Postmasters 1844-1928 (Towns A-L), DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: Jane Sanford Keppler Source: DeSoto Parish GenWeb --------------------------------- ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ---------------------------------------------------- Postmasters 1844-1928 (Towns A-L) Town Postmaster Took Office Notes ASHLAND J. DAVIS 19 Sept 1849 discontinued 9/9/18__ BAYOU PIERRE Robert G. HADEN 30 June 1851 discontinued 12/19/1854 -- John F. FERGUSON 24 May 18__ - BENSON Isaac J. BEST 15 May 1897 - --- Arthur J. BEST 7 Feb 1902 - - Grace BEST 1 Jun 1905 - - Eva M. NEWELL 23 Sept 1914 - - Madge BENSON 3 Feb 1919 - - Jessie RASCOE 5 Oct 1920 - - Annie COPLEN 11 Jan 1922 - - Kathleen D. YOUNG 24 Apr 1924 - - Eva M. NEWELL 21 Mar 1927 - --- Stella B. WELLS 3 Nov 1927 - BLACK JACK Robert HALL 26 Dec 1850 discontinued 19 Dec 1854 - John E. HALL. 12 Nov 1856 - - Augustus CONWAY 15 Nov 1859 - BLANCHARD James S. HUNTER 18 Nov 1886 - - Richard C. ETTRIDGE 28 Jan 1889 - - Robert FLORES 22 Mar 1894   - - W. L. WINTER 15 Aug 1894 - - Phs. W. WILLIAMS 16 May 1895 - BURDETT Lula L. RAINWATER 9 Dec 1914 to NABORTON 1923 BUTLER Thomas F. BUTLER 16 Jun 1890 discontinued to PELICAN 1920 - Frank F. RAINWATER 22 Oct 1908 - - Robert W. LAFITTE 2 Feb 1911 - - John W. RAMSEY 7 Apr 1914 - CARMEL Anastase PETERS 6 Feb 1890 mail to MANSFIELD 1906 - Marion NYSSEN. 28 Mar 1895   - - Ben FLORES 27 Aug 1897 - COOKE John T. PRUDE. 30 Nov 1884   - - H. C. MARSHALL 21 Jan 1896 - - Elzar C. CARGILL 9 Feb 1901 - - John T. PRUDE 3 Feb 1902 - - James L. ANDERS 24 Jun 1908 - - Thomas S. BATES 16 Feb 1910 - DOLETTE Thomas F. SMITH 26 Sept 1898 mail to MANSFIELD 1907 - Mrs. Leona SMITH 25 Jan 1899   - - Edward J. GRIFFITH 8 Jan 1901 - DONA Charles M. TULL 8 Mar 1895 mail to Grand Cane 1905 - Milton C. PUGH 21 Nov 1899   - DOT Marcell JONES 14 May 1892 mail to Keatchee 1892 EUDORA Thomas H. HOLLOWELL 10 Aug 1903 to MANSFIELD 1904 EVELYN Clarence D. HARP 13 Dec 1902 1928 to MANSFIELD - William R. HOLLINGSWORTH 9 Jun 1909   - - Clarence W. HOLLINGSWORTH 27 Dec 1910 -- FORTSON Jewell FORTSON 2 Nov 1916   1928 to MANSFIELD FRANCISVILLE W. M. RICH 9 Apr 1896 changed to WHITLEY - Fannie F. WHITLEY 23 May 1896 - FRIERSON John GRAHAM 17 Sep 1897 - - James W. STEWART 11 Dec 1907 - - Rusk STALLCUP 18 Dec 1918 - FRIARSON'S MILL Samuel J. FRIARSON 21 Aug 1878 1898 changed to FRIARSON FUNSTON George A. MOORE 3 Jul 1906 1912 to LOGANSPORT - Elijah J. DARRETT 24 Feb 1910 - - George A. MOORE 19 Aug 1910 - GASS Samuel A. MARTIN 10 Oct. 1914 - - Henry Grady CALHOUN 8 Mar 1917   - - Ada PHILLIPS 14 Sept 1921 - - John M. EDGE 17 Apr 1925 - GLOSTER James SHERIDAN 8 Dec 1881 - - Charles D. PERRY 19 Dec 1884 - - Thomas E. McWHINEY 5 Apr 1886 - - Binum H. RATLIFF 13 May 1904 - - Lee A. HUEY 24 Feb 1919 - - Margaret REILY 8 Nov 1920 - GRACE Isadore A. TUCKER 2 May 1890 1892 to LOGANSPORT - Willis G. SIKES 31 Jul 1891 - - William PARKER 1 Mar 1892 - Grand Cane Thomas D. HAILES 1June 1840 first listing in Caddo Parish - Thomas D. HAILES 10 Jul 1843 DeSoto Parish - James SUMRALL 15 Apr 184_ - - A. GAMBLE 27 Sept 1852 - - John B. GAMBLE 27 Sept 1852 - - John DAVIDSON 30 Nov 1866 - - B. SPEARMAN 11 Apr 1871 discontinued 11 Apr 