A Town of Their Own

Description

Illustrated History of Longwood, Mo.
By Betty Wasson Singer with Becky Imhauser
368 pages, 330+ photos and illustrations
Indexed; signed by the authors

This book features the history of Longwood: area schools, churches, businesses, post
office, bank, lodges. It includes complete genealogical data and photos for more than 700
persons buried at Longwood Cemetery plus profiles of their family members and friends.
It also features Colorado Cemetery
Town of Their Own is part of Betty Wasson Singer’s illustrated histories of rural
communities and cemeteries in Pettis County. Others in the series include the Mt.
Herman Cemetery and the Bothwell Community and Hopewell Cemetery and the
Newland/Pin Hook Community
A Town of Their Own Includes:
 Longwood-area churches: Presbyterian, Methodist; photos, news items,
information about pastors
 Longwood-area schools: Green Lawn Ladies’ Seminary, Sunnymede School,
Anderson School, Longwood Elementary School, Longwood High School,
Cartwright (Science Hill) School, Longwood Consolidated School District,
Stephen A. Douglas School of Music
 News and highlights from 1871-1974, including a feature about Bois D’Arc
Cooperative Farm, part of the Osage Farm project during the Depression.

Featured Families Include:
Alexander, Allen, Allison, Alspach, Alspaugh, Alspaw, Alton, Alwell, Ambrose,
Anderson, Armstrong, Arnest, Arnett, Arnold, Ash, Aubushon, Ayres, Bagnell, Bailey,
Baker, Baldwin, Barley, Barnes, Barnett, Barnhill, Bealert, Bell, Belwood, Berry, Birk,
Bishop, Blackburn, Black, Blackwell, Blum, Boatright, Brummett, Bullard, Bunch,

Burford, Burlingame, Burton, Butterbaugh, Butterwick, Butts, Buxton, Byrd, Caldwell,
Callis, Campbell, Capen, Cartwright, Cayton, Chamberlain, Chamberlin, Chaney,
Chastain, Cheatham, Christensen, Clark, Claycomb, Clifford, Clopton, Coffelt,
Colaflower, Collins, Conaway, Connor, Cooper, Cousins, Craigg, Crawford, Crockett,
Cummins, Cunningham, Curry, Curtis, Danner, Davis, DeJarnette, Dickerson, Dillon,
Dilthey, Dinwidie, Dixon, Donnell, Dotson, Douglas, Dowdy, Dow, Driskell, Duffield,
Durley, Edwards, Elliott, Ellis, Elmore, Epple, Estes, Ezell, Farris, Feris, Ficken, Field,
Finley, Finnell, Foley, Ford, Fowler, French, Fristoe, Gabriel, Garrett, Garrigus, Gentry,
George, Gillespie, Glass, Glasscock, Glazebrook, Golay, Gorrell, Gray, Green, Greer,
Griffith, Grimes, Grinstead, Guenther, Guier, Haggard, Haley, Hall, Hammond, Hanley,
Hansbro, Hansbrough, Harper, Harris, Hartman, Harvey, Hayes, Head, Hedger,
Henderson, Hess, Hieronymus, Hoffman, Holder, Hollenbeck, Holman, Hopkins,
Houston, Howe, Huff, Hughes, Hunter, Hurt, Jackson, Jeffries, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones,
Jopling, Kabler, Karrick, Kays, Kearney, Kelly, Kelley, Kemp, Kennedy, Kindler, King,
Kirkpatrick, Lake, Lakin, Lane, Latimer, Lauer, Lawler, Lawson, Leaton, Leftwich,
Lewis, Lightfoot, Longan, Lower, Luther, Lynn, Lyon, Major, Manley, Marr, Marshall,
Martin, May, McClellan, McClure, McCurdy, McDaniel, McDonald, McFarland,
McGuire, McMullin, McNeish, McQuitty, Menefee, Meyer, Michael, Miller, Mitchell,
Moffett, Montgomery, Morgan, Morris, Mullin, Mullins, Murphy, Naylor, Neal, Nichols,
Nunn, Orear, Orr, Owen, Pace, Parker, Parkhurst, Patterson, Payne, Paxson, Pemberton,
Perkins, Phillips, Pile, Pilkenton, Porter, Pottenger, Potter, Powell, Priest, Primm,
Prowell, Pummill, Quaintance, Quick, Rader, Raines, Ramey, Rayl, Ream, Rector,
Redcay, Reed, Reid, Renison, Rennison, Renno, Rhodes, Rice, Richardson, Riley,
Robbins, Robb, Roberts, Rodda, Rogers, Rowlett, Rowlette, Rumsey, Ryan, Sampson,
Schanz, Schloemer, Schlomer, Schondelmaier, Schondelmeyer, Schroeder, Schupp,
Scott, Sellers, Settles, Shackleford, Shoemaker, Short, Shull, Singer, Skinner, Slaughter,
Smiley, Smith, Sombart, Sommers, Sowash, Spears, Spencer, Staples, Stephens, Stevens,
Stockton, Strole, Sullivan, Swartzel, Swope, Tabler, Taylor, Tevis, Thomas, Thomson,
Thornton, Thurman, Tickameyer, Tickemyer, Timberman, Todd, Toombs, Toussaint,
Turner, Tyler, Vanatta, Viar, Voight, Vollrath, Walk, Walker, Ward, Wells, Wheeler,
Wilcox, Wilkerson, Willard, Williams, Wingfield, Witcher, Wood, Woodson, Young,
Younger, Zoll, Zumalt