Effingham County IL Archives Biographies.....Le Crone, George M. 1853 - 
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Author: Lake City Publishing Co.

GEORGE M. LE CRONE, a member of the firm of Le Crone & Mechler, editors and
publishers of the Effingham Democrat, was born in Ewington, the old county seat
of Effingham County, December 23, 1853. He is a son of Dr. John Le Crone, one of
the early physicians and pioneer settlers of this county. With his parents he
removed to Effingham when seven years of age, and there attended the public
schools until 1870, spending his summer vacations in different kinds of labor in
the city and on a farm. When his school life was ended at that place he entered
the State Normal University at Normal, Ill., in the fall of 1870, and after
pursuing a three-years course of study was graduated from that institution, in
June, 1873. Soon afterward he entered upon the profession of teaching, being
employed in that capacity in the district school in Effingham County for a year.
In 1875 he became Principal of the Effingham East Side School, serving as such
for one year. He then accepted the position of Deputy Circuit Clerk and served
in that capacity for two years. Mr. Le Crone then entered the field of
journalism. In January, 1878, he purchased a half-interest in the Effingham
Democrat, and for three years was a joint editor with John Honey, Sr., of that
paper and continued with his successor, Owen Scott, until October 1, 1881, when
he sold out, and for a time kept books for the firm of Asgood & Kingman. In
December, 1881, in company with C. F. Coleman, he established the Altamont News
and continued its publication until 1885. In October, 1882, he formed a
partnership with N. D. Clutter, under the firm name of Clutter & Le Crone, they
doing a real-estate, loan and insurance business. This connection was continued
until 1885, when they discontinued the business and dissolved partnership.

  Mr. Le Crone was married in 1879 to Miss Frances N. Nitcher, of Effingham. He
and his wife have a wide circle of acquaintance in this community, where they
have long made their home and are numbered among its highly respected and
esteemed citizens.

  On the 1st of June, 1884, Mr. Le Crone purchased the Effingham Democrat, which
he conducted alone for six years. On the expiration of that period he admitted
to partnership George V. Mechler, and the firm of Le Crone & Mechler was formed.
The Democrat is a six-column quarto, all home print. The firm built and
completed their present office in August, 1892. It is a brick and stone
structure, 60x20 feet, two stories in height, and is all occupied by their
business. The office is complete in all its appointments, in fact it is one of
the best in southern Illinois. It is lighted by electricity, heated by steam,
and the printing is done with a fine Cranston press. During the past two years
the circulation of the paper has increased twenty-five per cent. Mr. Le Crone is
a versatile and ready writer and the Democrat is a bright, newsy sheet, well
deserving of a liberal patronage.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Effingham, Jasper and Richland Counties
Chicago: Lake City Publishing Co.
1893

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