Biographical Sketch of L. Keywood, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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L. Keywood, dealer in staple and fancy groceries, has figured con-
spicuously in the development of the state and county.  He is a native
of Sullivan County, Tennessee, and was born January 2, 1819.  Whey 
young he removed to Overton County, Tennessee, where he was raised and
made his home, until 1840.  His father, John Keywood, was an old resi-
dent of Tennessee.  In 1840, our subject came to Missouri, locating in
Andrew County, where he engaged in farming.  The country at that time
being sparsely settled, he had many difficulties with which to contend.
In 1850, in company with D. M. Steele and others, he went to California
by the overland route, remaining eighteen months; then returned to 
Andrew County, and in September, 1862, took up his abode in St. Joseph.
For several years, he engaged in teaming and trading, and in 1860 en-
gaged in his present business.  Mr. Keywood has been twice married.
In 1843, Miss Celia LaNeir became his wife.  She died in 1855, leaving
two children: Matilda J. and Isabelle.  In 1855, Mrs. Cordelie Reno
became his wife, she being the daughter of William Nave, one of the
early settlers of Northwestern Missouri, and was married in 1846 to
Jefferson Reno, who died in 1847, leaving one son: William J.  Mr. and
Mrs. Keywood have two sons: Alfred Tinsley and Isaac T.

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