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Postmasters of Franklin County

Appanoose (located northwest quarter section 24, township 15, range 17)

12/08/1857 Dean, Daniel

07/03/1860 * discontinued

01/04/1870 Stanton, Gershom R.

11/08/1871 St John, Marcena

01/02/1872 Steele, Jackson

11/27/1874 St John, Marcena

01/22/1875 Mitchell, David H.

05/06/1875 Eaton, George W.

05/26/1879 Eaton, Dexter

11/16/1881 Eaton, Mrs. Sophronia

01/31/1902 * discontinued

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Berea

12/17/1863 Lather, Matthew M.

09/06/1864 Kelsey, Thomas

03/09/1868 Black, Joseph C.

10/18/1870 * discontimued

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Bowling Green

08/28/1855 Montgomery, Matthew

02/10/1857 Carter, James H.

08/21/1857 * discontinued

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Centropolis  (located southwest quarter of section 30, twonship 15, range 19)

08/04/1858 Bliss, Harvey H.

11/21/1859 * discontinued

02/21/1863 * from Minneola

02/21/1863 McCage, Thomas

11/25/1863 * changed to Minneola

12/08/1865 * from Minneola

12/08/1865 Harbour, Abner

04/01/1869 Harbour, Jacob

04/25/1873 Sands, Benjamin

12/03/187 St John, Jasper

04/11/1889 Wellman, Isaac A.

06/16/1893 Clark, Alfred

07/09/1895 Clark, Charles W.

12/22/1896 Bliss, Walter E.

07/23/1897 Beadford, James E.

03/03/1899 Gaskill, Charles B.

01/12/1900 Wellman, Isaam A.

10/28/1903 Bliss, Hiland H.

08/06/1907 Powers, Catharine B.

02/04/1909 Smith, Andrew J.

06/15/1909 Hughes, Millie A.

01/16/1911 Anglemyer, Lucy E.

11/26/1912 Flora, Mary E.

03/13/1919 Phillips, Earl H.

01/04/1930 * discontinued - mail to Ottawa

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Coburn (located northwest quarter of section 22, township 15, range 18)

01/18/1900 Hoddle, Edgar

12/08/1900 Smith, Samuel C.

01/31/1902 * discontinued - mail to Overbrook

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Dennison

10/12/1865 Brown, Matthew

01/28/186 * discontinued

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Emerald (located northwest quarter of section 17, township 19, range 18)

01/20/1882 McGlinn, Thos.

11/14/1903 * discontinued

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Ferguson

09/30/1870 Stonebreaker, Jno. A.

02/20/1878 Dysmrt, John Z.

05/02/1878 Ferguson, Robert M.

03/14/1879 Purdy, James A.

05/08/1879 * changed to Le Loup

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Forest Home

01/08/1867 Carl, James

05/19/1869 Carl, Mrs. Catherine

06/15/186m Carl, James

02/01/1871 Ford, Mrs. Abigail

11/11/1872 Johnson, Henry T.

12/09/1872 Ford, James P.

12/27/1876 * discontinued

01/29/1877 * reastablished

02/12/1877 Johnson, Henry T.

10/26/1877 * changed to Homewood

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Garlington  (located southwest quarter of section 31, township 15, range 18)

03/04/1886 McClellan, Jacob S.

04/25/1898 Clark, Arthur E.

05/23/1898 * changed to Pleasant Hill

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Greenwood

02/27/1861 * from Sac & Fox Agency

02/27/186m Buckner, Elijah S.

04/08/1861 Nitingale, William

08/31/1861 Miller, John W.

01/24/1862 English, Harker R.

09/27/1862 Nitingale, William

02/23/1864 Means, Thomas

02/13/1867 Reed, Harrison

06/10/1870 Stookey, Putnam C.

07/12/1871 Burrows, David

09/03/1872 * discontinued

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Hackett (located northeast quarter of section 33, township 15, range 19)

04/12/1900 Pitzer, Hugh J.

09/14/1903 * discontinued - mail to Ottawa

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Hickory Creek

03/04/1859 Lyon, Samuel M.

