RECORDS OF APPOINTMENTS OF POSTMASTERS, 1832-1971

Source: National Archives microfilm series M841, Roll 71 (Hickory), 70 (Benton) & 73 (Polk & St. Clair)
  Transcribed and reformatted by Ginny Sharp.
Post office locations based on copied pages from microfilm M1126, Roll 331 by Harold John.
Locational information is aligned with the date closest to when location was filed with Post Office Department.
Map showing locations is in the works.
 
The original records were organized by county and covered the following time periods:
	ca. 1848-1855   [Note that Hickory County was formed 14 April 1845.]
	ca. 1858-1867
	ca. 1867-1878
	ca. 1877-1895
	ca. 1894-1930
	ca. 1930 through September 30, 1971 [different table format with more dates; 
dates entered are those found in the column "Assumed Charge Date"]

ALMON

Alexander Gregory

25 June ‘83

T37 R20 S14

Daniel R. Jones

29 Oct. ‘83

 

John F. Anderson

15 Feby ‘86

 

Louis W. Burris

15 Feb ‘88

 

Sam’l P. Gregory

20 Apl ‘89

 

George G. Cook

10 July 1893

 

Samuel P. Gregory

17 Nov 1896

 

Charles A. Greene

22 Mar 1900

 

Henry R. McCain

19 June 1901

 

Chas. L. McCain

3 Mar 1910

 

James K. Park

17 Oct 1912

 

Thos. M. Green

22 Oct 1919

 

Discontinued—mail to Preston

15 Nov 1922

AVERY [now in Benton Co.]

Geo. W. Wright

21 Dec ‘90

 

John A. Breshears

14 Sep ‘92

T38 R22 S4

Wm. A. Byrum

6 July 1897

 

Levi B. Ihrig

1 Oct 1898

 

William A. Byrum

28 Jany 1903

 

Andy Breshears

8 June 1903

 

Levi B. Ihrig

8 Jan 1914

 

Wm. F. Breshears

6 Jan 1916

 

Mrs. Ollie Breshears

1 May 1930

 

Mrs. Ollie Breshears

1 Jan 1931

 

Mrs. Lizzie Rush

24 Apr 1935

 

Mrs. Bonnie L. Knight

20 May 1952

 

Discontinued-mail to Wheatland

13 Jan 1956

 

Modified-mail to Fairfield

27 Jan 1956

 

BLACK OAK POINT

J. F. Powers

27 May ‘50

T37 R21 S22

Asa Johnson

7 Oct ‘50

 

J. F. Powers

21 June ‘53

 

Richard I. Robertson

3 Dec ‘53

 

Discontinued

4 Feby 1863

 

Reestablished

18 Apr ‘63

 

Joel B. Halbert Jr.

18 Apr ‘63

 

Discontinued

29 Dec ‘63

 

Reestablished

9 July ‘64

 

Lemuel J. Flesher

9 July ‘64

 

Benjamin A. Reeder

22 June ‘65

 

Monroe Moore

21 Dec ‘65

 

Edmun Freeman

29 May ‘66

 

Alfred Lindsey

20 Dec. ‘66

 

Washington F. Reser

31 Dec ‘78

[became PRESTON 15 Aug 81]

Washington F. Reser

15 Aug ‘81

 

Nathan Edde

18 Mch ‘86

 

Washington F. Reser

31 May ‘89

 

Thomas W. Stewart

18 Apr 1893

 

Alfred Lindsay

10 Dec 1896

 

Winer D. Reser

28 June 1909

 

William J. Edde

30 Sept 1914

Retired 31 Jan 1940

 

Mrs. Della Stewart

1 Feb 1940

 

Miss Leta D. Lindsey

Appt. 9 Oct 1940

Rescinded 29 Nov 1940

 

Mrs. Ada E. Lynch

1 Jan 1941

 

BLEDSOE - T37 R22 S7 (SE Ό)

Joseph C. Montgomery

12 Aug ‘52

 

Van Rensselaer Bennett

27 Aug 1858

 

became Wheatland

12 Nov ‘67

WHEATLAND [Late “Bledsoe”]

John D. Cook

12 Nov 67

T37 R23 S24 (NE Ό)

Benjamin Gilliam (?)

