Kellerton Post Office

BROWN, KENDALL, HEDGES, PRINDLE, CARPENTER, SMITH, STRUTHERS, ADAMS, NIECE, HARRIS LEE, TEALE, GUSTIN, MOON, FARMER, ALLEN, BEEDE, SPENCER, DUFFIELD, DAUGHTON, MERRILL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/8/2009 at 23:50:19

KELLERTON POST OFFICE, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA

Kellerton Post Office

Fred A. BROWN had been the Postmaster for six years, operating out of an office at Cross, when it was discontinued on October 29, 1879. He was appointed as Kellerton's first Postmater, his commission dated November 24, 1879 which was signed by D. M. KEY, the Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. HAYES. The Post Office was located in the BROWN residence on Decatur Street.

J. W. KENDALL, editor of the Kellerton Mentor, was appointed as Kellerton's Postmaster on November 18, 1881. The Post Office was moved to the Mentor office.

Throughout the next few years, the Post Office was housed in various buildings in the business section of Kellerton.

Smiley B. HEDGES, Kellerton's Postmaster at the time, bought the brick building which had fomerly been the Ringgold County Savings Bank, on December 25, 1931. Kellerton's Post Office was moved into this building in January of 1932, and was dedicated in the Fall of 1961. This building is still Kellerton's Post Office.

KELLERTON'S POSTMASTERS

POSTMASTERS DATE APPOINTED

Fred A. BROWN Estb. 29 Oct 1879

J. W. KENDALL 18 Nov 1881

Charles W. PRINDLE 19 Jul 1882

E. M. CARPENTER 04 Jan 1883

Frank C. SMITH 02 Nov 1883

Thomas M. STRUTHERS 31 Aug 1889

Charles E. ADAMS 10 Feb 1892

Louis F. NIECE 19 Apr 1893

James H. HARRIS 22 Jan 1896

Samuel M. LEE 17 Dec 1896

Clarence E. TEALE 03 Dec 1900

Charles E. ADAMS 27 Aug 1903

William L. GUSTIN 02 Jun 1904

John S. MOON 31 Jul 1913

Smiley B. HEDGES 08 Feb 1923

Wallace W. FARMER 22 Aug 1935

Helen H. ALLEN Oct 1950

Homer H. BEEDE Aug 1952

Lyle A. SPENCER Jul 1953

Ted J. DUFFIELD May 1960

James L. DAUGHTON Mar 1961

Sam K. MERRILL Feb. 1965

SOURCE: Kellerton Centennial: 1879 - 1979

Submitted by Sharon R. Becker, 2009