Etowah County AlArchives Biographies.....Standifer, Walter S. March 6 1856 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 25, 2004, 9:23 pm Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) WALTER S. STANDIFER, the present popular and efficient postmaster of Gadsden, was born March 6, 1856, in Cherokee county, Ala., but the family removed to Gadsden in 1869, and he received a limited education. In 1880 he entered the furniture business, and ran it successfully for seven years, and after this, until 1890, he was in the sash, door and blind trade. He then superintended the building of the Chattanooga Southern railroad at the Gadsden end of that line, until September, 1891. In that year he was appointed by President Harrison postmaster at Gadsden, and, although a republican, he received the cordial endorsement of nearly every business man in the city. The Times-News of September 24, 1891, among other good things, said: "Mr. Standifer, while an ardent republican, has the respect and confidence of men of all parties, and is a young man able and willing to per-form the duties of a first-class postmaster, and we look for a. successful administration of the postoffice affairs at his hands." He was married November 8, 1887, to Kate M., daughter of W. P. Hollingsworth, and five children have blessed the marriage, Fred H., Edward M., Mary, Walter S., deceased, and Charles L. Mr. Standifer is a master Mason, an Odd Fellow and K. P. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, has sung in choir since 1873, and is now first tenor in its choir, and takes great interest in its Sunday school. He is devoted to music, and all of his children are natural musicians. His residence is one of the foremost in Gadsden. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1021-1022 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb