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

The only enforcement of the death penalty in Lawrence County, Illinois was that of Elizabeth Reed. She was however not a resident of...

JULY 14, 1897 Heathsville is horror-stricken over the tragic death of John Hilbert, who has been making his home with Wm Long for several...

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

On December 5, 1918, D. Galbreath moved his family from Johnson City to Sumner having leased the D. D. Emerick home. He then advertised...

September 28, 1911 Four Slot Machines Confiscated by the Sheriff and State’s Attorney Last week Earl R Decker, who owns a number of slot...

August 20, 1914 Lawrenceville Republican The quiet village of Birds was excited Saturday by the attempted hold- up of the cashier in...

January 8, 1902 Sumner Press A Coroner’s inquest was held at the residence of E. P in southeast Christy township over the bodies of two...

The first court record in Lawrence County, dated June 4,1821, shows that Michael Stufflebeam and Benjamin Matthews were indicted for...

Death of Horace Bennett December 30, 1905 Sunday morning about 10 o’clock, the body of a man was discovered by some men in the woods...