03/09/1860 Armstrong, Francis

09/13/1860 * discontinued

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Homewood (located southeast quarter of section 2, township 18 range 18 in 1885/ located northeast quarter of section 2, township 18, range 18 in 1913, and located in northwest quarter of section 1, township 18, range 18  in 1922)

10/26/1877 * from Forest Home

10/26/1877 Kent, Alfred W.

08/27/1878 Funk, Abraham

10/01/1883 Guy, James

12/14/1891 Master, William L.

11/28/1892 Johnson, Henry T.

07/14/1894 Guy, Richard I.

08/26/1898 Green, John Q.

07/05/1906 Hepler, William H.

01/12/1924 Clines, Lucy J.

09/26/1942 Huber, Lucy J. Clines

04/01/1943 Hurmey, Elmina W.

03/15/1955 * discontinued - mail to Williamsburg

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Imes (located in northeast quarter of section 14, township 17, range 20)

05/23/1887 * from Larimore

05/23/1887 Imes, Harmon

10/03/1898 Bradford, Cyrus A.

10/05/190m Imes, Harmon

05/31/1917 * discontinued - mail to Rantoul

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Lane (located in southwest quarter of section 34, township 18, range 21 in 1885/ located in southeast quarter of section 33, township 18, range 21 in 1937)

01/28/1863 * from Shermansville

01/28/1863 Wasson, Alfred W.

11/01/1865 Butler, Oliver

02/14/1866 Britt, Mary

02/13/1867 Stulfouth, John

02/13/1867 Steelfouth, John

07/03/1868 Holaday, Duncan

02/29/1872 Wasson, William H.

02/16/1876 Moore, John D.

05/23/1878 Welch, David L.

10/20/1879 Hendrickson, Lewis

09/01/1886 Miles, James A.

04/03/1889 Cowan, Henry H.

05/09/1893 Loch, Adam

05/01/1897 Hanway, John S.

06/20/1903 Morris, Charles C.

03/25/1915 Martin, Floyd B.

08/31/1954 Robinson, William J.

05/21/1956 Stevens, Elery N.

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Larimore  (located in northeast quarter of section 14, township 17, range 20)

08/01/1881 Imes, Harmon

05/23/1887 * changed to Imes

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Le Loup (located in southeast quarter of section 35, township 15, range 20 in 1885/ located in southwest quarter of section 35, township 15, range 20 in 1920)

05/08/1879 * from Ferguson

05/08/1879m Purdy, James A.

05/23/1890 Ferguson, Robert M.

05/29/1897 Ross, David

01/18/1898 Kraft, Louis

08/29/1898 Guy, Richard I.

09/24/1903 Gadelman, William P.

06/30/1920 Cloon, George B. Jr.

11/09/1931m Brecheisen, Ray

01/14/1937 Farrell, Donald F.

07/04/1942 Dilts, Lena Irene

09/01/1944 Smith, Frank

02/28/1950 O'Connor, Frances L.

05/02/1953 Dilts, Frances L. O'Connor

02/15/1954 * discontinued - mail to Wellsville

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McCandless (located in northeast quarter of section 2, township 18, range 20)

03/12/1900 McCandless, Oliver G.

12/31/1901 * discontinued - mail to Rantoul

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Minneola

11/26/1858 * from Saint Bernard

11/26/1858 Welsh, Joseph

09/27/1861 Allen, Joseph O.

04/18/1862 McCage, Thomas

11/14/1862 Perkins, George W.

02/21/1863 * changed to Centropolis

11/25/1863 * from Centropolis

11/25/1863 Pennock, William

12/08/1865 * changed to Centropolis

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Norwood  (located in southeast quarter of section 25, township 15, range 19)

03/04/1868 McClellan, Matthew

05/02/1869 Rankin, William A.

10/24/187m * discontinued

08/01/1871 * reastablished

08/01/1871 Burris, Wilson

08/06/1872 * discontinued

08/12/1874 * reestablished

08/12/1874 Moore, David W.

04/15/1875 Hedrick, Charles M.

03/19/1889 Holsburm, Adam

07/14/1894 Tepfer, Guss

03/25/1895 Slater, Alfred H.

03/31/1898 Peffly, Samuel P.

01/19/1899 Caley, James C.

12/12/1899 Slater, Alfred H.

07/29/1901 Cunningham, Henry L.

04/03/1902 Rumold, Wm. J.

08/24/1904 Spangler, Samuel H.

