About the Mayfield Township

The Mayfield Township is located in 35N - 36N Range 14 West.  The main communities are as follows:

• Richland, Township 36N, Range 14W, Section 13.  The largest portion of this town is located in Pulaski County.  A portion is also in Camden County.
• Stoutland, Township 36N, Range 14W, Section 31.  On the Camden County line.

Early Settlers

The 1889 Laclede History reflects the earliest settlers of the Mayfield Township 36, Range 14 as  George W. Davis and James Hendrick, in 1844; John Quinn, in 1848.

The 1889 Laclede History reflects the earliest settlers of the Mayfield & Smith Townships in Township 35, Range 14:  Adam Todd, Lewis McCain and William Murrell, in 1840; Jeremiah Rowland and John Mosher, in 1842; William Sanders and William P. Rippy, in 1843; John Fugate, in 1844; Benjamin F. Fugate and William H. Smith, in 1846, M. B. Woody, in 1849.

In 1845 through 1849 the first settlers to purchase land from the US Government in the Mayfield Township were:

• Adam Todd, 91.35 acres in section 4, Township 35N, Range 14W
• Isaac N. Davis, 40 acres in section 2, Township 35N, Range 14W
• George W. Davis, 80 acres in section 33 & 34, Township 36N, Range 14W
• Robert Davis, 40 acres in section 34, Township 36N, Range 14W
• James Hendrick, 80 acres in section 33, Township 36N, Range 14W
• John Quinn, 40 acres in section 35, Township 36N, Range 14W

Building pipeline -- 1919

The Lebanon (MO) Daily Record, Friday, November 2, 2001, Kirk Pearce

This photo of building the pipeline through Stoutland in 1919 was submitted by Marie Houser of Lebanon.  Everett Marshall is the only man identified.  He is the second man from the left.

Stoutland area men -- 1937

The Lebanon (MO) Daily Record, Tuesday, March 12, 2002, Kirk Pearce

This photo of a group of Stoutland area men was taken on Feb. 23, 1937, on a banking trip to St. Louis Land Bank to be consulted about financial conditions of the Stoutland vicinity.  Shown are G. H. Miller, Lloyd Calkin, Hugh McClure, and Floyd Miller.

Gathering at old Friendship School -- 1974

The Lebanon (MO) Daily Record, Wednesday, November 21, 2001, Kirk Pearce

Several Stoutland High School classmates and friends, are shown at a gathering at the old Friendship School (community building) in 1974.  First row from left:  Earl McClure, Maggie Barr, Hazel McClure, Lorene Barr Dickensen, Norma Alloway, Mildred Barr Webster and Ruby Willard; second row:  Nora Mitchell, Lucille Gregory, Bernice Fenton, unidentified, Phyllis Price and Kathryn Goss; and identified in the fourth row are Bill Fenton, Leo Brown and Preston Schmoutey.  This photo was submitted by Lucille Gregory of Sleeper.

• Stoutland Schools

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