Plum

FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS


From Fayette County, Her History and Her People by F. Lotto, 1902:
Plum lies eight miles from La Grange on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. The surrounding country is prairie and postoak. It is a post office and a voting precinct of the county and consists of two stores, one saloon, two gins and two blacksmith shops. There is a resident physician in Plum.

Plum has a Baptist Church, called Plum Grove Church, which Rev. Q. T. Simpson is the pastor. There is also a Catholic Church at the place.

The population is American, German and Bohemian. Old settlers: Buck Drisdale, Ed. Manton (deceased), Jno. Drisdale (deceased), Jim O'Donnell.

Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church photographed by Gary McKee

 

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Plum, Texas
Handbook of Texas Online
Plum Depot, 1908, contributed by Julia Neeley

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