28 Sep 69

 

Samuel Dent

2 Aug 70

 

Wm. Moore

7 Nov 1870

 

P. W. Hargiss

12 Feb 72

 

John Mussick

28 Jan 73

 

Mort H. Moore

17 July 74?

 

Harry D. Silsby

3 Apr ‘76

 

Thos. G. Messick

22 May ‘76

 

V. Bennett

27 June ‘76

 

Philip L. Hargiss

11 Apl. ‘78

 

Wm. P. Dougherty

24 Jany ‘81

 

Amos M. Paxton

15 Feby 81

 

William P. Daugherty

27 Dec ‘82

 

Amos M. Paxton

19 Mar ‘84

 

George Holmes

30 July ‘83

 

John H. Davidson

25 May ‘87

 

George Holmes

30 Dec ‘87

 

James A. Pine

25 Feby ‘89

 

Ephraim Dent

31 Oct ‘89

 

Joel N. Boone

6 Nov 1893

 

William D. Harryman

15 Oct 1897

 

John E. Morton

30 Dec 1910

 

John W. Powell

11 June 1914

Pres. Jan 1, 1921

 

William P. Murphy (P&S)

2 Feb 1922

Reappt 25 Mar 1926

 

William P. Murphy

Confirmed 15 Apr 1930

 

Mrs. Edna Largent

1 Aug 1933

 

Christian E. Kleck

15 Nov 1935

Retired 31 July 1954

 

Garland E. Beem

31 July 1954

 

Hobart W. Hunt

12 June 1958

Died 11 July 1965

 

Mr. Ethelbert T. Chaney

13 Aug 1965

 

STAFFORD

Eslie Stafford

14 May 1898

T38 R20 S9 (NE Ό)

Arnold Tucker

27 Oct 1898

 

To Childers

13 May 1899

CHILDERS

Arnold Tucker

13 May 1899

T38 R20 S10

William C. Dyer

14 Oct 1902

 

Robt R. Hayden

2 July 1906

 

Wm. Lear

7 Feb 1907

 

Joseph S. Dyer

26 Feb. 1910 [declined]

 

Discontinued

31 March 1912

 

CORNERSVILLE

Shadrach Mustain

6 May ‘54

T36 R23 S9 (NW Ό)

James T. Wheeler

8 Nov 1859

 

Discontinued

17 Feby 1863

T36 R23 S8

William W. Grimes

6 June ‘71

 

John A. Butler

14 Aug ‘85

 

John T. Gentry

20 Mar 1891

 

Discontinued—mail to Weaubleau

20 Dec 1895

 

CROSS TIMBERS

James H. Brooks

7 Oct ‘47

Joel B. Halbert

15 Sept 1851

John C. Brown

28 July ‘73

Elisha T. Condley

12 May ‘75

Wm. Graves

8 Nov ‘75

Elisha T. Condley

11 Feby ‘80

William Graves [N. B. 24 Sept ‘84]

14 Aug ‘82

Robt. F. Doak

13 Apl ‘85

John C. Brown

18 June ‘89

Robert F. Doak

19 May 1893

Frank P. Devin

22 Apr 1897

William W. Graves

12 Feby 1904

Albert P. Dickenson

6 Apr 1904

Lemuel W. Dickenson

12 Dec 1908

Russell H. Jenkins

14 Jan 1910

Heard Martin

22 June 1914

Clarence O. Little (act.)

1 Feb 1921

Russell H. Jenkins

29 Nov 1921

Mrs. Neeta Scruggs

27 Feb 1934

Mrs. Nannie C. Kugler

8 Mar 1935 [retired 28 Feb 1962]

Mrs. Zula May Stover

28 Feb 1962

 

ELKTON [Polk Co.]

Cyrus P. Arbuckle

16 Apr 1838

 

William H. Able

26 Aug 1841

 

Wm. R. Vestal

15 July 1842

 

Alexander Blue

7 June 1843

Elkton [late in Polk Co.]

Andrew Yost

7 July ‘45

T36 R23 S5

Abr’m. B. McFarland

9 Dec ‘56

 

Nath’l. McCracken

13 Sept 1859

 

Marquis L. Kelly

9 June 1866

 

Cornelius V. Hoagland

9 May ‘70

 

Joshua Hartzell

16 Jan’y 1871

 

Jeremiah Butcher

12 Feb ‘72

T38 R21 S22 (SW1/4)

James K. Estes

25 Feb ‘73

 

Wm. L. McCaslin

1 July ‘73

 

James B. Remington

1 Dec ‘76

 

Samuel J. George

7 June ‘77

 

L. N. Goodrich

Mar 21 ‘79

 

