CHURCHILL OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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CHURCHILL, Armistead Ludwell 1868 - 1928

Lud Churchill - Armistead Ludwell Churchill was born near Windsor, Mo., Dec. 29, 
1868, a son of H. C. and Virginia Owsley Churchill, died Sunday morning, Nov. 18, 
at Rochester, Minn., after an operation on Saturday morning. He had been in bad 
health for eight years. About 39 years ago he was married to Mamie Squires, who 
died five years ago next January. Two children, Mrs. Helen Slack of Sikeston, Mo., 
and a son, Halsell, who died at the age of two years, were born to them. He 
traveled out of St. Louis for many years, then moved to Vinita, Oklahoma, thirty-
two years ago, where he has since resided. He was public spirited and always a 
booster for everything that built up the community. He had been president of the 
First National Bank of Vinita for many years and was vice-president of the 
National Jersey Association. He organized the Rotary Club at Vinita, was a 32nd 
degree Mason and Shriner, and a member of the Presbyterian church at Vinita. 
Besides his daughter he leaves his father, H. C. Churchill, three sisters, Mrs. Myda 
Garrett, Pryor, Okla.; Flossie Ball of Mangum, Okla., and Miss Mary Churchill of 
Windsor, and one brother, Barber Churchill of Bartlesville, Okla. Funeral services 
were conducted at his home in Vinita Wednesday afternoon, and interment will be 
made in Laurel Oak Cemetery, Windsor, this (Thursday) afternoon under the 
auspices of the Masonic lodge.


CHURCHILL, Henry C. 1845 - 1936

Henry C. Churchill, Oldest Mason In Missouri, Died Here Saturday - Pioneer Citizen 
and Business Man Had Lived In Windsor for Over Sixty-five Years - With the death 
of henry C. Churchill, which occurred Saturday, July 11 1936, Windsor has lost 
the last of its old line pioneer citizens and business men. Mr. Churchill came to 
Windsor February 1, 1871, as a young man twenty-five years of age, when 
Windsor was only a small trading center, and opened a hardware store, and from 
that day until his recent failure in health, he has identified himself with every 
progressive movement for the betterment of the city. He disposed of his 
hardware business in 1876 to W. J. Colbow, and purchased a drug store which he 
operated until 1886, and then disposed of it to join his brother-in-law, the late 
R. N. Owsley, in the operation of a flour mill, located at the present site of the 
Windsor Ice Plant. This was destroyed by the explosion of the boilers in 1891, 
and he then assisted in the organization of a company to build a new mill near the 
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, which was afterwards acquired by Ed 
Willoughby, and later destroyed by fire. Space will not permit to detail all of the 
activities of Mr. Churchill's life, but it can be said that he was actively 
connected with every progressive community and business activity for the past 
sixty-five years. He was Mayor of Windsor for one term, was City Clerk one term, 
served on the School Board fourteen years, was a charter member of the Windsor 
Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and had been an active member of the 
Masonic Lodge for sixty-eight years. Mr. Churchill had the distinction and honor 
of being the oldest Mason in the state of Missouri. He was a charter member and 
active in the organization of the Retail Druggist Association for the State of 
Missouri, and was the first vice-president of the State organization; was active 
in the organization of the first bank in Windsor in 1877, and was also Secretary 
of the first Building and Loan Association organized in Windsor. In his home he 
was a typical Southern host, and his greatest pleasure in life was to entertain 
and enjoy the fellowship and companionship of his friends. Henry C. Churchill, the 
son of A. L. and Rebecca C. Churchill, was born in Union County, Kentucky, August 
31, 1845, and came to Johnson County, Missouri, with his parents and two sisters 
in 1866, where he lived until he moved to Windsor in 1871. He was married 
November 20 1866, to Miss Virginia Owsley, in Johnson County, Missouri, and to 
this union were born, Armstead L. (now deceased), Eliza (now Mrs. R. H. Garrett) 
and Florence (now Mrs. J. Parks Ball). Mrs. Virginia Churchill died June 24, 1879, 
and in October, 1881 Mr. Churchill was married to Miss Missouri Campbell, and to 
this union were born two children, Samuel Barber and Mary J., who survive him. 
Mrs. Missouri Churchill died November 29, 1889. He later married Mrs. Sarah E. 
Barber, who preceded him in death on November 20, 1912. Since her death he and 
his daughter, Mary J., have made their home on Tebo street in Windsor, where he 
departed this life on Saturday evening at ten o'clock. In August, 1866, at a 
revival service conducted by Rev. B. F. Lawler and Rev. Frank Goodwin at old 
Hickory Point church in Johnson County, he was converted and joined the Hickory 
Point Baptist Church and has lived a faithful, consistent and active Christian life 
from that time to the time of his death. In addition to his children, all of whom 
were with him at the time of his death, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Fannie Calmes, 
of Windsor, two grandchildren, Mrs. Helen Slack of Sikeston, Mo., and Homer 
Churchill of Newark, New Jersey and one great grandchild, Churchill Slack of 
Sikeston, Mo. In his passing it can be truly said that Windsor and community has 
lost its outstanding pioneer citizen, who has given unselfishly of his time, 
energy and money to make his town and community a better place in which to 
live, and he will be remembered by the present generation was one of our most 
dependable and outstanding citizens. The funeral service was held from the home 
on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by his old friend, Rev. G. L. Bush, of 
Carrollton. The beautiful and impressive Masonic burial service was held at the 
grave side and he was laid to rest in the family lot in Laurel Oak Cemetery.

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