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...

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....

Thomas Fish’s ancestors have been documented in England as early as 1555, arriving in Connecticut about 1656. Later his family moved to...

Ten-year-old Walter Byrley, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James Byrley 1711 Fourteenth street, was fatally wounded when he was shot by his...

When the Historical Society offered a tour of Sumner Cemetery in 2013 they discovered many interesting stories. Some of these can be...

Peter Scherer Sr, a pioneer settler of southern Lawrence County, Illinois was a native of Germany, being born in Rein-Byron about 1809....

Grace Osborne was the daughter of William Hazzard and Judith/ Jude Brausa Osborne. She was born February 23, 1902, and died September 4,...

Wright/Gaddy cemetery is in the far southwest corner of Lawrence County, just off County Road 000 and Berryville Road. When the corn is...

Old newspaper articles are often filled with information that capture our attention. This particular article captured Larry Curry’s...

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...