Lawrence Lore
- Mar 26
- 4 min
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 20
- 1 min
J L Bass Family
John Launier Bass was born March 24, 1805, in Wilson County Tennessee. At a birthday celebration (1914) for his son Henry's 83rd...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 1
- 2 min
First Woman Hanged
The only enforcement of the death penalty in Lawrence County, Illinois was that of Elizabeth Reed. She was however not a resident of...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 12
- 2 min
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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Lawrence Lore
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Political Dispute between Dr. Anderson and A. Lincoln in Lawrenceville
The Lawrence County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society erected a historical marker on the north side of the...
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Lawrence Lore
- Oct 17, 2023
- 2 min
Aaron Shaw, State's Attorney for Elizabeth Reed's Trial
Aaron Shaw was born December 19, 1811 near Goshen, New York. He attended Montgomery Academy in New York and studied law at Goshen. Shaw...
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