04/01/1905 McCurry, John G.

11/14/1908 Lloyd, Emma Lou

06/15/1914 * discontinued - mail to Ottawa

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Ohio City

06/29/1857 Kibbe, William E.

02/12/1858 Gates, James H.

11/21/1859 Sanford, Benjamin C.

07/20/1861 Randall, William

01/23/1864 Sheldon, Herbert F.

04/11/1865 Morlan, Jason F.

05/29/1867 Jennings, Thorp B.

12/02/1867 Jennings, William S.

01/09/1868 Gammon, Samuel H.

03/28/1870 * changed to Princeton

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Ottawa (located in southwest quarter of section 36, township 16, range 19)

03/31/1864 * from Ottawa Creek

03/31/1864 Evans, Charles T.

02/23/1865 Dobson, Adam

01/04/1867 Stinson, Hiram K.

08/12/1867 Brooks, James A.

07/30/186m Welsh, Harlan P.

04/21/1869 Brooks, James A.

07/09/1870 Earnest, Peter S. (L.?)

06/17/1871 Robb, James

06/15/1878 Clark, William H.

03/17/1880 Bliss, John E.

08/17/1889 Clarke, John Q.

08/29/1894 Kessler, John B.

11/15/1898 Harris, John P.

02/28/1907 Waring, Newman

03/01/1915 Elder, Aldamar P.

12/18/1923 Clark, Walter S.

12/15/1927 Quin, John

05/26/1936 Cummings, Thomas J.

10/01/1965 Watkins, Ernest E.

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Pansy (located in northwest quarter of section 36, township 15, range 17)

10/26/1898 Kinzie, Daniel A.

01/31/1902 * discontinued - mail to Pomona

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Peoria (located in northwest quarter of section 12, township 17, range 20)

06/15/1857 Johnson, Alfred C.

01/26/1859 * discontimued

01/27/1860 Burney, William P.

08/29/1861 Sumstine, Jacob

07/10/1862 Burney, William P.

01/28/1863 Bateman, William

11/29/1872 Johnson, Alfred C.

05/25/1889 Sumstine, Francis E.

02/21/1902 Crawford, Jesse W.

03/10/190m Asimus, William F.

10/08/1909 Johnson, Alfred C.

04/30/1934 * discontinued - mail to Ottawa

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Pleasanthill

05/23/1898 * from Garlington

05/23/1898 Clark, Arthur C.

09/26/1900 Baxter, Barnett

01/31/1902 * discontinued - mail to Pomona

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Pomona (located in southwest quarter of section 32, township 16, range 18)

05/05/1870 Ricksecker, Levi

10/25/1871 Mackey, James W.

05/12/1879 Mackey, Tirza J.

03/27/1889 Glenn, Benjamin G.

06/05/1893 Chrisman, Charles H.

05/27/1897 Benton, Arthur S.

08/26/1899 Ankeny, Theodore F.

03/28/1914 Parkinson, Jonathan H.

12/04/1922 Likes, Belford A.

09/16/1935 Neely, Edward J.

09/04/1959 Driver, James R.

03/24/1961 Hogue, James R.

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Princeton (located in northeast quarter of section 14, township 18, range 19)

03/28/1870 * from Ohio City

03/28/1870 Gannon, Samuel H.

04/14/1870 Fletcher, Thomas P.

08/04/1873 Barnett, Jacob L.

10/12/1874 Thornbury, James R.

01/21/1880 Wright, Thos. Z.

09/27/1881 Leeds, Hardin W.

01/27/1892 Warner, E. Luther

07/20/1892 Huff, John A.

06/09/1897 McCandless, Newton W.

09/22/1913 Harris, George

08/29/1920 Wetteran, Esther

04/01/1944 Collins, John W.

01/31/1945 Donart, Marie A.

04/03/1971 School, Marilyn P.

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Ransomville (located in southwest quarter of section 4, township 18, range 18)

02/01/1881 Ransom, Mary

02/16/1882 Ransom, Myra

05/01/1888 Glidden, Gilbert D.

05/11/1908 Simms, James Jr.

09/19/1910 Morris, Wm.

06/30/1915 * discontinued - mail to Homewood

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Rantoul (located in northeast (northwest)quarter of section 29, township 17, range 21)

09/10/1862 Cutler,Daniel C.

