Lawrence Lore
- May 31
- 1 min
Group Photo
This photo was taken in 1920 at the home of Ray Moore in St. Francisville, later occupied by Cozie Marcel. It was apparently some...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 28
- 1 min
R.I.P. Malinda Duke Warner Crews
Thanks to the Crews descendants for donating a beautiful 1858 coffin handle from the casket of Malinda Duke Warner Crews to LCHS. The...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 25
- 2 min
Crews Family Genealogy
Re-written from 1910 Lawrence County Illinois History and Biography page 663-664 Albert Crews was born in the Allison Township September...
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Lawrence Lore
- May 11
- 1 min
Hankin's Texaco Collection
Daily Record May 24, 1974 Obituary Edwin (Red) Hankins, 62, died suddenly May 23, 1974 at his home at 317 State Street, Lawrenceville....
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Adam Lackey
Lawrenceville Republican January 12 1922 Obituary for Adam Lackey Adam Lackey, son of John and Nancy Lackey, was born February 26,...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Edwin Wiswall, Inventor 1902
In the August 28,1902 edition of the Lawrenceville Republican was a short paragraph stating that "Edwin Wiswall of Petty returned from...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 4
- 2 min
Dropkick Record BTHS
“Dropkick Extra Point” by Larry Curry The Lawrence County Historical Society is always getting requests about events that took place in...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 14
- 4 min
"Little George" aka "Skipper"
This is the story of George Lewis Maxfield written by Julia Randall. George Lewis Maxfield blessed his parents on July 11, 1956, when he...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 13
- 7 min
Hi Ho Silver!
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear! From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats and the sounds of gunfire!...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 6
- 2 min
Eggs Twenty Cents a Dozen in 1883
Bridgeport News in the Rural Republican December 28, 1883 Several family reunions took place on Christmas. Only twenty-six Schmalhausen’s...
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