St. Joseph's Catholic Church at the Healy Settlement
photo taken 11 July 1921
The "Healy Settlement" is located about 7 to 10 miles east of Atlanta, Missouri and about 15 miles north-northeast of Macon, Missouri. The "Healy Settlement", had no political boundary or definition. It was an arbitrary socio-religious community. Its nucleus consisted of the property of six Irish-catholic Healy families, later joined by the Dutch-catholic John Mettes family. These families were later joined by other catholic families such as the Latchford and Lynch families. Through their faith and diligence these families established St. Joseph Parish in their community. Through marriage, these families were eventually entwined and as religious stresses between Catholics and Protestants waned, the identity of the "Haley Settlement" waned and disappeared. St. Joseph Parish also passed into history leaving only a few graves and tombstones to mark its location. There's a map of the Healy Settlement [918,445 bytes] showing the names of the people below and where they and their families lived during a specified period.
The photo below is of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at the Healy Settlement. |
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church at the Healy Settlement photo taken 11 July 1921 |
| The picture was taken for the event of the First Communion
of area children including Bernice Mettes, Leo Mettes, Paul Mettes, Oliver
Mettes, Francis Mettes, Molly Latchford, and others. View the above photo with names of the persons added [376,748 bytes] back to Mettes family tree page [photo and text provided by Chris Mettes and David Garth Mettes] |