Lawrence Lore
Nov 252 min read
Household Goods with Values 1836
William Lower of Lawrenceville was married to Jane Spencer , daughter of Wm Spencer. The couple were living in Lawrenceville when...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 226 min read
Bird Station News July thru December 1885
News of Bird Station, as it was then called in 1885, was reported in the Robinson Constitution. Research in these old newspapers was done...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 215 min read
History of Lawrence County Memorial Hospital
The importance and availability of a suitable community Hospital was recognized as a necessity after several catastrophes had occurred in...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 202 min read
Stayed Mad Until He Died
Thomas J Kyle was born in Kentucky in 1810. His parents James and Martha Anderson Kyle moved to Knox County Indiana in 1811. In 1832...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 194 min read
County News for September 1879
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...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 183 min read
Infanticide in Lawrence County in the 1800's
The definition of infanticide is the killing of any infant below the age of one. There is no infanticide statute in Illinois. Thus,...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 163 min read
"Luck is a Fortune."
In 1840, Fort Gibson in eastern Oklahoma served as a remote outpost, giving the impression of being at the edge of the world for two...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 151 min read
ROBERT PICKERING WILL PRESENT PROGRAM
Join the Lawrence County Historical Society meeting on Monday, November 18, at 7:00 p.m. at the History Center in Lawrenceville to hear...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 145 min read
Law and Order 1875
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...
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