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LOTTA, TEXAS
Harrison County,
East Texas
(Just off) FM 9
3 miles from Louisiana
15 miles E of Marshall
Population: 10 (1990)
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History
in Pecan Shell
Lotta is said to be named after the wife of a man named J. E. McLemore,
although no mention is made in our source of the man's authority to
name the town.
Lotta was a community with a post office - for only six months - in
1915.
Never a thriving community, Lotta's population was a mere ten people
in 1936 - the same as reported in 1990. Perhaps they are the same
people.
The community did have a school at one time - and a railroad (The
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway) until it was re-routed in the 1950s.
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J. E. Mclemore
was my great grandfather and he indeed named the community after his
beloved wife. They were third cousins and had 12 children. He bought
10 thousand acres of peach orchards. (That is what I was told). His
oldest daughter was Mozelle and when she was 18 he appointed her as
postmistress to the post office at the train station. There was a
huge house built with only four rooms [including] a dormitory for
the girls and one for the boys. The dining room table always had 25
or more to eat and was in the hall. There was a teacher and a German
couple that ran the smoke house and helped with the cooking. The family
was from Dallas and was very wealthy. Mr. McLemore was not skilled
to run a large peach plantation and the family lost the largest part
of their money on this venture. Mr. McLemores sectretary was Mr. Martin
Luther. He was a salesman, an honorary Colonel, a great spokesman
and author of at least one book on salesmanship. He was also the fastest
telegrapher in Texas at the age of 21. - Holly Swanson, Saginaw,
Texas, October 15, 2004
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