Lawrence Lore
Jul 19, 20231 min read
"a regular detective"
After nearly ten years of dedicated service to Golden Rule, switchboard operator Betty Mieure retired in 1983. Betty’s first job...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 17, 20231 min read
New Personnel Manager
In 1983 Dottie Hennessy was named new Personnel Manager for Golden Rule’s Home Office in Lawrenceville. Working with Cathy Rooney, a...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Resetting E. Bell's Stone
After the stone of Elizabeth A. Bell at Bell Cemetery in Lukin Township, was reset and cleaned the inscription could be read. The...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Archibald D. Moore, Civil War
MOORE, ARCHIBALD D. 1843-1902 154th Illinois Infantry, Company E, (Private) Pension #353916 Archibald D. Moore was born in July of 1843...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Beware of HORSES
There are about 300 graves at Moffett Cemetery. Since this cemetery has been chosen as one the LCHS’s projects, stone cleaning has...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 29, 20232 min read
George W. McGuire, Civil War
GEORGE W. MCGUIRE 1833-1881 11th Missouri Infantry, Company A (Private) George W. McGuire was born about 1833 in Brown County, OH. The...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Wife Wanted
Sumner Press March 1883 “If Uncle Billy Moore will call at this office, we will give him the name and address of a charming young widow...
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Lawrence Lore
May 31, 20231 min read
Group Photo
This photo was taken in 1920 at the home of Ray Moore in St. Francisville, later occupied by Cozie Marcel. It was apparently some...
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Lawrence Lore
May 28, 20231 min read
R.I.P. Malinda Duke Warner Crews
Thanks to the Crews descendants for donating a beautiful 1858 coffin handle from the casket of Malinda Duke Warner Crews to LCHS. The...
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Lawrence Lore
May 25, 20232 min read
Crews Family Genealogy
Re-written from 1910 Lawrence County Illinois History and Biography page 663-664 Albert Crews was born in the Allison Township September...
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