Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Mary R. Wingfield, Johnson County, Missouri
Jefferson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

MRS. MARY R. WINGFIELD,

P.O. Knobnoster, is prominent among the worthy pioneer ladies of
Jefferson township.  She was born in Callaway county, Missouri.  Her
father, William Coats, came here at an early day, from the state of
Tennessee.  Her husband, James C. Wingfield, was born in the state of
Virginia, and died in 1870, being about fifty years of age.  He was kind
and dutiful as a husband.  In politics, he always adhered to the Union,
being strictly loyal and patriotic on the side of the government.
Eleven children were born, seven of whom are now living.  They are as
follows: Charles W., John F., James C., Nannie E., Susan M., Joseph B.,
and Loudella.  Three of the children are married.  Mrs. Wingfield owns
one of the richest and best places in the northern part of the township.
The farming land is good, and blue-grass does well.  Her place is upon a
high elevation, near old High Point Baptist Church, and within the
bounds of Valley Grove school district No. 1.  The headwaters of Clear
Fork on the southwest and beautiful rolling prairie lands in the others
quarters.  Her residence is in section five, township forty-four, range
twenty-four.  In 1855 a vein of coal, about twenty-two inches thick, was
discovered here, and worked successfully prior to the war.  The coal
being of very excellent quality.  Sedalia, and towns that distance away,
sought and prized this coal superior for mechanical purposes.  Many
thousand bushels of coal have been taken from this mine, and it
continues to be inexhaustible, and no doubt, some day will prove to be
of great value.

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