Posted By:	james mcdaniel/joplin
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	Subject:	Re: JOPLIN MO. JAMES LEROY JOHNSON 1870
	Post Date:	February 18, 2003 at 12:03:42
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	Forum:	Joplin Family Genealogy Forum
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Joplin mo was named after a brother of JA Joplin a methodist minister. A business man names Cox was the promother to name the town after Joplin. A few months after the town was offically name Joplin, Mo Mr Joplin on. Information provided in the town records located in the libarary in Joplin, Mo