Warren County (PA) Genealogy
Some Early Postmasters 1826 to 1874
Contributed by Betty Matteson Rhodes
Frequent contributor Betty Matteson Rhodes has provided the data shown below. It is a listing of most people who served as postmaster during the near 50 years of the middle 1800s. If anyone has questions or comments about the material presented below, please contact Betty.
| POST OFFICE |
POST MASTER |
DATE |
POSTMASTER |
DATE |
POST MASTER |
DATE |
NAME |
DATE |
NAME/DATE |
| Beech Hoods |
Ansel Franklin |
24 Oct 1854 |
Discontinued |
23 Dec 185? |
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| Columbus |
Samuel D. Jones |
8 July 1856 |
Frank R.Burroughs |
16 Apr 1857 |
Lewis Crosby | 3 July 1861 | Willard Muzzy |
16 May 1866 |
Louis Crosby 27 June 1866 |
| Colunbus con't |
James M.Hopkins |
19 Sept 1866 |
Lewis Crosby |
21 May 1869 |
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| Corydon |
Ellis Gamble |
17 June 1854 |
Milton Bailey |
19 Jan 18?? |
Clarence P. Bailey | 17 Aug 1864 | Edwin Sunderlin |
20 Dec 1869 |
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| Eagle |
Benjamin F.Wallace |
8 Nov 1856 |
F.Amos Huntley |
23 Feb 18?? |
David N. Stilson | 6 Jan 1866 | Franklin A.Stitson |
16 Nov 1866 |
Alvin Way 25 Apr 1867 |
| Freehold |
Fordyce Alexander |
20 Sept 1855 |
James H.Alexander |
9 Apr 18?? |
Philander Wright | 27 Oct 1863 | Wm. Sweetland |
11 Nov 1870 |
P. Tuttle 19 Apr 1872 |
| Garland |
Simeon McPatch |
5 Nov 1856 |
John P. Jones |
7 Nov 185? |
William Langley | 23 July 1861 | Truman Pierce |
2 Oct 1866 |
Wm Langley 31 Jan 1867 |
| Germany |
Harriet Rohman |
21 June 1853 |
William J.Reeves |
9 June 186? |
George W. Roper | 2 May 1865 |
Mary A.Walling |
15 June 1869 |
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| Irvine |
William A. Irvine |
13 Dec 1826 |
R.D. Warner |
13 Feb 186? |
Orville L. Davis |
28 Dec 1865 |
chgd to 'Irvington' |
26 Feb 1867 |
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| Jackson Run |
Alexander Morton |
10 Sept 1856 |
Discontinued Reestablished |
6 June 1851 26 May 1862 |
John Dunham |
26 May 1862 |
Discontinued |
22 Nov 1862 |
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| Kinzua |
Wellington Green |
9 Apr 1856 |
Warren Leonard |
1 Dec 18?? |
John H. Brasington |
1 Apr 1858 |
Jacob O.McManus |
12 July 1861 |
John Brasington 21 Apr 1862 |
| Kinzua con't |
Maria M.Powell |
26 May 1863 |
Sterling Green |
16 Nov 186? |
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| Lottsville |
Enoch Bordwell |
12 June 1856 |
Alvin Martin |
21 Sept 18?? |
Sarah M. Lott | 7 Nov 1859 | George W.Hill |
22 Apr 1867 |
Sarah M.Lott 11 Sept 1861 |
| Mead |
Jonathan Mott |
13 July 1852 |
Discontinued |
9 July 185? |
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| Pine Valley |
LeRoy Beals |
29 Mar 1855 |
Charles B. West |
19 Jan 186? |
Discontinued |
26 Nov 1866 |
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| Pittsfield |
Ezra Chaffee |
24 Apr 1856 |
Daniel R. Ransom |
17 Mar 186? |
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| Russellburgh |
John Russell |
9 Dec 1853 |
John Matson |
21 Dec 1862 |
Hiram W. Sane |
16 Oct 1871 |
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| Sheffield |
John Gilson |
8 Dec 1853 |
Asa H. Barnes |
5 Aug 1862 |
Webb Horton |
22 June 1865 |
Asa H. Barns |
1 Aug 1865 |
to Barnes 20 Vov 1872 |
| SouthWest |
John W. Brigham |
21 June 1852 |
Warner Perry |
30 Apr 1858 |
David H. Mitchell |
13 Mar 1862 |
M.W. Yost |
22 June 1865 |
Solomon Carman 17 Aug 1865 |
| SW con't |
Maurice W.Yost |
30 Mar 1866 |
Myron Dunham |
25 April 186? |
chgd to 'Enterprise' |
23 Feb 1874 |
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| Spring Creek |
William G.Garcelon |
5 Nov 1851 |
Thomas Irvine |
14 Jan 1859 |
Discontinued Reestablished |
15 Oct 1859 7 Nov 1859 |
David S.Donaldson |
7 Nov 1859 |
Wm Garcelon 27 June 1862 |
| Steam Mill |
James Hill |
16 Jan 1855 |
John S.McChesney |
19 July 1869 |
Discontinued |
3 Feb 1871 |
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| Sugar Grove |
Dwight W.Buell |
31 July 1856 |
James Patterson |
8 Apr 1858 |
Joshua B.VanDursen |
19 Aug 1859 |
Jacob Horton |
8 June 1861 |
Conjden Phillips 22 April 1861 |
| Tidioute |
John D. tedwell |
4 Jan 1856 |
John Hunten |
21 Sept 185? |
Henry H. Evans |
12 Mar 1861 |
Stephen K. Evans |
11 Dec 1863 |
Robert Hanna 29 Aug 18?? |
| Tidioute con't |
Stephen H. vans |
22 Oct 1866 |
Reappointed |
1 Mar 1867 |
Reapp'd P & S |
20 Feb 1871 |
Levi L.McCall |
12 June 1874 |
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