Sumner Press January 8, 1891 New Year's afternoon, we regret to say that Andrew Lackey, one of our oldest citizens, was fatally injured....

Dr. John Richardson Thompson was born May 13, 1878 on Allison Prairie. His father's name was John and his mother's name was Eliza...

Daily Register-Republican published in Mount Carmel Illinois on Aug 29, 1918 page 2: Marshal W King of south of Bridgeport received a...

Phil Alsman, Principal of Arlington School 1990

Rochelle Gridley, a librarian and amateur historian in McLean County, IL. has researched and published information about the Orphan...

Aaron Shaw was born December 19, 1811 near Goshen, New York. He attended Montgomery Academy in New York and studied law at Goshen. Shaw...

Lawrence County News July 17, 1952 Benefiel Recipient of National Recognition “When Philip B. Benefiel of Lawrenceville was elected...

William F Ruark has been reported as the son of John C and Mary Smith Ruark born about 1815. While the Native Americans had vacated the...

Because the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire, genealogists often have trouble trying to figure out what happened to their families...

Since John King had been such a help to this writer on the Mayo Craig biography, I asked him to dip into the Lukin gene pool again and...