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"Evening News" (Roanoke, VA), Vol. 9, No. 62, Sat., June 25, 1904, p. 1 

STILL HOLDS ON TO POSTOFFICE 

  Suffolk, Va., June 25. - Mrs. M.M. Holland, postmistress at Buckhorn, Va., 
refuses to surrender the office to her successor.  W.T. Barrett recently was 
commissioned as postmaster, but when be sought to succeed she declined to turn 
over the office.  Later Barrett got a government order for the custodianship 
of the office, but Mrs. Holland again refused to surrender, saying she was 
acting upon the advice of counsel.  Mrs. Holland yet remains in control. 

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"Pearisburg (VA) Virginian," Vol. 37, No. 7, Thurs., June 30, 1904, p. 1 

Woman Holds Office. 

  Suffolk, Va., (Special). - A peculiar state of affairs exists as to the 
postmastership of the office of Buckhorn, Va.  W.T. Barrett recently was 
commissioned as postmaster, but when he called on Mrs. M.H. Holland, whom he 
sought to succeed, she declined to turn over the office.  Later Barrett got 
a Government order giving him the custody of the office, but Mrs. Holland 
again refused to surrender, saying she was acting upon the advice of counsel. 
Mrs. Holland remains in control. 

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"Highland Recorder" (Montgomery, Highland Co., VA), Vol. 26, No. 24, 
   Fri., July 1, 1904, p. 1 

Woman Holds Office. 

  Suffolk, Va., (Special). - A peculiar state of affairs exists as to the 
postmastership of the office of Buckhorn, Va.  W.T. Barrett recently was 
commissioned as postmaster, but when he called on Mrs. M.H. Holland, whom 
he sought to succeed, she declined to turn over the office.  Later Barrett 
got a Government order giving him the custody of the office, but Mrs. Holland 
again refused to surrender, saying she was acting upon the advice of counsel. 
Mrs. Holland remains in control. 

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*Additional information: 

The postmistress seems to be Mary M. (HINES; Mrs. Robert J.) HOLLAND.  She & 
   widower Robert m. 22 Aug 1880 (Nansemond #98).  They appear in the 1900 
   Census in Chuckatuck Dist., Nansemond Co., on Owned Free Farm #113; she 
   was b. May 1865, and 6 of her 9 children were living.  They appear in the 
   1910 Census in Chuckatuck Dist., on Owned Free Farm #11; she was age 47, 
   and 8 of her 10 children were living; it gives this as the 1st marriage 
   for both. 

Her replacement seems to be Walter Thomas BARRETT (1874 - 1939).  He appears 
   as a merchant in the 1900 Census in Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co.  He 
   appears as a peanut factory shipping clerk in the 1910 Census, at 122 
   Wellons St., Suffolk; it gives him and his wife as both widowed.  They are 
   buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Block K, Lot 4. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_a.txt 


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