06/26/1866 * discontinued

03/20/1872 Cutler, Daniel C.

06/21/1875 Seymour, John T.

12/07/1876 Seymour, Mrs. Ann

07/06/1880 Cherrie, Chas. L.

11/29/1880 Gay, James

07/14/1881 Beeson, Jesse D.

04/20/1889 Slvord?, F. Albron?

06/16/1890 Wilson, Charles M.

05/19/1897 Springer, James H.

05/20/1909 Crouch, Chas. P.

04/02/1913 Cartzdafner, John M.

08/22/1919 Carter, Jewel M.

04/17/1920 Snider, Elizabeth

07/17/1929 Yeager, Elizabeth Snider

09/06/1929 McIntosh, George A.

09/20/1933 Averill, Claude F.

08/06/1947 Jackson, Pauline L.

10/01/1948 Betz, Florence

12/31/1962 Jackson, Pauline L.

04/23/1965 Mellen, Earl D.

08/20/1965 Pennington, Earl K.

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Richmond (located in northeast quarter of section 13, township 19, range 19)

04/12/1870 Dayfoot, John B.

11/08/1872 Harshberger, George W.

09/19/1851 Kelsey, James F.

12/18/1851 Fletcher, Wm. W.

10/09/1889 Harshberger, Anna R.

09/16/1893 Daly, Joseph M.

11/23/1897 Harshberger, Anna K.

02/27/1915 Kepple, Matthew

08/29/1922 Dancaster, William

08/16/1935 Mardick, Charles A.

01/23/1959 Lyon, Elden A.

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Richter  (located in southeast quarter of section 35, township 16, range 18)

07/14/1851 Lefferson, Henry M.

03/29/1890 Preshaw, William S.

01/02/1907 * discontinued - mail to Ottawa

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Sac Branch

10/18/1861 Sturgeon, Robert W.

01/28/1863 * discontinued

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Saint Bernard

03/03/1855 Bernard, Joab M.

11/26/1858 * to Minneola

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Scipio

09/06/1859 May, Tobias

12/10/1860 Spriggs, Benjamin

01/29/1862 Brown, Benonia P.

05/05/1851 Rankin, Charles A.

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Scipio (Anderson county)

08/29/1851 Putnam, Leander

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Shermansville

12/21/1855 Wilkinson, Allen

08/28/1856 * discontinued

05/14/1857 O'Donnall, William

06/07/1851 Grant, John T.

01/28/1863 * changed to Lane

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Wellsville  (located in northeast quarter of section 28, township 15, range 21)

10/03/1870 Brockway, Horatio N.

04/23/1872 Brockway, William S.

08/07/1889 Wilkins, John

06/16/1893 Cayot, Charles

04/29/1897 Dunbar, Arthur F.

01/22/1914 Skannon, Hazel I.

02/04/1914 Simmons, J. C.

10/05/1914 Simmons, Roy E.

03/02/1915 Simmons, Catharine E.

07/06/1920 Simmons, Raymond E.

06/26/1964 Good, Harold E.

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Williamsburgh

04/10/1869 Holman, Calvin

05/24/1870 Barnett, Jacob L.

04/21/1873 Fogle, Daniel B.

08/25/1880 Ransom, John H.

09/06/1880 Ransom, James H.

08/25/1881 Towle, Joseph A.

06/16/1893 Hagan, Thomas W.

03/12/1894 * changed to Williamsburg

Williamsburg  (located in southwest quarter of section 18, township 18, range 18)

03/12/1894 * from Williamsburgh

03/12/1894 Bartholow, Virginia E.

06/12/1897 Towle, Joseph A.

09/27/1910 Claypool, John

07/23/1913 McLindon, Patrick

07/02/1919 Mickey, Christine

12/15/1921 Reed, V. Gladys

12/18/1923 Price, David R.

07/16/1935 Doyle, Daniel E.

01/15/1945 Fogle, Daniel B.

07/31/1971 McMillan, Roena I.

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Woodlief (located in southeast quarter of section 17, township 16, range 20)

08/20/1898 Woodlief, Wm. H.

11/29/1898 Woodlief, Lulu

12/31/1901 * discontinued - mail to Ottawa

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