nearly the close of the war. The Dr. was wounded in the foot. Near the close of the war he was assigned to Gov. Milton's staff of Florida. After the close of the war he returned to his Kentucky home where he was for a short time a member of the Kentucky Conference. Owing to ill-health he abandoned his ministerial labors, and accepted a position in the female department of the Louisville City Hospital. From here he went to Shelbyville, where he continued in the practice of his profession for three years. Then he moved to St. Louis, and after engaging in his profession for sometime he was made physician of the St. Louis Sanitarium, a hospital for diseases of the brain and nervous system, and for six years he acted in the capacity of one of the experts on insanity in the courts of St. Louis, continuing at the same time the practice of his profession. In March, 1881, he was made Medical Superintendent at the Sweet Springs. In Feb., 1882, the Dr. moved his family to Pettis County, where he is at present engaged in the practice of his profession. The Dr. was married, June 20, 1869, to Miss Alice C. Wise. From this union there are five children. The Dr. owns a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, well improved and under a high state of cultivation.

L. H. WILLIAMS.

Post-office, Houstonia. Is the son of Absalom Williams, a native of North Carolina, but who emigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1845, and settled in Blackwater Township, where he remained until his death, which occurred in April, 1867. The subject of our sketch was born in Davidson County, N. C., Nov. 14, 1830. And in the fall of 1846 he came to Missouri, and located with his father in Pettis County. His advantages for an early education were very poor, he having to go from three to four miles to school, and the school term only being from two to three months in the year. In the spring of 1850 Mr. Williams, like many other young men of his day, took the California fever, to which State he made a trip, hoping to increase his wordly possessions in the shape of glittering gold; however, he remained only one year, when he returned to his home in Pettis County, where he remained until the war. Mr. Williams was married, Oct. 5, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Daniel, a daughter of Wm. Daniel, who was a native of North Carolina. From this union there were six children, four of whom are now living, viz: Effie A., Jane B., Wm. P. and Joseph A. Since Mr. W. has been a resident of Pettis County he has been engaged in farming and stock raising; he has also engaged extensively in stock feeding and shipping. He owns a fine farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres, situated on the rolling prairie of Blackwater Township. The farm is finely improved, with dwelling and other out-buildings.

WILLIAM WINSTON.

Post-office, Rowletta. Is the youngest child in a large family of children. His father, Jesse Winston, was a native of North Carolina. William was born in Franklin County, N. C., Feb. 18, 1833. He received a limited education from the common subscription schools of his native State. His father dying when he was about fourteen years old, he went to Tennessee, and made his home with one of his brothers, where he remained about six years; then he moved to Missouri, settling in the northwestern part of Pettis County, where he has since resided. Mr. Winston was married Oct. 16, 1856, to Miss Eliza J. Siceloff, a daughter of Andrew D. Siceloff of this county. From this union there were eight children, six of whom are yet living, viz: Sarah F., Verbena, Agnes, Charley, Josie and George. Mrs. Winston dying, Mr. W. was again married April 15, 1873, to Miss Maggie E. Wade. From this union there are four children, all of whom are living, viz: Stella, May, Ernest and Forrest. Since Mr. Winston's residence in Pettis County, he has been engaged in farming and stock raising. He owns a fine farm of 316 acres. Its improvements are in keeping with that of the neighborhood. A fine dwelling, a barn, outbuildings and other improvements. Mr. Winston also owns a fine farm in the southern part of the county, consisting of 116 acres.

EDWARD WOOD.

He is an older brother of Albion Wood; was born in Pettis County, Mo., in the month of October, 1842. Received a common school education. When about twenty years of age he embarked in the mercantile business for himself in Monroe County, this State, and afterwards run a store at Jonesborough, Saline County, which he continued for some years. In 1868 he returned to Pettis County and settled on his present farm, containing 320 acres of first class land, upon which he has erected a new and substantial residence of the latest design. In 1868 he was united in marriage with Miss Lonza Fisher, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Fisher of Saline County. They have seven children, O. H., E. H., F. H., J. C., Clifton W., Watson and Edward Wood. Mr. Wood, since moving on his farm, has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, and at the same time has dealt largely in cattle and hogs, and is well known throughout this county as one of its most substantial citizens. One of his favorite amusements is the gun, and to-day he enjoys a chase with the dogs. He and his brother, Albion, are of the generous whole-hearted men who have enjoyed life on the frontier.

CHAPTER XIV.-LONGWOOD TOWNSHIP.

Introduction--Name-The English Estate of Longwood-Organization-The First Voting Place-Pin Hook Mills-The First Court in the County-Physical Features-Churches -Schools-Potter Lodge, A. F. & A. M.-Longwood Lodge, I. O. O. F.-Incidents-Murder of Mr. Majors--Col. Fields Killed-Murder of Mrs. Raines--Murderer Burned by a Mob--Village of Longwood--Biographical.

The surface of this township presents, perhaps, as diversified an appearance as any township in the county. Hill and dale succeed one another. n marvelous profusion in whatsoever direction one may go. Prairie and forest add each its share to beautify the landscape, and the numerous small streams cut and carve the entire surface in a manner most charming, if not always convenient. There is but little history that can be given of this township distinctly separate from its neighbors. The reader is therefore referred to all the northern townships whose histories are so closely interwoven with each other as to be impossible to give a detailed one of each. It may be remarked, however, that the settlement of the township proceeded slowly. There seemed to be a most marked predilection in favor of more heavily wooded sections, or indeed of bottom lands. True it is that the settlers coming from the older States brought with them the manners and customs of the sections where they had matured. Το shake off the old habits, the old likes and dislikes, was a task to which the early settler had a special dislike, and he therefore allowed the old time habits to guide his judgment in the selection of a new homestead. Accustomed to hilly and woody regions, his choice leaned in that direction in his new home, and his location was accordingly selected on hillside or in valley. It was years before the prairie began to be viewed as a desirable home, and then only when the influx of population made such a choice a matter of necessity. To-day a great portion of its surface is under cultivation, and it no longer lies on the outskirts of civilization, but is the scene of marvelous activity.

