Hi, once again I quote Homer Stephen in his book "The Frontier Postmasters", published in 1952 by the Dublin Progress. PURVES POSTMASTERS were John T Simmons, 8/21/1901, : Thomas J. White, 2/1/1907 : Jessie J. O'Connor 9/13/1897. They had a school and churches and a cemetery in the Purves area. If you do not have a Texas or Erath County map, I am almost sure Purves in on the Erath County page of the Texas Almanac published annually by the Dallas Morning News. Taker care, Charles Wyly