1905 - Clayton County Directory &
Gazetteer - 1905
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Elkport Post office
Is located on north side of Elk Creek and west side of Turkey River. On the C., M. & St. P. Railroad, surrounded by rich and fertile farm lands. It is forty-three miles northwest of Dubuque and thirteen miles southeast of Elkader, the county seat. It has good public schools, three churches, flour mill, bank, etc. Population 250. W. U. Telegraph. U.S. Express. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Elkport post office:
| Amiling, Charles Amling, Frank Amling, Fred Amling, Fred, Jr. Amling, George W. Amling, Jacob Amling, Nettie Amsden, Whitney Appleton, Mrs. Edith Appleton, W.W. Bahr, Peter Bals, John Beatty, James H. Beck, D.C. Beck, Edward Beck, J.C. Becker, Henry Becker, Henry, Jr. Beeh, Chris Beeh, Henry Benschneider, Louis Blanchaine, Charles Bloodworth, M.P. Boehm, Henry J. Boehm, Wm. J. Bowman, Aaron Bowman, Lovett Bowman, Watson Brandtman, Henry Brookshier, J.P. Brookshier, W.W. Buckley, Jeremiah Buschkofsky, Martin Challand, C.F. Combs, John Coonfare, James Costigan, Emma - Asst. postmaster Costigan, Michael Costigan, N. - Postmaster Costigan, Patrick Costigan, Wm. Curran, Wm. Darrow, Newell Darrow, Sylvester Dennis, Frank Derr, Martin Dietrich, Peter Doran, Edward Doran, Francis Doran, John Doran, Julia Eggerth, Edward Fineckie, John Fritz, August Gayler, Daniel Gifford, George Gifford, P.P. Gleason, C.H. Gleason, Clarence L. Godden, Charles Godden, Herbert N. Godden, Joseph Godden, Wm. Hafner, Henry Hageman, B. Hageman, Frank |
Hageman, Max Hall, Mrs. Elias. Harbaugh, Daniel Harris, Wm. Heien, Charles Hoffman, Casper Hohman, Anna Hohman, George Holman, John Horstman, C.H. Horstman, Fred Hunt, Jonas Jaster, A.C. Jaster, John Jenkins, Wm. Jones, Abe Jones, John J. Jones, Wm. Kafer, John Kautz, Otto Kieber, John Kircher, Charles Knospe, Wm. Koehn, Wm. Kriebs, Asa Kriebs, F.J. Kriebs, Georg Kriebs, L.E. Krieg, Adolf Krieg, August Krieg, Charles Krieg, Charles, Jr. Krieg, Fred Kruse, John Kuehl, Charles Kuehl, Joachim Kuehl, John Lovett, Appleton Lundt, August Lundt, Fred Lundt, Henry Mathews, John McDonald, George McEvers, Francis E. McEvers, Isaac McMonigal, Selden McMorrow, Michael Menge, Agnes Menge, Louis Meyer, William Michael, Elmer E. Mueller, H.F. Mueller, Herman Mueller, Ida Murphy, John Musfeldt, Henry Musfeldt, Wm. Nimmo, Wm. Noggle, Milton O'Meara, John J. Ortmann, John Ortmann, William Peick, Fred Phelan, P.A. Phelan, T.T. Phelan, Thomas |
Plagman, Charles Plagman, Christ Preston, Willard Putz, Charles Putz, Conrad Putz, Henry Putz, John Putz, Joseph Renschel, A.C. Rentschler, Michael Rhines, Charles Rhines, J.H. Roeder, Georg Rogers, John Ross, Squire Ruegnitz, G.G. Ruegnitz, George Ruton, Philip Schmidt, Henry Schmidt, John Schmill, Fred Schmill, Fred, Jr. Schnack, Henry Schnack, John Schnack, P.W. Schroeder, Henry Schultz, Charles Schultz, Henry Schwartz, Joseph Schweikert, Christ Schweikert, Jacob Scovel, A.L. Shadle, Joseph Shepard, B.W. Sierks, Peter Smith, David Smith, Edward Smith, Samuel J. Smith, Winfrey Smothers, Daniel Smothers, Martha A. Soll, Charles Soll, Sigmund Stadelmeier, Casper Stansberry, Warren Stewart, George Stover, Philip Stroschen, Wm. Sullivan, Daniel Thien, Frank M. Van Sickle, Charles Waterman, C.C. Waterman, G.W. Waterman, Henry Waterman, John Waterman, W.T. Wenkstern, Charles Wentz, Christoph Wetz, Christ Wille, Henry Williams, F.F. Younkman, Samuel Zapf, Albert Zapf, Hubert Zapf, Michael Zearley, John, Jr. |
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Farmersburg Post office
A thriving village beautifully located on the C., M. & St. P. R. R., seven and one-half miles from Elkader, the county seat, and seventy miles by rail from Dubuque. Population 200. W. U. Telegraph. U. S. Express. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Farmersburg post office:
