Hazzard's history of Henry county, Indiana, 1822-1906, Volume I, Part 3

Author: Hazzard, George, 1845-
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Newcastle, Ind., G. Hazzard, author and publisher
Number of Pages: 1000


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Yost, Jacob W.


479


Yount, David S.


447


INDEX OF SEVEN-PLATE ILLUS- TRATIONS.


A


PAGES


PAGES


Bunch, George W


306


Abshire, James T.


121


Bundy, Eugene H.


1004


Albertson, John.


760


Bundy, Martin L.


.51, 936, 1004


Albright, John.


432


Bundy, Omar.


592


Albright, William H.


453


Bunker, Jesse


326


Alshouse, Hiram


542


Burch, Erastus


728


Anderson, Isaiah B.


1096


Burchett, Thomas J


264


Anderson, Miles E.


737


Burk, Daniel.


391


Antrim, John B.


963


Burk, Milton.


523


Archibald, Peter


1096


Burke, George W . 768,


970


Armstrong, John.


807


Burr, Lafe J 844


Armstrong, Morrow P


60


Burris, Daniel H


90


Arnold, Samuel.


844


Burris, Elwood


998


Atkinson, George P


988


Burton, George. 74


176


B


C


Ball, William D


462


Ballard, Jesse


112


Cain, George H. 468


Ballard, Joseph.


781


Callahan, William R.


963


Barnard, William O 1004


Calvert, Charles L. 592


Bateman, Henry C.


616


Cameron, William M. 453


Beach, George P.


326


Camplin, James M.


790


Bedford, Collins T


833


Canaday, Charles W.


264


Bedford, William S.


883


Cartwright, James W 168


323


Bennett, Thomas W


428


Catt, Daniel


998


Berry, David W


453


Chambers, David W


338


Black, James W


1096


Chambers, Walter S.


1089


Bock, William B.


468


Champ, George W. 542


Boor, William F.


184


Chenoweth, Isaac N. 728


Bowers, David


523


Chew, Harvey B. 338


542


Bowman, Shepperd


893


Clements, Courtland C. 592


428


Brattain, Hiram B. 712


Coffin, Arthur W 844


Brenneman, Daniel W 560


Coffin, Thaddeus. 844


Brenneman, Eli. 768


Collins, Robert K. 781


Brenneman, George


420


Comstock, Daniel W


616


Bridget, Henry C.


323


Cook, Thomas J


893


Brookshire, Eli.


458


Coon, Allen W.


60


Brookshire, Thomas J.


737


Cooper, Caleb H.


823


Brookshire, William.


1022


Cooper, John E.


893


Brown, Henry 128


Cooper, Robert H.


970


Brown, James.


936


Copeland, Exum.


823


Brown, Joseph M.


781


Cosand, Cornelius W.


168


Brown, William H.


317 Craft, John A. 391


Bowers, Salathiel. 883


Clapper, John.


Brandon, George W


839


Cline, Adam H.


Benbow, Benjamin F


468


Cary, Oliver H.


Butler, Charles M.


29


INDEX OF SEVEN-PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS.


Craig, Samuel. 883


Craven, Gilliam L. 560


Crawford, William C. 432


Cray, Richard. 121


G


Cross, Calvin. 344


Cross, Ephraim C.


344


Crouse, Henry M. 389


Crull, Francis M. 572


D


Gilmore, James B ..


396


Glidden, Frederick E.


462


Davis, David F 781


Goar, Joseph N.


542


Davis, Isaac. 712


Davis, John. 458


Goldsbary, Truman


326


Davis, Lewis W 542


Good, Jacob.


458


Deck, John E. 389


Gordon, Clarkson


963


Deem, Sedley A. 344


Gordon, Micajah C. 790


128


Denius, Leander S 844


Gordon, Thaddeus H


60


Dovey, Francis 176


Gough, Jacob M.


751


Downs, William. 121


Graf, George P.


74


Duncan, Davidson 90


Gray, Joshua.


