Portrait of Amy Louiza (aka Lula) Dyer. She was born about 1872. Her parents were William Dyer and Amy Litherland. Her marriages were to Monesa Junction Klar, William Lattore, John V. Atkins, and William Campbell (who she murdered). She was sent first to the Peoria State Hospital and later transferred to the Manteno State Hospital. She died and was buried at the Manteno State Hospital on 26 Mar 1942.
Amy Louiza (Dyer) Campbell of Manteo, Kankakee County, Illinois United States was born circa 1872, and died in 1872. Amy Campbell was buried on March 26, 1942 at Manteo State Hospital in Manteno.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...
Did you know medics, doctors and nurses used to prescribe narcotics as treatment?
Radium water, cough syrup made of alcohol, marijuana, and morphine, cocaine toothache drops for children, snake oil - medicine has changed quite a bit in the past 100 years or so, as has the way that ...