Lawrence Lore
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Rendezvous for Immoral Purposes
The Daily Record, February 6, 1924 The Lawrenceville cemetery should be paved if it is to be used as a rendezvous for Vincennes men with...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 19
- 3 min
Please Save Our Cemeteries
Time has taken its toll on the older tombstones in our county cemeteries. One would not know this from looking at Find-a- Grave photos...
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Lawrence Lore
- Apr 15
- 1 min
How Many? 1,052 and Counting
For those of you who use Find a Grave, you can now view John King’s virtual cemeteries of Civil War soldiers buried in Lawrence County....
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 26
- 4 min
Thomas Fish
Thomas Fish’s ancestors have been documented in England as early as 1555, arriving in Connecticut about 1656. Later his family moved to...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Children with Guns
Ten-year-old Walter Byrley, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James Byrley 1711 Fourteenth street, was fatally wounded when he was shot by his...
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Lawrence Lore
- Mar 19
- 1 min
A Perfect State of Preservation
When the Historical Society offered a tour of Sumner Cemetery in 2013 they discovered many interesting stories. Some of these can be...
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Lawrence Lore
- Feb 12
- 2 min
German Pioneer Settler
Peter Scherer Sr, a pioneer settler of southern Lawrence County, Illinois was a native of Germany, being born in Rein-Byron about 1809....
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Lawrence Lore
- Jan 31
- 2 min
"summer complaint"
Grace Osborne was the daughter of William Hazzard and Judith/ Jude Brausa Osborne. She was born February 23, 1902, and died September 4,...
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Lawrence Lore
- Dec 14, 2023
- 3 min
Wright Gaddy Cemetery by Marilyn Wagner
Wright/Gaddy cemetery is in the far southwest corner of Lawrence County, just off County Road 000 and Berryville Road. When the corn is...
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Lawrence Lore
- Oct 6, 2023
- 2 min
Rest in Peace"
Old newspaper articles are often filled with information that capture our attention. This particular article captured Larry Curry’s...
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