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190 HISTORY OF PETTIS COUNTY 1831 from Callaway County. He was formerly from Virginia. Riley Kemp came near the same year, and was elected second sheriff of the county. Among the early churches organized in the county were those in Bowling Green township, or as it is now called, Heath's Creek and Long- wood. Of these as complete a history as could be obtained is given in Heath's Creek township, and in this township we shall treat only of the churches of 1882. The Longwood Methodist Episcopal Church of Longwood was or- ganized some years before the war. The Congregation worship in a frame building erected conjointly by them and the Presbyterian denomi- nation at a cost of $1,200. The early pastors were: W. B. McFarland, J. L. D. Blevins, A. M. Rader, Josiah Godby, M. Duran, G. P. Smith, L. M. Phillips, and E. G. Frazier. The original members of the church were Reuben Creel and wife, J. C. Hemphill and wife, James I. Belwood and family, Wilson Jones and family, William Ricks, Col. Buford and family, Mrs. Horton, James Estes, and one or two families of the Kemps. Prairie Grove Baptist Church was organized in February, 1880, by Rev. S. W. Whipple. They were situated in the northeastern part of the township. In the township of Longwood there were six early-day schools. Per- haps the most important was Green Lawn Seminary, built for a private school and located about five miles south of Longwood. It was organized by Rev. Gordon Turner, as a Cumberland Presbyterian school, but after the year 1878 it was conducted as a public school. The Longwood school enrolled seventy pupils. The school house that had been used up to the year 1882 was a brick, but it became too dilapi- dated for use and a neat frame was erected in 1883, at a cost of $800. It was under the supervision of Mr. A. W. Ryan. During the war there were one or two bloody deeds committed in the township. William Majors was murdered in the year 1862, by a drunken rowdy on his farm near Longwood. Col. W. H. Fields came from Louisville, Kentucky, and settled southwest of Longwood. He erected the finest brick house that up to its time had been built in the county. During the dark days of the war, Mr. Fields met his death at the hands of one of the gangs of marauders that then infested these parts. Per- haps the most foul deed ever perpetrated in the township was the murder of Mrs. Henry Raines, in 1852, by a negro man belonging to a Mr. France.
| Title | History of Pettis County, Missouri |
| Creator | McGruder, Mark A. |
| Subject |
Pettis County (Mo.)--History Pettis County (Mo.)--Biography |
| Date.Original | 1919 |
| Date.Digital | 2007 |
| Format | jp2 |
| Collection Name | Missouri County Histories Collection |
| Source | Topeka, Indianapolis, Cleveland : Historical Pub. Co., 1919. |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Identifier | mch000077 |
| Publisher | Missouri State Library |
| Rights | All images are in the public domain |
| Language | English |
| County |
Pettis County (Mo.) |
| Coverage | Missouri -- Pettis County; |
| Contributing Institution |
Truman State University |
| Copy Request | Contact Picker Memorial Library reference desk at (660) 785-4051 |
| Title | mch000077p0190 |
| Format | JP2 |
| Transcript | 190 HISTORY OF PETTIS COUNTY 1831 from Callaway County. He was formerly from Virginia. Riley Kemp came near the same year, and was elected second sheriff of the county. Among the early churches organized in the county were those in Bowling Green township, or as it is now called, Heath's Creek and Long- wood. Of these as complete a history as could be obtained is given in Heath's Creek township, and in this township we shall treat only of the churches of 1882. The Longwood Methodist Episcopal Church of Longwood was or- ganized some years before the war. The Congregation worship in a frame building erected conjointly by them and the Presbyterian denomi- nation at a cost of $1,200. The early pastors were: W. B. McFarland, J. L. D. Blevins, A. M. Rader, Josiah Godby, M. Duran, G. P. Smith, L. M. Phillips, and E. G. Frazier. The original members of the church were Reuben Creel and wife, J. C. Hemphill and wife, James I. Belwood and family, Wilson Jones and family, William Ricks, Col. Buford and family, Mrs. Horton, James Estes, and one or two families of the Kemps. Prairie Grove Baptist Church was organized in February, 1880, by Rev. S. W. Whipple. They were situated in the northeastern part of the township. In the township of Longwood there were six early-day schools. Per- haps the most important was Green Lawn Seminary, built for a private school and located about five miles south of Longwood. It was organized by Rev. Gordon Turner, as a Cumberland Presbyterian school, but after the year 1878 it was conducted as a public school. The Longwood school enrolled seventy pupils. The school house that had been used up to the year 1882 was a brick, but it became too dilapi- dated for use and a neat frame was erected in 1883, at a cost of $800. It was under the supervision of Mr. A. W. Ryan. During the war there were one or two bloody deeds committed in the township. William Majors was murdered in the year 1862, by a drunken rowdy on his farm near Longwood. Col. W. H. Fields came from Louisville, Kentucky, and settled southwest of Longwood. He erected the finest brick house that up to its time had been built in the county. During the dark days of the war, Mr. Fields met his death at the hands of one of the gangs of marauders that then infested these parts. Per- haps the most foul deed ever perpetrated in the township was the murder of Mrs. Henry Raines, in 1852, by a negro man belonging to a Mr. France. |
