Elbert, Madge, and Robert Bailey
Elbert Bailey (1920-1990) was employed for 23 years with Girton Brothers Trucking in Lawrenceville. He also served four years as Lawrence...
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Apr 3, 20242 min read
POWs during the Civil War
Several men from Lawrence County enlisted in Company I, 130th Regiment Illinois Infantry and took part in the following engagements: Port...
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Apr 2, 20243 min read
Roosevelt Visits
In the 1900 Presidential Election, Lawrence County voters cast 1961 votes for the Republican candidates, McKinley and Roosevelt, and 2021...
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Apr 1, 20241 min read
kicking like sin. . .
Political activity in the state proceeded at a slower pace in 1906 with candidates starting their weary rounds much earlier in the...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 30, 20241 min read
Five Hearses
Usually when you read about a funeral being the largest one the county had seen, it means a lot of mourners attended. The meaning is...
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Mar 29, 20242 min read
A S Baird & Son Contractors
Alexander S Baird moved to Sumner in June 1864. He was a native of Wabash County where his family had migrated from Indiana in the early...
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Mar 28, 20243 min read
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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Mar 26, 20244 min read
Curl on the Top
After a delay because of a late shipment of equipment, The Dairy Queen located at the south Lawrenceville city limits on IL State Highway...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 25, 20241 min read
THE HISTORY OF “MULLEN’S FRENCH DRESSING” WILL BE NEXT HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM
Penny Shaw, of J. D. Mullen Company, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Lawrence County Historical Society on Monday,...
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Mar 23, 20241 min read