331


Dutton, Joseph 428


Griffin, John W


874


Gronendyke, Amos.


728


· Gronendyke, Thomas W. 420,


874


Grose, William .51,


323


Grunden, James.


102


Edwards, William M. 90


Edwards, William H. 306


Elliott, Erastus L. 1072


H


Haguewood, Miles 988


Hall, Robert. 326


Hall, William C 963


Hanson, John C. 839


Harter, Henry B. 128


Hartley, John M. 90


Hartley, Thomas L. 121


Harvey, Mahlon D. 781


Hawhee, Clinton D. 344


Hayden, Benjamin F 823


542


Farmer, John S. 712


Fentress, William H. 790


Hazzard, George W.


592


Ferris, Edgar S. 923


Hazzard, John W.


523


Ferris, Samuel. 874


Hazzard, Leander E. 102


Fifer, Christopher S 712


Heaton, Waitsel M. 90


Fike, John A 102


Fish, Tilghman. 184


Hedges, Greenberry W


893


Fleming, Andrew J. 883


Hedrick, Charles C. 998


331


Fleming, William R. 833


Henderson, Isom P.


560


Forkner, John J 923


Hendricks, Joel.


833


Forkner, Mark E 1004


Hendricks, Mahlon 760


Fort, John W. 90


Henry, John R. 963


Fort, Oliver P. 572


Herliman, Henry. 323


Foster, Nathan 462 Hernly, Charles S. 923


Franklin, Joseph W.


68


Furgason, J. Lee. 90


Gaddis, Max P .. 677


Galyean, Allen W. 306


Gilbreath, John S. 176


Gilbreath, Robert W. 737


Gold, William O.


112


Deem, Wallace K. 1089


Gordon, Robert


Elliott, George A 1089


Elliott, Henry C. 396


Elliott, Jehu T


.936, 1004


Elliott, John R.


128


Elliott, Nimrod R


1072


Elliott, Richard S.


68


Elliott, William H.


592


Ellis, Isaac W


751


English, Hugh L 306


F


Hayden, John


Hayes, Noah. 998


Heaton, White. 168


Fleming, Stephen 121


Henderson, Henry H.


Gustin, Joseph G.


68


Edleman, Richard J. 168


30


INDEX OF SEVEN-PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS.


Hillock, William G 844


Hobson, Volney


737


Langston, Emmett. 317


Holland, John E 592


Lennard, George W. 389


Holt, John G. 737


Lennington, Abraham 344


Hoover, David. 1096


Leonard, James


264


Hoover, Frederick 420


Hoover, James M. 998


51


Livezey, John C. 51,


807


House, John. 737


Livezey, Joseph. 458


Livezey, William E. 468


Lockridge, John 1022


Howren, Thomas I.


790


Loer, Pearso 317


Lowe, William. 331


Hudelson, John C. 970


Hurley, John J 839


Hurst, Joseph 102


Huston, Thomas M.


184


Huston, William H. 128


Hutson, James.


823


Mc


I


Ice, Jesse A. 468


J


.


Jackson, Presley E. 768


James, Austin W. 60


James, John. 391


Jennings, Charles W. 955


Jennings, Harry E. 955


Jennings, Levi A. 955


Jennings, Simon P 955


Jennings, Walter F 955


Johnson, Edmund. 936


Johnson, Edmund. 978


Johnson, Lewis. 616


Johnson, Turner H. 121


Jones, James M 176


Jordan, Anthony W


728


K


Mason, Jerome B


453


Maxim, J. Ward 923


Mellett, Joshua H. 936, 1004


Mendenhall, Elihu T. 978


Mercer, James M. 317


Meyers, James I. 677


Millikan, Eli F 760


Millikan, Frank M 923


Millikan, Harry B. 677


Kinsey, David W .978, 1072


Millikan, James W.


760


Kinsey, Martin. 874


Millikan, John R ..


970


Koons, Benjamin F 874


Millikan, Thomas B.


1072


Millis, Frank. 978


Mitchell, Leander P. 1096


Mitchell, Samuel A 833


Mitchell; William, 264


Modlin, John H. 331


Lamb, Caleb. 306 Monticue, David. 1022


M


Macy, William H. 338


Madison, John. 391


Madison, William 453


Martin, Ursa. 1089


893


McCormack, Noah.


988


McDowell, Andrew. 988


McDowell, Peter 331


McGavran, William B. 844


McGuffin, Joseph B 184


McGuffin, Samuel. 523


McGuffin, William H. H. 184


Keesling, Amos 428


Keesling, Ray. 677


Kendall, Adam 389


Kern, John A. 338


Kimball, David N 728


Kinder, George 768


Krell, Albert. 955


L


Laboyteaux, Richard J. 428


Laboyteaux, Thomas. 616


McCorkhill, John H. 823


McCormack, Andrew J. 737


McCormack, John R. 781


McCormack, John W


Lowery, Walter K. 432


Luther, William J. B. 978


Luthultz, Joshu 1022


Lytle, John D.


751


House, William 74


Level, Abraham. 128


Lewis, William H. 963


Hoover, John S


Hubbard, Joseph L. 176


Lowery, Francis M. 432


Howren, Charles 112


Lamb, Erie. 1022


Kinley, Isaac .. 1022


3I


INDEX OF SEVEN-PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS.


Monticue, Jesse B. 60


Monticue, Solomon R.


168


Powell, Orlistes W 807


Moore, Gideon. 998


Powell, Simon T 970


Moore, Henry H. 760


Pressnall, Elijah M


74


Moore, John M.


468


Moore, Josiah B 326


R


Moore, Louis N. 102


Moore, Miles M. 807


Rader, George W. 883


Morgan, Charles D 1072


Rader, Henry. 751


Morris, John M. 1004


Ratcliff, Fleming 1089


Morris, Mark M. 389


Ratliff, Exum P. 432


Mouch, Charles W 955


Rayl, Harmon


326


Mullen, Hugh L.


988


Rea, John. 874


Redding, Jacob 1096


396


Murphey, Benjamin F


51


Redding, Lemuel 1096


Murphey, Hugh A


712


Reed, Collier M.


751


Murphey, Jonathan A


420


Reed, Miles L. .


264


Murphey, Miles.


51


Reichart, Henry 331


883


Rent, John H ..


396


Myers, Solomon. 893


N


Rifner, Peter.


462


Robe, Robert.


121


Nation, James R. 616


Roberts, John Q. A.


728


Rock, William H. H.


523


Needham, Joshua. 102


Rogers, Joseph B.


988


Newby, James I. 338


Newby, John W. 1022


Newby, Leonidas P 936


Nicholson, Nathan


760


Niles, Thomas E


389


Nixon, Robert M 323, 1072


0


Sample, Asa E. 317


Sayford, Augustus L 420


Shane, George W. 68


Shane, Timothy. 823


Shedron, Charles C.


428


Owens, Thomas J. 391


P


Shirk, Benjamin.


970


Shirk, George. 988


Parker, Benjamin S. 970


Parker, Nathaniel W 572


Shoemaker, Levi P.


883


Peacock, William H. 616


Pearson,


306


Peden, Milton 344


Showalter, William H. 112


Peed, Redmond.


396


Shroyer, Alexander R. 1072


874


Perry, Oran. 432


Shultz, Joseph F


391


Pfau, Edwin B. 923


Simmons, Henry W


112


Pickett, Thomas E 462


Smith, James H. 112


Pitman, Charles M. 677


Smith, Robert A. 391


Pleas, Elwood.


923, 1089


·Speakman, John 168


Powell, Henry L.


751


Spencer, John A.


790


S


Saint, Albert W. 338


Ogborn, Albert D 677


Oldaker, John.


264


Overman, Samuel W. 74


Shelley, William F 523


Shepherd, William H.


468


Shoemaker, John M. 420


Shoemaker, Sanford H 839


Shopp, Henry L. 74


Pence, Alfred M 68


Shroyer, Henry.


Rogers, Willam A 823


Rose, Fernandez. 790


Ross, Jonathan 60


Murray, Ralph V. 338


Rice, John H. C. 572


Ricks, Levi.


68


Mullen, Joseph P


998


Mullen, Joseph R. 317


Redding, John M


Murray, John C.


60


Rent, Dani


Nation, Wallace. 168


Powell, Howard O. 677


32


INDEX OF SEVEN-PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS.


Sprong, Andrew J.


323


Warnock, Jacob. 839


Staff, Henry


102


Watson, James F.


572


Staff, Peter.


344


Watts, Harry.


74


Steele, James.


560


Wayman, John C.


807


Steele, Roy.


1089


Weaver, Orange R.


560


Steiner, Valentine.


453


Weaver, Walter S.


523


Stewart, William


326


Weeks, Nathan


790


Strahan, David B.


560


Weesner, Jesse.


68


Stubblefield, James


317


Welborn, Joshua T. C. 453


Sullivan, William


323


Welborn, Luther S. 592


Swaim, Harvey W.


781


Whitworth, John W. 833


839


Swearingen, Samuel V.


978


Sweet, William K.


768


Wilkinson, Thomas B


184


Williams, Nereus P.


807


T


Williams, William O


306


Williamson, Isaac.


128


Tarkleson, George W


833


Wilson, Shipley S.


112


Taylor, Henry.


176


Winings, Samuel. 760


Templin, John H.


728


Wisehart, Philander


751


Templin, Samuel V


.51,


768


Wisehart, Richmond 560


768


Terhune, John H


396


Woods, Henry C. 176


Thomas, Jame


389


Woods, Jeremiah.


542


Thompson, Joseph H


458


Woods, Robert E. 616


Thornburgh, John


184


Woodward, John R 936


Turner, Moab.


572


Woodward, Pyrrhus 331


Tykle, Frederick


264


Wright, Isaac N 893


572


V


Y


Van Duyn, Isaac.


428


Van Dyke, Thomas B.


462


Yost, Albert N 458


Yost, Jacob W. 458


Young, James 462


W


Young, Joseph


839


Young, Robert 978


Ward, William H.


432


Yount, David S. 420


Warner, Noah W.


712


Yount, William H. 712


INDEX OF TWELVE-PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS.


Henry County Pioneers


33, 857


Swartz, George.


807


Whitworth, Sanford.


Wiles, William D.


963


Terhune, Albert G.


396


Wisehart, William.


Van Matre, Cyrus.


833


Wysong, John.


1


JOSIAH MORRIS


SHUBAL JULIAN


T. R.STANFORD


D


WAITSEL M.


CAREY


BENJ. HARVEY


ASAHEL


YOODW


ASA. HEATON


JOEL GILBERT


DEMPSEY REECE


.


SETH HINSHAW


C.WICKERSHA AM


E. MARTINDALE


HENRY COUNTY PIONEERS.


HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY, INDIANA


MILITARY EDITION


BY GEORGE HAZZARD


CHAPTER I.


POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.


POSTOFFICES AND POSTMASTERS IN HENRY COUNTY FROM 1823 TO 1905-CLERKS FROM HENRY COUNTY IN THE U. S. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.


The following is a list of postoffices in Henry County, with the names of the postmasters of each, from the time of the organization of the county, down to and including the present time. All offices, having rural routes running from them, have the names of the carriers appended.


The records of the Postoffice Department at Washington City fail to show that there was ever a postoffice at Circleville, Fairfield, Needmore, Petersburg, Pumpkintown (West Lebanon), Sharington, Uniontown, West Liberty, Wheeland or Woodville, all old villages or settlements in the county. It is probable that mail was carried to and from most of these places, as an accommodation or neighbor- hood matter, letters and papers being carried from the nearest established post- office to some point of distribution, central to these settlements.


There were postoffices at Elizabeth City (Maple Valley), Grant City (Snyder), and Hillsboro (Dan Webster), but named differently because there were already offices in Indiana so named. The rules of the postoffice department permit only one office of the same name in a State.


There is a tradition in South Franklin Township, that before the office was es- tablished at Lewisville (May 27, 1831), there was a postoffice on the county line, a mile and a quarter south of the present town, kept by Garnette Hayden and be-


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HAZZARD'S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.


lieved to have been named "Garnette Postoffice." However, as there is no official record of such an office in Washington City, it is probable that mail was carried from established offices to Hayden's house, which was on the main line of stage travel, for distribution in that neighborhood.


ASHLAND.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


James M. Conner.


. February 26, 1847.


Thomas G. O'Neal.


January 24, 1848.


Samuel S. Canaday.


. April 11, 1848.


William Millikan, Jr.


April 16, 1850.


William Millikan, Sr.


June . 23, 1855.


David Millikan


. September 14, 1855.


Wilson Mullen.


December 6, 1856.


Lycurgus L. Burr


April 1, 1859.


Thomas R. Stanford, Jr.


. June 1, 1862.


John Mullen


January 16, 1863.


Wesley Snodgrass.


April 2, 1866.


Abiatha V. Lamb.


. October 18, 1875.


Charles C. Strong


.April 17, 1876.


George Witt ..


. April 20, 1877.


John C. Pickens


. October 25, 1878.


John Netz ..


. August 30, 1883.


Eli W. Walradth . March 7, 1892.


Henry H. Yauky.


. November 8, 1892.


Harvey Kindrick.


. February 1, 1895.


Andrew J. Netz


January 15, 1898.


This office was, for many years, a country neighborhood postoffice, located at the respective houses of the successive postmasters, near the present location of the station of Messick, and was called Messick. In 1855, after the railroad was built from New Castle to Richmond, the office was moved to its present site. The orig- inal name of the latter place was Mullen's Station, but when the office was moved there, the name was changed to Ashland. While William Millikan, Jr., was post- master, and perhaps afterwards, the office was kept in Millikan and Messick's coun- try store, which stood near the site of the present railroad station at Messick. After the Big Four railway was built through the central part of the county, the postoffice at Messick was re-established near its old site.


BLOUNTSVILLE.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


James Powell.


January 22, 1835.


Abram Lennington, Jr.


March 24, 1835.


Benjamin Pugh.


June 7, 1837.


Isaiah Templin.


June 13, 1839.


Thomas Jones.


February 14, 1840.


John St. John


. February 4, 1842.


Elisha Bird. . August 3, 1844.


Joseph S. Plummer . May 31, 1848.


Alvin S. Burr. . April 21, 1849.


William M. Swan.


. May 15, 1849.


Leo O. Hayworth August 4, 1849.


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HAZZARD'S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.


Thomas D. Jones.


February 6, 1850.


Addison R. A. Thompson. July 28, 1851.


Edwin House


June 25, 1852.


David Trowbridge. . February 17, 1859.


Edwin House


July 9, 1861.


Mark Walradth. June -, 1865.


Samuel V. Templin May 7, 1867.


James W. Stanley


December 16, 1869.


William J. B. Luther


December 18, 1871.


Edwin Burch.


September 2, 1872.


Cephas F. Bartlett.


March 11, 1875.


Lawrence G. Wiggins.


August 5, 1875.


Jesse Cary


. October 2, 1876.


William Bird.


. July 9, 1877.


Ila T. Lake.


February 10, 1879.


William J. B. Luther


March 8, 1883.


William M. Barr


.February 1, 1888.


William J. B. Luther


January 16, 1889.


James L. Templin


.May 13, 1892.


Seymour Lennington


April 5, 1894.


Fannie Freer.


July 10, 1896.


James L. Templin


October 7, 1897.


Alonzo G. Howell. Cctober 4, 1901.


There is one rural route running from this office, viz: R. R. No. I. Franklin W. Murray, carrier. 1139219


CADIZ.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


David Hiatt.


