Lawrence Lore
Dec 121 min read
Little Girl Sculpture
Recently the editor of the blog recently this delightful email from Harold Mills. "The statue of the little girl which stands in Babyland...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 31 min read
Cemetery Restoration 2024
Because of some unforeseen events, our tombstone cleaning project for 2024 was not as vigorous as in years past. The tombstone...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 172 min read
Rendezvous for Immoral Purposes
The Daily Record, February 6, 1924 The Lawrenceville cemetery should be paved if it is to be used as a rendezvous for Vincennes men with...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 193 min read
Please Save Our Cemeteries
Time has taken its toll on the older tombstones in our county cemeteries. One would not know this from looking at Find-a- Grave photos...
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Lawrence Lore
Apr 151 min read
How Many? 1,052 and Counting
For those of you who use Find a Grave, you can now view John King’s virtual cemeteries of Civil War soldiers buried in Lawrence County....
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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 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 191 min read
A Perfect State of Preservation
When the Historical Society offered a tour of Sumner Cemetery in 2013 they discovered many interesting stories. Some of these can be...
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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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