Re: Fry Town, Hannibal, Missouri: Glascock
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Fry Town, Hannibal, Missouri: Glascock
Jerry McAfee 1/04/12
Place name: Frytown
Description: A settlement of five cabins, one of the first, in the vicinity of Hannibal; made by the Frys; hence the name. Campbell speaks of them as coming as early as 1819. They and their descendants have lived in Hannibal ever since. (Campbell 1874, 349; Atlas Marion 1875, 10; HIST. MARION 1884, 950; Morris Anderson)
Source: Elliott, Katherine. "Place Names of Six Northeast Counties of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938
http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.htmlhttp://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.html
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There is a Frytown Rd. on the outside the Hannibal City Limits in some of the early city directories.