Jamie Vaughn

3 Mar 82

 

Wm. L. Sowells

30 July ‘85

 

Elijah H. Spilman

5 Mch 87

 

Chas. V. Steward

11 July ‘87

 

William L. Sowell

24 Aug 1888

 

Curtis Rule

31 May ‘89

 

Samuel L. Williams

8 Feb 1895

 

William C Kelley

24 June 1898

 

Wm. S. Thatch

4 Feb 1908

 

William C. Kelley

10 July 1909-20 July 1910

 

John H. Mashburn

14 Sept 1911

 

S. Florence Hatcher

2 June 1914

 

Zona M. Hastings

11 Oct 1918

 

Edna L. Burgess

3 Feb 1920

 

Bessie Nutt (acting)

9 Sept 1920

 

Buell N. Forehand

31 March 1921

 

Roy Stewart

25 May 1922

 

Perlie M. Brenner

5 Dec 1924

 

Mrs. Perlie M. Bremer

1 Jan 1925

 

Mrs. Gertrude M. Yoast

24 Jan 1946

 

Discontinued-mail to Flemington

31 Dec 1954

 

GALMEY

Erasmus J. Kelley

4 June ‘87

 

Archibald Hollingsworth

16 Oct 88

 

Wm. T. Bennett

17 Apl 89

T36 R22 S4 (SW Ό)

Joseph Aspey

20 Dec 1890

 

Erasmus J. Kelley

14 July 1899

 

Elijah Parkhurst

25 Jany 1901

 

Archibald Hollingsworth

23 Apr 1901

T36 R22 S3(SW Ό)

L. B. Dooley

8 Apr 1902 [Rescinded 17 June 1902]

 

Erasmus J. Kelley

27 March 1903

 

Wm. W. Cowen

3 Apr 1905

 

Discontinued—to Wheatland

30 Apr 1909

 

GOOSE NECK

George C. Dunn

17 June ‘72

T37 R20 S24 (NE Ό)

Daniel J. Parks

10 Aug ‘74

 

Discontinued

29 July ‘80

 

HERMITAGE  (c.h.)

Thomas Davis

22 June ‘48

 

William Woodrum

5 July ‘62

 

Ephraim F. Halbert

11 April 1863

 

Willis G. Robertson

8 Nov ‘78

 

John A. McCartney [N. B. 2 Apl ‘84]

22 June ‘82

 

James H. Bentley

30 July ‘85

 

Ephraim F. Halbert

13 May ‘87

 

William W. Hiatt

31 May ‘89

 

William Howard

18 Apr 1893

 

John W. Robertson

23 Apr 1897

 

Charles M. Bentley

28 July 1898

 

Ross Coon

7 Aug 1906

 

Albert Pitts

7 Aug 1911

 

Lucy A. Mabary

1 July 1914

 

Oliver L. Johnson

8 Dec 1916

 

Oliver L. Johnson

1 Jan 1917

 

Mrs. Anice McKinley

1 July 1942

 

Miss Florence B. Ellison

26 Jan 1943

 

Mrs. Florence B. Browning

Name change 18 Apr 1943

Died 26 July 1963

 

Mrs. Gloria B. Merritt (acting)

3 Sep 1963

terminated 30 Feb 1970

 

Mrs. Flavis G. Taylor

12 June 1971

 

JORDAN  T36 R21 S1 (NE Ό)

Maggie Ashley

14 Feb 1906

 

Richard C. Cox

7 July 1909

 

David P. Harris (acting)

25 June 1921

 

David P. Harris

18 Aug 1921

 

William J.  Harris

31 May 1927

 

Joseph C. Reed

9 July 1934

 

Mrs. Maggie A. Willett

1 Apr 1935

 

Mrs. Trudie Howard

28 Feb 1947

 

Mrs. Clorene Trudie Howard

23 Sept 1947

 

Discontinued-mail to Cross Timbers

31 Dec 1954

  

LIME STONE

James H. Nun

20 Jany ‘71

T36 R23 S18

Discontinued

19 Sep ‘71

 

LONE SPRING

Irene French

28 Feby ‘79

T36 R21 S1 (SE Ό)

Elizabeth Franklin

1 Sept ‘79

 

Emma Thurston

11 June ‘91

 

Calvin H. Franklin

20 July 1892

T36 R21 S1 (NE Ό)

Discontinued—Mail to Preston

31 Jan 1908

  

MELBURN

Wm. T. Williams

5 June ‘95

 

Rescinded

6 Aug ‘95

  

MOBERLY

Justin F. Powers

Too faint to read

 

Mortimer Payne

3 Dec ‘51

 

Andrew S. Armstrong

16 Aug. ‘52

 

 

John M. Hunter

13 Apr ‘54

 

William Bird

31 Jan ‘55

N.B.: Moberly is only listed for the first time period, but William Bird is listed as postmaster at Quincy starting 31 Jan 1855, so presumably Moberly was merged into Quincy P.O.