1871 - John B. PAYTON 19 Sept 1881 - - James B. WALKER 23 Mar 1885 - - Jeptha F. WALKER 25 Jun 1890 - - Charlotte A. WALKER 1 Oct 1892 - - Thomas W. SCOTT 4 Feb 1896 - - Edmond A. BUNNERSBROCK 24 May 1900 - - Marian E. THOMAS 3 Nov 1903 - Gullet William S. GULLET 9 May 1902 to Spider Oct 1902 Hayelon Joseph PLUNKET 28 Apr 1904 - Hart's Bluff John P. NOLL 21 Jul 1864 discontinued 22 June 1866 Hewitt J. E. HEWITT 10 Apr 1888 - G. GLOVER 17 Apr 1888 - Hollingsworth Miss Marie A. ROBERTS 30 July 1901 - A. V. ROBERTS 3 Apr 1902 To Mansfield 1902 Holly James L. TALBOT 10 Oct 1905 - Sarah A. TALBOT 8 Jan 1908 - Conrad C. TALBOT 5 Jan 1908 - Wm. TYLER 26 Sept 1910 - Elizabeth T. TYLER 10 Mar 1915 to Grand Cane 1925 Hunter James D. HUNTER 6 Apr 1899 - - Dosson DERRICK 11 Oct 1901 - - James F. LONT 30 Jul 1908 - - Harvey E. RITCH 15 Mar 1913 - - George D. ARMSTRONG 14 Nov 1913 - - James J. SIMMONS 17 Mar 1917 To LOGANSPORT 1924 Keatchie William A. THORP 15 May 1844 - - Miss Helen SCHROEDER 3 May 1866 - - B.A. HOLMES 28 Mar 1867 - - William B. PEYTON 9 Mar 1868 - - Thomas S. COLE 7 July 1871 - - August SCHULER 5 Jan 1901 - - Virgil M. RICH 25 Jan 1905 - - Mattie E. RICH 21 Dec 1908 - - Mattie B. PEYTON 17 Jan 1912 - Kingston John M. PRATHER 6 Aug 1856 - - Michael SCOTT 25 Feb 1860 discontinued 22 Jun 1866 - Mitchell J. SCOTT 29 Oct 1878 - - Robert B. FRIARSON 28 Aug 1881 discontinued 27 1881 - R. B. FRIARSON 29 Oct 1881 - - Richard E. SCOTT 25 Feb 1884 - - James H. RIGGS 21 Oct 1911 - - Mitchell J. SCOTT 15 Jan 1916 - - Franklin W. SCOTT 2 Sept 1920 mail to Grand Cane Lassiter Wiley D. LASSITER 27 Mar 1882 - - Susan A. MURPHY 13 Mar 1884 mail to Oxford 24 Nov 1885 Lenoir Frank C. LENOIR 30 Mar 1901 - - Lewis M. NORRIS 10 Jan 1911 - - Francis E. KIDD 31 Jan 1912 - Logansport Samuel MATHERS 29 Feb 1848 - - Stephen F. BAKER 4 Oct 18__ - John F. SIMMONS 30 June 1851 - David J. LAIRD 8 June 1852 - John W. MARTIN 18 Nov 1852 - Moses BROWN 14 July 1854 - John CUTHBERTSON 23 Oct 1860 - A. RAINEY 11 Oct 1866 - Robert H. ALSTON 26 Mar 1867 - Alfred M. GARRETT 26 Apr 1875 - R. J. ALEXANDER 12 Mar 1889 - Cunningham C. CHATHAM 11 Apr 1890 - Nathaniel J. CARRAWAY  3 June 1893 - William L. PARKER 30 Dec 1897 - James K. PYLE 19 June 1902 - William J. HEADRICK 4 May 1906 - James F. MOORE 15 Feb 1908 - John R. NASH 17 June 1915 - Maxie L. NASH 4 Oct 1919 - George D. NASH 6 May 1920 - Walter C. MILLER 1 May 1924 Long Street William C. PEYTON 23 Sept 1854 - - Sterling ANSLEY 11 Oct 1866 - - Alfred SIMPSON 29 Jan 1868 - - Matthew M. MOORE 18 June 1869 - - William J. HEADRICK 19 Apr 1875 - - G. W. CATER 22 Nov 1875 - - John G. NORRIS 8 Feb 1876 - - A. N. JORDAN 29 Oct 1877 - - Willy E. CARTER 11 Feb 1878 - - Victoria L. WHITE 31 Mar 1886 - - James E. COGBURN 5 Mar 1887 - - William A. SMITH 6 Mar 1888 - - T. Lafayette AYCOCK 17 Sept 1888 - - R. J. AYCOCK 9 June 1890 - - Elbert BISHOP 13 Jun 1891 - - James D. WILLIAMS 18 Aug 1892 - - Miss Mina MASON 21 Oct 1899 - - Myrtle Ethel ELLIS 2 July 1901 - - Napoleon B. WILLIAMS 3 Sept 1901 - - Lizzie L. COX 3 Jan 1905 - - Thomas J. GRAVES 27 July 1910 - - Ivan R. GRAVES 28 May 1914 - - Robert P. DIXON 7 Mar 1918 - - Ellen S. THOMPSON 24 Mar 1925 - - Miss Audrey ROWE 30 Jul 1925 - Lula