

Cleaning Tombstones Again Saturday
We will be cleaning tombstones again this Saturday September 13, 2023, at 8:00 am at Moffett Cemetery again. Directions from...

Lawrence Lore
Sep 14, 20232 min read
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Thanks Volunteers!
The weather was perfect for a group of volunteers to clean tombstones at Moffet Cemetery Saturday monring August 9. Shane Kocher with...

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Sep 11, 20231 min read
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Here an Obit; There an Obit
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...

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Aug 23, 20232 min read
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Monument at Moffett
This monument at Moffett Cemetery in Lukin Township intrigued the researchers. A search in the Lawrence County News found an article...

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Aug 17, 20231 min read
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Resetting E. Bell's Stone
After the stone of Elizabeth A. Bell at Bell Cemetery in Lukin Township, was reset and cleaned the inscription could be read. The...

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Jul 14, 20231 min read
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Archibald D. Moore, Civil War
MOORE, ARCHIBALD D. 1843-1902 154th Illinois Infantry, Company E, (Private) Pension #353916 Archibald D. Moore was born in July of 1843...

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Jul 7, 20232 min read
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Beware of HORSES
There are about 300 graves at Moffett Cemetery. Since this cemetery has been chosen as one the LCHS’s projects, stone cleaning has...

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Jul 6, 20232 min read
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George W. McGuire, Civil War
GEORGE W. MCGUIRE 1833-1881 11th Missouri Infantry, Company A (Private) George W. McGuire was born about 1833 in Brown County, OH. The...

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Jun 29, 20232 min read
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Clean a Tombstone Saturday
Restorations were recently completed on some of the Thomas Bell family headstones in Bell cemetery in Lukin Township as reported by...

Lawrence Lore
Jun 15, 20233 min read
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R.I.P. Malinda Duke Warner Crews
Thanks to the Crews descendants for donating a beautiful 1858 coffin handle from the casket of Malinda Duke Warner Crews to LCHS. The...

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May 28, 20231 min read
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