 

NEMO

Richard Cross

2 Mar 1893

 

Discontinued—Mail to Pittsburg

14 Apr 1896

 

James A. Bush

25 Apr 1899

 

Allen W. Huckaby

15 May 1900

 

George M. Dryer

7 March 1905

 

John W. Hooper

4 Nov 1905

T36 R22 S17 (NE Ό)

John T. Ferguson

21 Nov 1906

 

Eppa B. Carder

17 Apr 1911

 

Discontinued—Mail to Hermitage

31 Jan 1913

  

PACKARD

Delos P. Thurber

24 Nov 90

T38 R20 S26 (NW Ό)

Discontinued—to Cross Timbers

1 Nov 1892

T38 R20 S26 (NE Ό)

William J. Harris

28 Dec 1899

 

PO to Cross Timbers

15 May 1902

  

SALEM [Benton Co.]

Saml. Brown

23 Sept 1840

 

Edward S. Whitehead

15 May 1843

 

To Hickory Co.

4 Feb 1847

Salem [now Hickory Co.]

Aaron Tippett

4 Feb 1847

 

To “Juldalis Gap”

19 Aug ‘47

Judy’s Gap

Isaac M. Cruce

19 Aug ‘47

 

Henry F. Burns

26 Apr ‘50

 

Justus F. Powers

4 Oct ‘50

 

To Quincy

3 Dec 1850

QUINCY

William Bird

31 Jan ‘55

 

Avery S. Mustain

21 Nov ‘55

 

John M. Hunter

26 Feb ‘56

 

Avery S. Mustain

11 Dec ‘56

 

Washington Hutton

1 May 1857

 

Bradford L. Dozier

18 Mar ‘59

 

Daniel Abernathy

9 Dec ‘59

 

John J. Miller

9 Apr ‘61

 

Joseph C. Montgomery

8 July ‘62

 

Albert Crouch

13 Aug ‘62

 

Joseph C. Montgomery

22 Nov ‘62

 

James Raymond

10 Feby ‘63

 

Shadrick W. Nowell

22 Feby ‘64

 

William S. Swicegood

29 Apr ‘64

T38 R23 S33 (NW Ό)

William Thomas

25 Aug 1865

 

Joshua Hartzell

8 July 1867

 

Wm. S. Swicegood

8 Nov ‘69

 

William Flesher

8 March 1870

 

Danl H. Hatton

11 Mar ‘74

 

Alexander W. Brownlee

22 Apl ‘78

 

Levi S. Naftzinger

8 Oct ‘79

 

Albert A. Crouch

19 Sept ‘81

 

Patterson D. Logan

30 July ‘85

 

J. Hunter Crouch

31 May ‘89

 

Nathaniel L. Nowell

12 Dec ‘90

 

William Stiltz

18 Oct 1893

 

Nathaniel L? Nowell

22 Sep 1897

 

Bertie C. Leord

31 Jan 1901

 

Vinson T. Cunningham

4 Sept 1912

 

Thos. C. McCaslin

27 Jan 1914

 

Miss Rena Stiltz

31 Oct 1916

Retired 31 Jan 1940

 

Mrs. Virginia O. Quaintance

1 Feb 1940

 

Miss Eula V. Gilbert

18 Oct 1940

 

Mrs. Eula V. York

Name change 14 Aug 1943

 

Miss Ardith Scott

31 Oct 1944

 

Mrs. Ardith Parker

Name change 3 Apr 1946

 

Discontinued-mail to Weaubleau

1 Dec 1960

 

Rescinded

2 Feb 1961

 

Mrs. Minnie M. Taylor

28 Mar 1960

 

Mrs. M. Lucille McCaslin

17 Feb 1961

 

Mrs. Mary K. Gilbert

9 Mar 1962

  

