Hattie, Missouri
Hattie is an extinct town in southeast Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.[1] The community is on the South Prong Jacks Fork, south of Missouri Route Y, and two miles north of the county line.[2]
A post office called Hattie was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1957.[3][4] The community has the name of Hattie Cross, the wife of an early settler, John P Cross who acquired the land through the U.S. Homestead Act with his father William Cross. Upon John P's death in 1930, his wife, Gladys Cross (Parker/Fehr) assumed the role as post mistress for Hattie and continued to serve as post mistress for the outlying area around the homestead through two more marriages (Parker/Fehr).[5] Both she and her husband John P. Cross operated the post office from their small bedroom on the Hattie homestead. The homestead survived until the late 60's when Gladys passed.[6] Her children, relocated throughout Iowa and Kansas City.[7][8]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hattie
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 64, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- ^ US,Appointments of US Post Masters 1832-1971
- ^ Social Security Death Index
- ^ living relative
- ^ https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/civil_war/Homestead_Act.htm#:~:text=To%20help%20develop%20the%20American,western%20land%20to%20individual%20settlers. [bare URL]
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