| Adams, James T. Adams, Nancy Adams, W.Q. Aulerich, George Aulerich, Henry Baade, John Baade, Joseph Baade, Louis Baade, William Barnhard, John, RR1 Bartels, P.M.J. Beales, W.A. Benzing, Lewis Bernhardt, Clarence Bernhardt, John Boller, Charles Boller, Ernest Boller, Henry Botsford, W.F. Brandt, G.A. Brown, Leslie Brown, W.A. Buck, August Buckman, Fred. Buckman, W.E. Burnham, Francis Burnham, Minnie Burnham, Ray Butts, C.M. Butts, Frank C., RR1 Christenson, August Church, J.P. Cook, Daniel Cook, Mrs. Ella Cook, George O. Corlett, F.J. Darrow, G.H. Debs, August Drahn, Fred Drahn, Henry W. Drallmeier, Wm. Draves, John Egger, Wm. Embretson, O.G. Engelhardt, Mary Engelhardt, Rudolph Everall, John Faber, Fritz Faber, Louis Fasher, Fred Fuelling, Ernest Fuelling, L.C. Fuelling, Wm. F. Gall, Herman Gilster, Henry Gilster, Henry A. Gritzmacher, A.J. |
Haltmeyer, Ernest Harnack, Henry Hauschen, Wilhelmine Hendershot, J.D. Henkes, Adam Henkes, Arthur Henkes, Cy Henkes, George Henkes, J.J. Henning, Henry Hinsch, Charles Hinsch, C.H. Hinsch, H.D. Ihde, Christ Jauert, Rud. Jones, Willis Kallmorgan, John Kamp, Henry Kishman, A.A. Klasen, Fred Klefoth, J.C. Klinge, Fritz Klinge, F.J. Klinge, Henry Kluth, Ernest Kluth, John J. Knight, Eben L. Knudson, Henry Knudson, Herbrand Koth, Wm. Kruse, Henry F. Kucke, Fritz Kurth, Fred Kurth, Wm. Kuthe, Charles Kuthe, Richard Kutzback, Henry Lenth, Carl Lenth, Wm. Lewis, Andros Little, J.M. Little, John M. Looby, Edward Luepker, Fred Luepker, Wm. McNamara, John Marfilius, Charles Marks, Wm. Marting, J.F. Mathews, Bert. Mathews, Edward Mathews, James Meier, Christian F. - Postmaster Meier, Claudia M. - Asst. postmaster Meier, C.W. Meier, George F. Meier, John D. |
Mertens, William Meyer, Henry C. Miller, Jacob Moon, W.B. Mueller, Henry Nellson, Peter Neverman, Fritz Oelke, A.H. Oelke, C.W. Oelke, E.C. Oelke, Helmuth Oelke, Henry Oelke, Henry, Jr. Oelke, W.H. Palas, Mrs. John Pettit, Vern Pixler, J.M. Possehl, Reka Radloff, C.F. Reardon, Daniel Reinke, Charles Reinke, Ferdinand Reinke, Herman Rogers, A.F. Rollins, Charles Rubach, Maria Russow, Michael Saske, Louis Scherf, Robert Schmalfeldt, Christ. Schmalfeldt, J.C. Sebastian, F. Seeland, Fred Seeland, Wm. Shepperd, George Sickel, Lambert Strien, Charles Suddendorf, G.H. Suddendorf, Henry Thompson, H.W. Thoreson, Haaken Thoreson, Ole Tielber, Gustav Tiess, Wm. J. Verhoti, Jacob Voelker, Mrs. Fred Voelker, William Vogt, John Vulgraff, Henry Vulgraff, Wm. Wahls, Fred Zuercher, Gottlieb |
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Froelich Post office
A station on the C., M. & St. P. R. R. in the northern part of Clayton county, twelve miles north of Elkader the county seat, and sixty-five miles from Dubuque by rail. Population 50. Telegraph. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Froelich post office:
| Allert, W.J. Baade, John Burlingame, E.A. - Asst. postmaster Drahn, Fred Drahn, Henry Eifert, Henry Froelich, Edwin T. - Postmaster Hamann, Charles Havilicek, Mathias Helwig, Conrad Helwig, Wm. Hoth, Henry |
Lampker, John Lange, Adam Lange, Fred Schiff, Louis Seeland, John Snyder, John L. Splies, John H. Ulrich, George Vendt, John D. Wickersheim, H.J. Wickersheim, Wm. B. |
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~source citation: Clayton County Directory - 1905. Comprising a Complete and Alphabetically Arranged List of Heads of all Families, Business and Professional Firms Residing in Clayton County and Receiving mail through the Various Post Offices in this and Parts of Adjoining Counties; pages 285- 338. Compiled by the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald for the use and benefit of subscribers, 1905.
~transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb
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