PITTSBURG(H) --spelled with & without "h" over time

T36 R22 S25

Henry L. Green

25 June 1846

Chris F. Friend

27 Oct ‘47

Henry L. Green

11 June ‘49

Robert Stewart

12 Feb ‘50

Jno. F. Morrison

7 May ‘52

John S. Hall

20 Dec ‘54

Charles H. Hudson

2 Jan ‘1861

Samuel Ralston

19 July 1862

Discontinued

21 Feby ‘65

Moses Darby

29 June ‘65

Abel Benson

15 Jany 1866

Benjamin L. Mallonee

16 Dec ‘67

Callinder L. Dennis

16 Oct ‘74

John L. Ferguson

7 Dec ‘81

Robt. S. Pitts

1 Aug ‘83

William C. Gentry

12 Dec ‘83

Wm. H. Howser

24 Mch ‘87

Wesley Q. Freeman

2 Jan ‘89

Napoleon L. McDonald

19 June 89

To Pittsburg

3 July 93

Phebe J. Dennis

3 July 1890

Andrew L. Kirkpatrick

23 July 1897

Mary D. Robertson

29 Oct 1898

Jasper Creed

29 Jany 1900

Bonnie Cooper

10 Dec 1904

Wm. H. Houser

1 July 1914

Arthur Pitts (acting)

9 Dec 1920

Bonnie Bowen

10 Oct 1921

Edith A. Pitts (acting)

15 Sept 1928

Edith A. Pitts

1 Dec 1928

Mrs. Edith A. Pitts

26 Dec 1928

Mrs. Maude Patterson

3 Feb 1936; retired 30 June 1952

Mrs. Maude Pitts

Name change 3 Feb 1943

Mrs. Lula M. Lightfoot

30 June 1952

 

RONEY - T38 R21 S7 (SE Ό)

Thomas G. Roney

3 Oct ‘67

 

Geo. H. Roney

11 Dec 1886

T38 R21 S10 (NW Ό)

mail to Stafford

5 May 1899

 

URBANA

Thomas Glanville

5 Jan ‘48

 

James H. Vaughn [1st name?]

20 Aug ‘52

 

Thos. Glanville

31 May ‘54

 

Discontinued

25 Sept ‘55

 

Reestablished

17 Dec. ‘55

 

Thomas Glanville

17 Dec ‘55

 

Preston W. Duckworth

13 May ‘56

 

In “Dallas Co.”

 

 WEAUBLEAU

Warblow [St. Clair Co.]

James Dudley

22 Nov ’48; discontinued 17 Mch ‘51

Weaubleau [St. Clair Co.]

John Simms

11 Oct ‘53

 

Discontinued

17 Mar ‘55

 

John Simms

19 May ‘55

 

Stephen A. Richardson

29 May ‘59

 

John H. Choice

22 Nov 1859

 

Discontinued

27 July ‘67

Weaubleau City

Jno Whitaker

10 Mch ‘76

 

Charles G. McMahon

15 Aug ‘77

 

Chas. G. McMahon

16 Aug. ‘77

 

Samuel B. Hudson

2 Sep ‘78

 

Thomas J. Phipps

7 May ‘79

 

Emerson Barben ?

20 June ‘79

 

To Haran

14 Dec. ‘80

Haran

Emerson Barben

14 Dec ‘80

T36 R24 S11 (SE Ό)

Alonzo A. Johns

5 Jany ‘81

 

To Weaubleau

2 May ‘81

Weaubleau

Alonzo A. Johns

2 May ‘81

 

Wm. E. Crouch

14 Aug ‘85

 

Albert H. Doermann

20 Feb ‘89

 

Elizabeth James

16 Nov 1889

 

Edwin L. Butler

18 Nov 1890

 

William S. Knight

17 Dec 1894

 

Nadyne E. Estes

29 Oct 1898

 

Chas. C. Brookshire

11 July 1914

 

Pres. Oct. 1, 1920  [???]

 

 

Chas. O. Vaughn (P&S)

17 Feb 1922

Reappt 25 Mar 1926

 

Charles O. Vaughn

8 Apr 1930

 

Roy Brookshire

22 May 1934

Deceased 30 Oct 1934

T36 R24 S11 (center)

Mrs. Fay B. Swicegood

5 Jan 1935

Retired 31 Jan 1957

 

Dorris G. Hammond

31 Jan 1957

 

Sidney F. Kittel

27 Nov 1959

 

John L. Boswell

28 Feb 1961

 

Elvin Norris Meredith (acting)

18 Feb 1966

 

Elvin N. Meredith

14 July 1966

Posted October 2006 by Ginny Sharp.
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