. December 18, 1837.


William Brown


April 27, 1840.


John Hinshaw.


. February 18, 1842.


Theodore Shannon March 29, 1842.


Jonas Pickering


September 23, 1842.


John P. Cooper.


March 24, 1843.


John C. Beck.


. February 20, 1846.


Moses McKee


. February 18, 1850.


Alfred N. Vestal


. September 10, 1850.


James Beck. . September 28, 1853.


Jacob Meek


January 23, 1855.


Ashbury Showalter


August 10, 1859.


Peter H. Julian


June 6, 1861.


Ezra Foster


March 16, 1863.


Caleb W. Bond.


. September 24, 1863.


Caleb H. Cooper


. August 28, 1866.


David A. Pickering.


. February 12, 1867.


Jacob Meek.


.February 1, 1870.


Caleb C. Perdieu.


.April 23, 1872.


William J. Meek.


August 22, 1872.


Caleb W. Bond.


. January 20, 1874.


Joel McCormack. March 18, 1875.


Charles A. C. Lewis July 8, 1878.


Ellen M. Laboyteaux . July 29, 1885.


Noah McCormack


December 26, 1889.


Ellen M. Laboyteaux


. July 29, 1893.


Nancy M. Alspaugh.


.July 13, 1897.


Charles H. Pierson. September 9, 1903.


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HAZZARD'S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.


CHICAGO.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


William B. Anderson May 11, 1852.


Levi Hood. November 10, 1852.


Robert T. Beckett.


August 4, 1854.


Discontinued


March 24, 1855.


This office was located in Liberty Township, on the main traveled road from New Castle to Hagerstown, seven miles east of New Castle. There was once a town of this name here, numbering ten or twelve houses, one or two stores and two hotels, but the building of the railroad, a mile north, and the founding of the town of Millville, about two miles distant, ruined its business. The postoffice was discontinued as above stated and re-established at Millville, June 7, 1855. The place is now in total decay as a village.


DAN WEBSTER.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Samuel S. Canaday. . March 10, 1851.


David Murphy.


. February 18, 1854.


Davis Haynes.


. December 27, 1854.


Abram Frazier.


March 20, 1857.


Sampson Jetmore January 29, 1859.


Thomas W. Hood.


. June 25, 1861.


Harriet Fleming.


November 18, 1863.


Discontinued


. February 14, 1865.


Re-established


July 20, 1865.


Eli Frazier


July 20, 1865.


Anderson H. Shank. June 27, 1866.


Abram Frazier


May 7, 1867.


Discontinued


June 26, 1867.


This office was located at the old town of Hillsboro, in the southeast corner of Prairie Township, two and a half miles northeast of New Castle. Hillsboro was once a thriving village, but now there is nothing left but a few straggling houses.


DEVON.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Andrew J. Batson . April 25, 1850.


James C. Peed.


. October 30, 1851.


Isaac Baker


June 2, 1853.


Discontinued


February 13, 1868.


This office was located in Liberty Township, on the main traveled road, three miles southeast of New Castle, as a country neighborhood postoffice. For the last fifteen years it was kept at the farmhouse of one of Henry County's old settlers, named Isaac Baker. After the construction of the railroad from New Castle to Cambridge City, the office was discontinued.


DUNREITH.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Jordan Pickering July 2, 1861.


Thomas Evans. June 1, 1863.


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HAZZARD'S HISTORY OF HENRY COUNTY.


David H. Huddleson.


October 7, 1867.


John F. Yates.


. March 24, 1870.


William R. Pierce. . May 3, 1870.


David H. Huddleson


.October 18, 1876.


Emily Griffin


September 24, 1885.


Thomas H. Hamilton


. December 4, 1888.


John W. Hayes.


. April 5, 1889.


Edwin C. Hoffman.


. May 8, 1893.


Nat F. Vickery


. December 2, 1895.


Hugh L. English


. August 23, 1897.


Lula J. Welch.


. September 5, 1901.


