Sumner Press January 8, 1891 New Year's afternoon, we regret to say that Andrew Lackey, one of our oldest citizens, was fatally injured....

Dr. John Richardson Thompson was born May 13, 1878 on Allison Prairie. His father's name was John and his mother's name was Eliza...

Daily Register-Republican published in Mount Carmel Illinois on Aug 29, 1918 page 2: Marshal W King of south of Bridgeport received a...

Phil Alsman, Principal of Arlington School 1990

Rochelle Gridley, a librarian and amateur historian in McLean County, IL. has researched and published information about the Orphan...

Aaron Shaw was born December 19, 1811 near Goshen, New York. He attended Montgomery Academy in New York and studied law at Goshen. Shaw...