Campbell Township Deaths, Greene County, Missouri

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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About ten years since the dead body of a man was found in the western
part of this township, in the timber.  A dog belonging to a colored man
brought to his master's residence a portion of a human leg.  This ghas-
tly circumstance led to an investigation, when the remaining portions 
of the body were discovered.  From all the indications the body had 
been hauled in a wagon to where it was found and then dumped.  Portions
of the red paint of the wagon were found on the brush over which it had
passed.  The skull was crushed in, and it was a clear case of murder, 
but what the circumstances were has never been learned.

Among the many tradgedies of the civil war the following may be men-
tioned in connection with the history of this township.  In September,
1862, a young man 21 years of age, named George N. Johnston, a son of
John B. Johnston, left this township, with two or three companions, 
for the Confederate army in Arkansas.  Across the line in Christian
county they were captured by some Union Home Guards or Federal militia
and young Johnston and another man named Hughes were killed.  Another
of the party named Ream, was captured, brought to Springfield, put to
work on the fortifications for a time and afterwards discharged.

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