This office, when first established, was called Coffin's Station, the railroad station at the place being so named after Emery Dunreith Coffin, the proprietor of the land. In 1865 it was decided to change the name and out of respect to Mr. Coffin's memory, it was called Dunreith.


There is one rural route running from this office, viz : R. R. No. I. John W. Hayes, carrier.


GREENSBORO.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


William Reagan. . April 18, 1831.


Thomas Reagan.


. December 15, 1832.


Richard Henderson


. October 3, 1833.


Margaret Henderson . November 15, 1842.


James W. Crowley


. February 9, 1849.


Joel Stephenson . June 13, 1849.


Reuben Swain.


January 22, 1850.


James W. Crowley


. February 19, 1853.


George Deer. May 27, 1857.


Hamilton R. Branson


. October 31, 1860.


Robert H. Polk.


. July 11, 1861.


Clayton Thornbury


. March 23, 1864.


Jabez H. Newby


. September 13, 1871.


John W. Fawcett.


. October 30, 1871.


Willard H. Loring.


January 7, 1873.


William S. Moffett.


.July 25, 1885.


Leonidas R. Allison


. May 24, 1889.


Lambert Macy


.July 30, 1890.


Joseph Jay.


July 19, 1894.


Lambert Macy


June 2, 1898.


HONEY CREEK.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Zadock G. Tomlinson June 18, 1861.


Jacob Fadely


November 3, 1863.


Discontinued


. February 24, 1864.


Re-established


. July 14, 1864.


Zadock G. Tomlinson


. July 14, 1864.


Adam Evans


. June 22, 1871.


Anderson Showalter


. March 7, 1878.


George W. Evans


. October 2, 1878.


- John Sharkey


July 7, 1879.


Solon Neff.


December 13, 1881.


William F. Sanders.


September 28, 1882.


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Stephen D. Showalter . April 7, 1888.


William F. Sanders.


. December 10, 1889.


John Sharkey March 15, 1894.


William F. Sanders. . May 29, 1897.


Lertin R. Fadely.


April 25, 1902.


KENNARD.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Cyrus C. Hinshaw


September 12, 1882.


Imla R. Showalter. . June 2, 1885.


Claude C. Coffin


April 10, 1889.


John F. Daniels


August 11, 1893.


John A. Reece


July 10, 1897.


KNIGHTSTOWN.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Joseph McCalley


January 30, 1833.


John Mayes.


. November 10, 1833.


Joshua Holland.


March 25, 1835.


Asa Heaton .. April 6, 1837.


Fielding L. Goble


. August 16, 1843.


George Davis. . March 13, 1849.


William D. M. Wickham June 6, 1853.


Amos B. Fithian.


September 19, 1853.


John W. White


. January 30, 1857.


Edwin B. Niles.


. April 16, 1861.


Valentine Steiner


August 6, 1866.


John F. Bell.


. October 15, 1875.


John E. Keys ..


.February 19, 1883.


John A. Sample August 16, 1886.


George P. Graf. . April 10, 1890.


John A. Sample.


. November 15, 1893.


Wallace K. Deem


. January 24, 1898.


Edgar H. Cole.


. May 8, 1899.


John W. Lowrey


. September 21, 1900.


Charles R. Swaim


.January 30, 1905.


There are four rural routes running from this office, viz: R. R. No. I, Perci- val Risk, carrier ; No. 2, Elmer E. Steiner, carrier ; No. 3, William P. Foulke, car- rier ; No. 4, Samuel P. Hiatt, carrier.


LEWISVILLE.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Lewis C. Freeman May 27, 1831.


John Widows


. June 28, 1834.


William Spencer


. February 5, 1836.


William L. Houston


. November 1, 1837.


Samuel Hopper. . May 30, 1851.


Thomas J. Smith . November 20, 1855.


Thomas Nugen. August 9, 1856.


Abraham G. Elliott. November 24, 1856.


Samuel Hopper. January 3, 1857.


Thornton A. Johnson . September 18, 1857.


