Seven Daughters
In his Will, John Lester of Lawrence County left everything to his wife Mary and upon her death to be divided amongst his seven...
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Dec 27, 20242 min read
It's Mine, Not Yours
In the early 1800s a single woman enjoyed the same rights as a man to enter contracts and manage property. However, when a woman married,...
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Dec 10, 20242 min read
A Nuncupative Will
A nuncupative will or verbal will is sometimes called a death bed will. A person who is too sick to execute a written will and is not...
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Dec 6, 20241 min read
Marriage Laws
Emily Dickinson once said, “The heart wants what the heart wants . . . So, what happens when what the heart wants is generally considered...
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Dec 5, 20242 min read
Stayed Mad Until He Died
Thomas J Kyle was born in Kentucky in 1810. His parents James and Martha Anderson Kyle moved to Knox County Indiana in 1811. In 1832...
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Nov 20, 20242 min read
County News for September 1879
September 5th, 1879 W L Gray sold his interest in the Bridgeport store of Buchanan & Co to J M Buchanan . Warner Bros rented the upper...
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Nov 19, 20244 min read
Infanticide in Lawrence County in the 1800's
The definition of infanticide is the killing of any infant below the age of one. There is no infanticide statute in Illinois. Thus,...
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Nov 18, 20243 min read
Law and Order 1875
May 15, 1875 A young man named Kaiser was returning from Vincennes to his home on May 16, 1875 at 10 o'clock pm. when he met two...
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Nov 14, 20245 min read
August 1879
A review of the news around the county in August 1879 Rural Republican Friday August 1, 1879 Watermelons were ripe and selling for a...
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Nov 13, 20248 min read
The Life and Loves of Parmenas W. Beckes
Rose Robeson has been busy hunting obituaries for Tewalt and Price cemeteries. She found the following one for Parmenas W. Beckes, ...
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Oct 30, 20247 min read