AREA HISTORY:  Postoffice of Lewisberry, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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POSTOFFICE, Page 634

Postoffice.-The postoffice was established at Lewisberry November 29, 1815.  The 
following is a complete list of the postmasters since then, together with the 
dates of appointment as taken from the records at Washington:

    Jacob Kirk                November 29, 1815
    Eli Lewis                 May 31, 1820
    Pamela Lewis              May 16, 1821
    Lewis Harry               April 25, 1826
    Hiram Starr               August 10, 1830
    Samuel Crull              April 20, 1833
    William P. Nebinger       December 28, 1840
    Jacob Frankeberger        March 27, 1844
    William Nichols           July 3, 1845
    Joseph S. Uppdegraff      January 18, 1849
    Jacob Smith               July 26, 1853
    William Shanelly          October 19, 1857
    Jacob G. Miller           May 31, 1860
    Isaac K. Hammond          June 26, 1861
    Jonathan E. McGrew        June 20, 1865
    Isaac K. Hammond          February 16, 1866
    Jacob H. Stonesifer       June 15, 1868
    Robert N. Wright          October 6, 1869
    Thomas Groome             November 18, 1870
    Herman Kirk               December 26, 1871
    George K. Bratten         September 3, 1877
    Elizabeth Bratten         February 26, 1880
    John L. Grove             July 13, 1882
    Elizabeth Bratten         March 31, 1883