Great article with lots of good names <big grin>. Seriously, I can help researchers with with many, but not all, of these names (see my tag line). Monya The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section B, Page 6 WINFIELD'S HISTORY FROM FIRST BEGINNINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS There are several different versions as to how the Depot (located since the beginning on the same spot) was located here. Mrs. R. E. MOORE, Sr. said that Dr. J. M. WHITLEY offered land for the depot near his residence, and members of the Elisha VICKERY family stated that the also offered land for the depot but it seems that the railroad officials considered both spots too hilly, and in the end the land offered by Henry F. MUSGROVE (according to Newt WHITEHEAD and Mrs. Clara ASTON) was decided the best. The depot was built on the MUSGROVE property in 1887. WINFIELD WAS NEEDMORE Many citizens agree that Winfield was first called Needmore, but in the year that the citizens established the first postoffice and the name Needmore was presented to the United States Post Office Department, thee was already a Needmore, Alabama so the officials submitted three names to William A. MUSGROVE for the final decision, Mrs. R. E. MOORE, Sr. stated, and Mr. MUSGROVE decided upon Winfield, Alabama because he admired General Winfield SCOTT so much. Willard DODSON stated that his mother remembered Mrs. Maggie HARRIS REESE, sister-in-law of Mr. MUSGROVE, helping Mr. MUSGROVE and his wife to decide of the name of Winfield. SUMP(sic) [SLUMP] IN 1891 WINFIELD E. G. TRULL, a citizen of Winfield since November 1891 and son of Winfield's first mayor, said that it seemed in 1891 and 92 that Winfield had a "set-back" as there were some three of the business houses unoccupied. As Mr. TRULL remembered Winfield in that year, the following places were doing business: WEBSTER and JONESES, Base McCOLLUM, Lige WADSWORTH, J. L. McGAHA, HARKINS and SHELTON (managed by J. A. NORTHCUTT) and later bought by R. W. HARRIS; one jeweler shop, DICKENSON and GAMBLE; one doctor's office, with two doctors, Dr. EARNEST and Dr. WHEELER; two hotels MUSGROVE and MARTIN; two gins, WEBSTER and JONES, and Farmer's Alliance; Farmers Alliance Cotton Yard, Camp House and Stock yards; one Tan Yard, Wilson WHITE (his son Abe made and repaired shoes); and two churches, the Baptist and Methodist, neither of which had seats. At this date there were thirty-seven families living in Winfield, Mr. TRULL stated and mapped out the dwellings as to location. He explained that one of the most colorful of the people in Winfield at that time was "Whistling Arthur Flunky" who worked at the MUSGROVE Hotel. CEMETERY STARTED 1889 E. G. TRULL also said that the Winfield Cemetery was started in either 1889 or 1890, when two or three of the children of John SMITH died of typhoid fever (John SMITH was distinguished from other John SMITHS as he was known as "Sage Grass." When other persons needed burial, Mr. TRULL said that his father W. Jasper TRULL, W. R. H. LODEN and Bill WEBSTER got together and bought space from the SMITHS for the cemetery. In the City Hall Records for 1935, under the Mayorship of James McDONALD, an addition to the Cemetery was obtained from Mrs. Gwenn McDONALD, an addition to The notes stated that Geneva, George, W. O., Felix N. and Ella McDONALD, along with Mr. MAY, granted permission to extend the cemetery boundaries and divide into forty-one burial lots to be sold by the "undersigned" but no list was given following undersigned. In recent years, the Winfield Garden Club has carried out an extensive beautifcation (sic) project, with the help of other organizations, and in 1954, the Garden Club placed a memorial marker at the Grave of Frank Smith, whom they said donated part of the land for the beginning of the cemetery. Researching: ANDERSON, ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON, FYLLINGSNES, GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, LESLIE, McDONALD, MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, SMOOT, SOUTH, THOMPSON, and WEBSTER.