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Aram B. Guerin


. October 4, 1858.


Alfred L. McMeans


March 25, 1861.


Jabez H. Newby


. January 9, 1864.


Nathan H. Wiles


. September 20, 1864.


Samuel Hopper . November 3, 1865.


Aram B. Guerin


. January 11, 1867.


Jerry C. Howe.


. August 18, 1876.


William L. Houston


December 7, 1876.


Jane R. Bollmeyer July 31, 1885.


John F. Camplin


.April 15, 1889.


Charles C. Brown


April 22, 1894.


Luther F. Symons


March 15, 1898.


John B. Clawson.


. February 20, 1901.


There are two rural routes running from this office, viz: R. R. No. I, John Parker, carrier; No. 2, H. Allen Moore, carrier.


LURAY.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


John Skinner.


May 15, 1838.


Abraham Boring.


July 28, 1842.


Thomas Fleming.


June 7, 1843.


James P. Skinner


June 4, 1845.


, Abraham Boring.


October 24, 1845.


Thomas Fleming.


. February 21, 1848.


Leonard Harrison


. November 30, 1848.


Jesse L. Williams.


. June 21, 1852.


Nathan Branson


August 4 1854.


Thomas Gough.


April 20, 1855.


Andrew J. Fleming.


April 25, 1863.


Edward West.


June 10, 1863.


Thomas W. Hood.


. February 15, 1864.


Benjamin R. Holt. . July 3, 1865.


William Wright.


February 26, 1867.


James S. D. Comstock


. October 7, 1869.


Caldwell C. J February 18, 1876.


Obed A. Shaw July 26, 1877.


Franklin B. Miller May 2, 1881.


William R. Shaw . April 29, 1886.


Solomon A. Robe. . November 4, 1889.


John A. Powers


January 11, 1892.


William R. Shaw January 7, 1895.


Rufus Williams . February 20, 1899.


Discontinued


June 15, 1901.


MAPLE VALLEY.


. :


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Andrew F. Yetter.


February 12, 1878.


Samuel W. Overman.


. October 4, 1883.


William F. Rawlins.


December 4, 1886.


Ellen Drury . . June 29, 1887.


Discontinued . November 30, 1887.


Re-established


. September 3, 1888.


Franklin J. C. Rawlins


. September 3, 1888.


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Samuel W. Overman June 12, 1889.


Discontinued April 30, 1903.


This office was located in the northwest corner of Wayne township, at the old town of Elizabeth City, six miles from Knightstown. After the establishment of the towns of Kennard and Wilkinson on the railroad, the business of the place gradually fell off, and upon the establishment of the Rural Free Delivery System, the postoffice was finally discontinued.


MECHANICSBURG.


NAME OF POSTMASTER.


DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Thomas B. Keesling.


July 14, 1849.


John C. Goodwin


. November 27, 1855.


Jacob Meek.


May 21, 1856.


James Beck.


. June 11, 1856.


Sleesman Meeker


. October 2, 1862.


Isaac Franklin


October 20, 1864.


John C. Goodwin


. February 2, 1870.


Ezra Bufkin .. . December 8, 1870.


John W. McCurdy .


June 22, 1871.


William A. Greenlee.


. February 7, 1876.


William R. Swain.


. April 10, 1878.


Luther O. Miller


. September 25, 1879.


Charles S. Goodwin


. September 16, 1880.


Jacob D. Zirkle


September 3, 1886.


John W. Mills.


. April 5, 1889.


Thomas A. Goodwin.


.September 1, 1890.


Samuel S. Hopkins.


May 1, 1894.


Daniel Rent.


. March 21, 1898.


MESSICK.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


William E. Green


. April 7, 1884.


John. B. Clawson.


. November 1, 1884.


Wilson R. Lines.


. August 23, 1888.


Squire N. Lines.


. February 28, 1899.


MIDDLETOWN.


NAME OF POSTMASTER. DATE OF APPOINTMENT.


Jacob Koontz.


September 10, 1830.


Josiah Willetts




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