Ouachita City 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 the Ouachita City 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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OUACHITA CITY POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    13 March 1846


HISTORY OF OUACHITA CITY POST OFFICE, 1846 - 1928:
  opened 13 March 1846
  changed to Hamilton (across the Ouachita River) in Ouachita Parish 11 July 1851 
  re-established 3 Nov 1851 at Ouachita City in Union Parish
  discontinued 28 June 1866
  re-established 6 Nov 1867
  discontinued 24 Nov 1869
  re-established 13 Nov 1871
  office name changed to 'Ouachita' on 6 March 1894
  office discontinued effective 15 Sept 1928, mail forwarded to Sterlington


POSTMASTERS:

Vallen J. Bird, 13 Mar 1846 - 15 Dec 1847

David B. Trousdale, 16 Dec 1847 - 4 Nov 1849 

James A. Holliday, 5 Nov 1849 - 10 July 1851

       [office closed 11 July 1851 - 2 Nov 1851]

James L. Jones, 3 Nov 1851 - 28 Dec 1853

James C. Brown, 29 Dec 1853 - 10 July 1854

John G. Hill, 11 July 1854 - 29 Aug 1854

John Norsworthy, 30 Aug 1854 - 27 Feb 1857

James M. Lupo, 28 Feb 1857 - 24 Oct 1858

Claiborne M. Smith, 25 Oct 1858 - 17 Jan 1860

James L. Jones, 18 Jan 1860 - 27 June 1866

       [office closed 28 June 1866 - 5 Nov 1867]

Edward G. Cashell, 6 Nov 1867 - 23 Nov 1869

       [office closed 24 Nov 1869 - 12 Nov 1871]

William Parks, 13 Nov 1871 - 6 Dec 1871

       [office closed 7 Dec 1871 - 1 May 1872]

Wm. Parks, 2 May 1872 - 27 May 1877

Ollie B. Steele, 28 May 1877 - 30 Nov 1879

James O. Barr, 1 Dec 1879 - 29 Jan 1880

Oliver P. Smith, 30 Jan 1880 - 28 Sept 1880

R. S. Swan, 29 Sept 1880 - 20 June 1881

John A. Peak, 21 June 1881 - 13 Sept 1889

Chas. E. Pratt, 14 Sept 1889 - 27 Aug 1890

Celestia Newman, 28 Aug 1890 - 13 Feb 1891 

Edna E. Clark, 14 Feb 1891 -  5 Mar 1894            (failed to qualify)

      [office name changed to 'Ouachita' 6 March 1894]

Jas. C. Sterling, 6 Mar 1894 - order recinded 2 June 1894

Mrs. E. E. Clark, 2 June 1894 - 26 June 1894

William E. Hopkins, 27 June 1894 - 7 July 1898

John P. Smith, 8 July 1898 - 8 May 1900 

George F. Clark, 9 May 1900 - 13 July 1904 

Edna E. Clark, 14 July 1904 - 11 June 1905

Wm. A. Kirkpatrick, 12 June 1905 - 30 Jan 1907

Chas H. Gulley, 31 Jan 1907 - 16 Mar 1917

John B. Brasher, 17 Mar 1917 - 27 Dec 1926

Ida M. Griffin, 28 Dec 1926 - 5 Mar 1928

Effie M. Palmer, 6 Mar 1928 - 14 Sept 1928

    [Office discontinued effective 15 Sept 1928, mail forwarded to Sterlington.]



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COMMENTS:

Ouachita City is located in Union Parish on the Ouachita River, a few miles upriver 
from Sterlington. Ouachita City was the second largest Union Parish town for many 
years, perhaps more bussling than Farmerville due to its location on the river. 



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