Fruit trees were then in bloom and from appearances there would be an abundance of fruit if nothing happened to destroy or blight it. Farmers were rejoicing over the fine weather and the outcome of the wheat. Health was good in general. Croquet seemed to be the principal amusement of the young folks. Simon Vandermark had disappeared; information was wanted as to his whereabouts. Lou Hite, a young man well known in the county formerly clerking in the drug store of Ed Schmalhau

As our researchers discovered when they did the life stories of the Civil War soldiers from Lawrence County, not only was there a conflict between the states but that often, while the men and boys were gone, there was also trouble on the home front. This was the case of a Crawford County soldier named Lt. Archilles M. Brown. While serving in Illinois Infantry company he received several letters from ‘concerned friends’ that things were not going so well at home with his you

Friday, April 15th, 1881 The editor hoped the groundhog would never live to see his shadow again! Sunday was Easter and every little boy and girl in the land wanted to celebrate the time-honored event by having eggs colored in divers pretty colors. They would make it a point to celebrate the event by eating all the eggs they could. The editor remembered when he was a boy how fondly he looked forward to Easter as a day of rare sport and pleasure, and a hearty feast of eggs whi

The Lawrence County Court Records include Naturalization Records, and while these records are not commonplace in this county, they do exist. Before the 1870 census Jesse Lancaster left England and settled in Lukin township with the William Greenhood family. On October 28, 1880 Jesse stood before Jack Dickerson, the Clerk of the County Court and swore to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty particularly to "Vi

Ashulamite was the daughter of Wabash County pioneers Peter Keen and Jemima Gard. Ashulamite Keen was married first to Caleb Jordan in 1821 and then to Joseph Lamotte, Jr. in 1832. The Lamotte's are the namesake of Ft Lamotte at Palestine and Lamotte Township in Crawford County. Joseph Lamotte Jr died March 1, 1872, at age 75 years 8 months and 19 days. Ashulamite his wife died March 8, 1889, at 86 years 3 months and 13 days. They are buried near the southwest corner of

HISTORY CENTER OPEN SUNDAY APRIL 12 1-3 Dresses of the Decades Exhibit (Will be closing in May) Don't foarget to register for the Find Your Patriot program Contact: Lawrence County Historical Society lawrencelore@gmail.com or 908-208-2372 Event: Find Your Patriot – Genealogy Research Program Dates: April 18, April 25, and May 2, 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Cost: $76.00 Location: Lawrence County Historical Society Research Library, Lawrencevi Vincennes Morning Commercial January

Despite 53 family trees on Ancestry.com confidently insisting otherwise, Moses Seeds (born about 1773 or 1776 in Orange County, New York) is officially a genealogical ghost. He never existed. Poof. Gone. So if you’re connected to the Seeds family in Lawrence County, you might want to grab a cup of coffee and read on before inviting this guy to another reunion. Genealogist Dann Norton has just dropped a new blog post untangling the legendary mix‑up of two men named Moses Seed

U of I Professor of Zoology, Maurice C Tanquary, born and raised in Lawrence County, was a member of the American Arctic Crocker Land expedition that sailed from New York July 2, 1913, with the main object of reaching and mapping the northern land which Rear Admiral Robert E Peary reported sighting in 1906 and which he named Crocker Land. Led by ethnologist Donald B MacMillan the 1913 expedition was funded by the Natural History Museum in New York, the American (National) G

G eorge McKinley Claycomb arrived in this world on November 24, 1845, in Monroe City Knox County Indiana. He was a twin to Elias, Jr both sons of Elias Claycomb Sr. , son of Revolutionary War veteran Frederick Claycomb . Their father, Elias Sr died October 1845, a month before the twins were born, setting the tone for a life that would rarely follow the easy path. Their mother, Elizabeth Couchman, died when the twins were only 14 months of age. The other siblings were se

What do a stone in the road, a Will from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury England and a life care contract have in common? They were all found in Deed Book G at the Lawrence County Courthouse. The stone itself stubbornly refused to appear anywhere in the deed ledger, but it does manage to immortalize itself in the description of a one‑acre parcel sold by Howard and Tabitha Jane Badollet (a name that sounds like it wandered in from a Dickens novel) to Nicholas Kuseman on