April 16th, 1880 Rural Republican and Vincennes Weekly Sun The editor of the Rural Republican advised her readers to “Lay the overcoat...

Most of the brick made in the county was shaped by the soft mud process in which molds holding one, two, or three bricks were filled with...

A light frost was visible on Friday April 9, 1880, when the newspaper was published. Michael O’Roarke was said to have raised the best...

James Andre died in Lawrence County about 1858.  Not much is known about the family other than he was married and had children who...

Rebecca Jordan was born December 22, 1848, to William and Catherine Grundon Jordan in Wabash County. There she married Samuel W McIntosh...

In the early history of Russellville, men with some medical expertise took care of the residents and those in the surrounding area....

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...

Don't forget the prgram tonight 7:00 Secret Service The snow was two inches deep in Lawrence County in the last week of March in 1880....

For the Genealogists: The census of 1880 was to be made based on things as they existed on June 1, 1880, and the census takers only had...