Old winter had almost “marched” out in April of 1880. Sumner News:  Business improved as the roads got better.  The surplus wheat that...

February 25, 1877 “Struck with Ax Handle in Brawl” George Barker, age 29, was living with his wife, Lucinda Barker, and two small...

The Ellis /Hickman murder was profiled on this blog August 7 2024 “killed by Concealed Weapon”     https://www.lawrencelore.org/post/kill...

The year 1880 was to be an eventful one. The census of the United States would be taken, a new President elected, and it was a leap year....

The Vincennes newspapers carried the news of St Francisville as often, if not more, than the Lawrenceville newspapers. However, the facts...

Early Monday morning, November 10, 1879, word was sent to Coroner Grafham that the body of a man was laying at an old straw stack...

September 5th, 1879 W L Gray sold his interest in the Bridgeport store of Buchanan & Co to J M Buchanan . Warner Bros rented the upper...

The definition of infanticide is the killing of any infant below the age of one. There is no infanticide statute in Illinois. Thus,...

May 15, 1875 A young man named Kaiser was returning from Vincennes to his home on May 16, 1875 at 10 o'clock pm. when he met two...

On July 14, 1893, in the law-abiding county of Lawrence, in which Lincoln visited and which claimed the earliest school integration in...