Downsville Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 8/2004


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Early Postmasters of Downsville Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana
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SOURCE:
Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 – September 30, 1971, located in the 
National Archives, identifed as Record Group 28, Microfilm Publication M841, 
Reels #51 & 52. 

T. D. Hudson transcribed this information from the original records and donated 
it to the Union Parish Archives in August 2004. 

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DOWNSVILLE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    9 June 1851

HISTORY OF DOWNSVILLE POST OFFICE:
    discontinued 3 Sept 1879 
    re-established 17 Nov 1879 

POSTMASTERS:

Philemon Whilhite, 9 June 1851 - 3 Dec 1865

John E. Woodward, 4 Dec 1865 - 26 Mar 1866

Abel Dixon, 26 Mar 1866 - 16 Oct 1867

Austin Martin, 17 Oct 1867 - 30 Mar 1873

Wesley B. Anderson, 31 Mar 1873 - 9 Nov 1873

Wm. J. Brewster, 10 Nov 1873 - 4 Jan 1874

Wesley B. Anderson, 5 Jan 1874 - 16 July 1876

Perry K. Smith, 17 July 1876 - 16 Oct 1876 

Curtis T. Hines, 17 Oct 1876 - 17 Oct 1877

W. B. Ethridge, 18 Oct 1877 - 13 Jan 1878

Curtis T. Hines, 14 Jan 1878 - 2 Sept 1879

      [office closed 3 Sept 1879 - 16 Nov 1879]

Edward S. Pipes, 17 Nov 1879 - 13 Aug 1882

Chas. J. Hammons, 14 Aug 1882 - 12 Sept 1883

Delana P. Hicks, 13 Sept 1883 - 17 Aug 1884

Colwell C. Hester, 18 Aug 1884 - 9 July 1886 

Thomas P. Ford, 10 July 1886 - 4 Oct 1887 

James M. Hamilton, 5 Oct 1887 - 23 Oct 1907

Wm. T. Pardue, 24 Oct 1907 - 26 Oct 1914

James R. Rush, 27 Oct 1914 - 17 Nov 1923

Lena E. Rush, 18 Nov 1923/4 Dec 1923 - 20 Feb 1924   
         [Both dates are given for her appoitment; probably she was serving by the first, 
          but the appointment was not official until 4 Dec 1923.]

Mattie P. Jones, 21 Feb 1924 - serving in 1930


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COMMENTS:

Downsville and Farmerville are the only Union Parish post offices who managed to 
survive the Reconstruction period without being closed for a few years.


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