Longwood, Missouri

Situated in the northwestern part of the township is the pleasant little village of Longwood, with 125 inhabitants. From this place the township takes its name. It has several stores, shops, one church building and a good school house in course of erection. Mail is received daily from Sedalia. The town has no railroad, but had it one giving rapid communication with its neighboring towns, it would be one of the most pleasant little places in which to make a home, that it has been the writer's privilege to visit. It is just at the edge of a splendid stretch of timber, and on high, rolling ground, and everything in the way of pleasant scenery around it to make it attractive. Its business men are: James Roberts, postmaster, and general merchandise. Mr. Roberts has been postmaster ontinuously tor the past twenty years. Sale & Hoffman, dry goods, (S^ B. Sale the senior partner is a senior member of a St. Louis firm.) Daniel E. Wilcox, dry goods, groceries and drugs; A. B. Caton, dry goods, groceries and drugs; John Sinchaugh, saddler; S. G. Hanley, blacksmith; A. C. Chaney, blacksmith; Jacob Eappel, shoemaker; J. A. Rawlette, bricklayer; E. G. Frazier, M. E. Minisler, R. Slomer, carpenters; Judge I). E. Ore ar, notary public; John Morris, carpenter; Henry Barnhoft', carpenter.

Passage source: The History of Pettis County, Missouri, Including an Authentic History of Sedalia, Other Towns and Townships, Together with ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1882.

Was born in Clay County, Ky., in the year 1809. His parents were natives of Virginia, both of whom died in the State of Kentucky, his father aged eighty-six and his mother forty-five years. Mr. Baker was married in 1835, to Miss Nancy Rout, who onl}^ lived ten years. In the year 1846, he was again married to Miss Lydia Montgomery, of Kentucky, her father being a native of Maryland, and her mother of England. He is the father of six children, one son and five daughters, all of whom are married except two, and residing in the county. One of his daughters is the wife of Henry Y. Fields, County Clerk of Pettis County, Missouri. Mr. B. came to Pettis County in 18.55, and purchased a magnificent farm of 400 acres, lying fifteen miles north of the city ot Sedalia, near what is known as the Independence and Boonville trail. This farm was formerly owned bv Dr. Ferris, and it was at this place that the first post-office was established, bearing the name of Longwood. He has disposed of a part of his land, but has retained 264 acres, 220 acres of which is in a high state of cultivation, well improved with good fences, a large and commodious dwelling, in the center of a magnificent lawn, and surrounded by a growth of magnificent shade trees. The lawn, garden, vinevard and orchard indicate the presence and care of a master in fruit and garden culture, and landscaping. He has forty acres of fine timber,, quite a portion of which is black walnut. His farm consists of what is termed mulatto soil, high rolling prairie, and divided into oblong fields of a convenient size for farming and grazing purposes. He grows from fifty to one hundred acres of com, and from thirty to fifty acres of wheat, averaging from sixteen to twenty-five bushels to the acre. The place is watered by good wells and ponds. Mr. B. is a popular and influential man, characterized by sterling sense, unimpeachable integrity, and commands a high appreciation by all who know him.

Passage source: The History of Pettis County, Missouri, Including an Authentic History of Sedalia, Other Towns and Townships, Together with ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1882.

Residence at Green Lawn Academy; post-office, Longwood. He is one of the pioneer doctors of Pettis County, and was born in Virginia, on April 11, 1827. His father was a prominent man in Virginia. He moved to Saline County, Mo., in 1839, and there owned a large farm. ^The sub- ject of this sketch came with his father to Missouri, and has since lived in the State. His grandfather was an officer in the Revolutionary War; was also in the war of" 1812. In 1855-6 he was in Louisville, Ky. He graduated in the spring of 1856 at the Medical College at Louisville, Ky. He then went to Illinois, where he practiced his profession for a few years; then returned to Missouri and practiced in the northeast part of the State, retiring in 1858 to the old homestead in Saline County. About the year 1860 he moved to Longwood, where he practiced during the war, his field of labor being from the Lamine to Houstonia, and some five or ten miles around. He has changed locations a few times, but has been all the time in the county. He was married in 1851 to Miss Mary K. Ward. By this union they have been blessed with five children, three of whom are dead. The two Hving are: James S., who is now studying medicine, and Minnie L.

Passage source: The History of Pettis County, Missouri, Including an Authentic History of Sedalia, Other Towns and Townships, Together with ... Biographical Sketches .., published 1882.

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