HENRY COUNTY, INDIANA
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, \Vest 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 neighborhood 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
established 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 believed 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 original 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 postmaster, and perhaps afterwards, the office was
kept in Millikan and Messick's country 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 Lennlngton, Jr |
March 24, 1835. |
| Benjamin Hugh |
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. |
| Alvln S. Burr |
April 21, 1849. |
| William M. Swan |
May 15. 1849. |
| Leo O. Hayworth |
August 4, 1849. |
| 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 |
Maroh 11. 1875. |
| Lawrenre 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 U Templin |
May 13. 1892. |
| Seymour Lennington |
April 5, 1894. |
| Fannie Freer |
July 10, 1896. |
| James L. Templin |
October 7, 1897. |
| Alonzo G. Howell |
October 4, 1901. |
There
is one rural route running from this office, viz: R. R. No. I. Franklin
W. Murray,
carrier.
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.. |
CHICAGO
|
| NAME
OF POSTMASTER |
DATE
OF APPOINTMENT. |
| William B. Anderson |
May 11, 1852. |
| Lev! 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 post office 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 Frazler . |
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. |
| 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 P. Vickery |
December 2. 1895. |
| Hugh L. English |
August 23, 1897. |
| Lula J. Welch |
September 5, 1901. |
| 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, 1S78. |
| George W. Evans |
October 2, 1878. |
| John Sharkey |
July 7. 1879. |
| Solon Neff |
December 13, 1881. |
| William F. Sanders |
September 28, 1882. |
| Stephen D. Showalter |
April 7, 1888. |
| William P. 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. Danie'.s |
August 11, 1893. |
| John A. Reece |
July 10, 1897. |
| KNIGHTSTOWN |
| SAME
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 (i, 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, 18S3. |
| 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. 1, Percival Risk, carrier; No. 2, Elmer E.
Steiner, carrier; No. 3. William P. Foulke, carrier ; 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. |
| Aram B. Guerin |
October 4, 1858. |
| Alfred L. McMeans |
March 25, 1861. |
| Jafoez 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. Hoiston |
December 7, 187F. |
| 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. 1, 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 .I. Fleming |
April 25, 1863 |
| Edward Wet 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. Johnson |
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 |
|
