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Postmasters
1889-1915

Submitted by Lynn McCleary April 7, 2020

OFFICIAL REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES,
Containing a List of the Officers and Employees
In the Civil, Military, and Naval Service,
Together with a List of Vessels Belonging To the United States,

July 1, 1889
VOLUME II

The Post-Office Department  And The Postal Service.
[By Authority of Congress.]
Compiled under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior
By J. G. Ames, Superintendent of Documents
Washington:  Government Printing Office.  1890

Introduction:
In 1816, Congress authorized the publication of a list of all federal employees every two years.
It appeared in book form under the title Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States.
The Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon, has in its ollection 77 volumes of registers for years ranging from 1863 to 1959  (noninclusive).
These Registers are organized by department and thereunder by agency, bureau, or office.
Scanned images of the pages are available on Ancestry.com

Table of Contents
Iowa 1889
 Page
 Image
Mail Contractors
 107
 119
Special Mail Service
 352
 364
Mail-Messenger Service
 365
 377
Railway Service
 395
 407
Post-Offices and Postmasters
 538
 550
Clerks in Post Office
 833
 845
Free Delivery System (all States)
 920
 932

Also
Iowa State Gazetteer & Business  Directory  1914-1915
By R. L. Polk & Co.
List of Post Offices page 125-129

Link on Google Books

1889 Post-office Postmaster Given Name Surname Compensation    
  Butler A. L. Lotspeich $41.75    
  Coal Creek B. r. Whaley $122.02    
  Cory Eugene Magoon $84.78    
  Creswell Miss L. A. Morgan $18.91    
  Delta Olif Sampson $445.61    
  Harper John C. Jackson $340.42    
  Hayesville G. Richadson $93.69    
  Hedrick Orson M. Durfey $539.32    
  Ioka J. P. Goodman $60.01    
  Keota Finlay M. Smock $906.24    
  Keswick I. F. Cameron $317.96    
  Kinross O. F. Baughman $177.51    
  Lancaster Mrs. L. Cochran $164.16    
  Manhattan A. C. McGrew $25.89    
  Martinsburgh Geo. L. Eyestone $360.76    
  Nassau Wm. W. Laymon $199.23    
  Ollie Geo. McKinnis $226.86    
  Pekin F. P. Richadson $88.42    
  Richland Del. Ward $508.92    
  Showman S. E. Showman $112.59    
  Sigourney James Frey $1,400.00    
  South English Samuel West $390.42    
  Springfield G. P. Ellis $63.90    
  Steady Run Jno. Demarsh $62.13    
  Talleyrand Alfred B. Rock $116.43    
  Thornburgh Lemon A. Woods $288.56    
  Webster James A. Thomas $299.36    
  What Cheer John A. Rigger $1,600.00    
  White Pigeon Richard Bailey $53.69    
             
1889 Post-office Clerk's Given Name Surname Where Born Whence appointed Compensation
  Sigourney S. Harb Frey IA IA $200.00
             
1889 No Letter Carriers          
             
1889 Post-office Mail-Messenger Given Name Surname Compensation    
  Richland J. W. Griffith $59.28    
  Sigourney J. L. Cochran $200.00    
             
1914-15 Butler          
  Delta          
  Gibson          
  Harper          
  Hayesville          
  Hedrick          
  Keota          
  Keswick          
  Kinross          
  Martinsburg          
  Ollie          
  Pekin          
  Richland          
  Sigourney          
  South English          
  Talleyrand