NAME.-Longwood derives its name from the town situated on its eastern edge. Of this place it may be said it derives its name from truly aristocratic lineage. In England one of those grand old estates which we delighted to read about in our childhood days, is and has been called for centuries, Longwood, and in this far western county is repeated after the lapse of years, a name that is loved and honored in "that far-off-house across the sea." The town was first called Hermantown and the postoffice Oak Grove. This was about one mile north of the present town of Longwood, and when the petition for the change was made known to the. town, it was granted on condition that it should be called Longwood, there being another Oak Grove in the State.

ORGANIZATION.-Longwood township, although one of the earliest

settled in the county, is one of the latest in organization. It was originally part of Bowling Green, and then part of Heath's Creek and Mt. Sterling. In the organization of 1873 it was given the folowing boundaries:

To include all that portion of township forty-eight, range twenty-one, that belongs to Pettis County, and all of township forty-seven, range twenty-one, bounded as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of section twenty-four, township forty-eight, range twenty-one, running thence west on the county line to the northwest corner of section nineteen, township forty-eight, range twenty-one; running thence south on the range-line to the southwest corner of section thirty-one, township fortyseven, range twenty-one, running thence east on the township-line to the southeast corner of thirty-six township forty-seven, range twenty-one, running thence north on the range-line to place of beginning. It contains fifty-four sections of land, equalling 34,640 acres, and of this the greater part is valuable land.

In the southwestern part of the township is a little obscure place called in early years Pin Hook. Of this, little remains but the ruins, yet to the student of the history of Pettis County those ruins are as full of interest in connection with the early days of Pettis County, as are the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh to the student of Ancient History. Here first the voters of the county, then in its infancy, laid the foundation which has built the now famous county of Pettis. Here was exercised for the first time within the borders of our present noble county that inalienable right of every free American citizen, the right of a free and unrestricted ballot for the man of their choice to represent them in the General Assembly of representative men of the State. Before Georgetown was laid out, and years before the city of Sedalia had been conceived in the mind of even the wildest dreamer of the future greatness of not only the county, but the State, this little obscure place was the head of business in this county. It was the "business Mecca" to which the eyes of all the early settlers turned, and here they came to do their trading, have their milling done and discuss the political situation of the day; but it has now decayed until but little is left to tell the story of its former importance outside of the minds of the oldest citizens. These cherish the memories of those happy days when they met here to discuss the best methods of procedure in organization and election of officers. The first court ever held in the county was at this point and the docket of that term was meagre in the extreme, but one or two cases being on trial. In the chapter on "Courts and Bar" this subject is treated at length. (See p. 275.)

The first postmaster of the town was Thomas Wasson, and the first merchants of the place were Marmaduke & Sappington, the latter a relative of Dr. Sappington of Saline County, and Watson and Clifton Woods also did business here. When Georgetown was laid out they moved

to the new town. The first lawyers in Pin Hook were Geo. Heard, Washington Adams and Heydon.

After the county adopted township organization in 1873 the following officers were elected: James Roberts and Geo. F. S. Sprinkle, trustees; Wm. Hoffman, township clerk; W. C. Cheatau, assessor; Lewis Lower, collector.

CONFIGURATION.-In shape Longwood township is a parallelogram, being six miles east and west by nine north and south. It has perhaps as diversified physical features as any township in the county, being composed of beautiful prairie land interspersed with timbered belts along its streams, of which there are several in or passing through the township. Its timber is an old, natural growth, and affords for fuel and fencing purposes an adequate supply, not only for home consumption, but also for the neighboring townships that have little for their own use. A reckless waste of timber has been followed in this as in other townships for years; that of cutting down and using for fencing fine walnut logs, that, if shipped to market, would bring a handsome price, and even piling up valuable walnut, oak, cherry and ash logs and burning them to clear the cheap, hilly land, or sold for fuel on the market in competition with the cheap coals. While the whole country is appalled at the nearness of a timber famine, and Pettis County farmers are paying three prices for furniture manufactured in Indianapolis, Chicago, or other eastern cities, it looks very like sacrilege to the thoughtful eastern farmer. However, this is being remedied to some extent, and more care is being taken of this valuable product. Fine hedge fences are superseding the old fashioned rails, and the surplus of logs is being worked up by home mills or shipped to near markets and bring remunerative prices.

EARLY SETTLERS.-Of these there are only a few remaining to tell the story of how the country looked, how they lived, how they farmed and how they prospered. The township being until 1873 a part of others its early settlers are so interwoven with those of other townships that it is almost impossible to give them separately. However we present a list as nearly accurate as it was possible to obtain.

settled near LongBoth of these are now

James Scott came to Missouri and settled in Cooper County, in 1819. In 1830 he moved to this county and settled in the present township bounds. He has been dead for a number of years. Hiram Scott came in 1828 or '29, also from Cooper County. Wm. 'Head wood in 1827, coming from Howard County. dead. John Ellis came in 1828 from Cooper County, and is still living in the county. W. H. Chaney came in 1838 from Clarke County, Ky., and is still living in the township. P. T. Parsons came in 1840, from Green County, Ky., and is still living in the township. His father was born in