Biographical Sketch of William A. Killingsworth, Walnut Grove Township, Greene County, Missouri

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

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Mr. Killingsworth was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, January 6, 1827.
His parents were William and Matilda (McClure) Killingsworth, who came
to this county in 1839, and settled in section one of Boone township.
The father died in 1865, though the mother still survives at this writ-
ing, and is living on the old homestead.  William, Jr. received his 
education in the common schools, and earlyu in life chose the vocation
of farming.  In 1845 he purchased the place where he now resides, three
miles southeast of Walnut Grove, his farm containing 171 acres of good
land and well improved.  During the civil war of 1861-65 he was one of
the first to volunteer his services for home protection, and served
faithfully till the close of the war.  Mr. Killingsworth was first
married February 17, 1848, but his wife died in 1865, and he was again
married September 6, 1866, to Miss Rebecca Jordan.  By his first marr-
iage Mr. Killingsworth had seven children, and three by the last marr-
iage.  Five of the first and all of the last children survive at this
writing.  The present Mrs. Killingsworth belongs to the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Killingsworth is one of the early settlers,
as he came to this State with his parents in 1839.  Having passed 
through many changes and privations, he has at last, by industry and
economy, amassed a competency sufficient for comfortable living and
stands well in the community where he is known.

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