1905 - Clayton County Directory &
Gazetteer - 1905
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Turkey River Post Office
This town is located on the C., M. & St. P. Railway, twenty-eight miles north of Dubuque, thirty from Elkader, the county seat, and four from Cassville the nearest banking place. It is a terminal point on the Volga branch of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. and on this account is an extensive shipping point for live stock, grain and other farm produce. Population 50. U. S. Express. W. U. Telegraph. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Turkey River post office:
| Adams, N.A. Adams, Math. I. Adams, Peter P. Balsinger, John Barrett, W.J. Barry, Michal Bird, Eugene Bird, Mary Brookers, Wm. De Sotel, Wm. Erie, George Fuerstenberg, August Graybill, Marion James, Wm. Kenyon, Charles Kenyon, Phoebe |
Kolker, Frank Kolker, F.E. Livingston, John A. McKinlay, John F. - Postmaster McKinlay, Josie - Asst. postmaster McLane, Wm. Meyer, Henry Minger, George Minger, Henry Montgomery, W.W. Ricker, Malon Tinkey, W.H. Truesdell, N.H. Wentworth, G.D. |
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Updegraff Post Office
An inland town in the southern part of the county, five miles from Elkport, the nearest shipping and banking point, Population 45. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Updegraff post office:
| Baker, Joseph Baker, S.E. Baker, Wm. H. Beddow, John M. Beddow, Virginia Bond, A.D. Bond, Wm. N. Bowman, James Crop, Ezra Davis, Samuel Garlow, C.E. Garretson, John Hansel, J.J. Hansel, John L. Hansel, Robert Herrington, S.A. |
Learn, Bradley Learn, Morris McDonald, Daniel Miller, C.D. Miller, Edward Nicholas, S.R. Oldham, L.A. Oldham, S.D. Rentschler, Jacob Simons, Edgar Simons, Fred E. Smith, A.C. Swisher, James A. Walters, I.N. Walters, Jesse J. Wenkstern, W.H. |
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Volga Post Office
Is located on the C., M. & St. P. R. R. and on the banks of the Volga River, in Sperry Township, surrounded by as fine a fruit and grain-growing district as there is in the state, and the valleys and rough lands make the best of pasture, besides being well watered by brooks and springs. Shipments from here consist of hogs, cattle, horses and grain that cannot well be excelled in quality. It is 64 miles from Dubuque and ten miles from Elkader, the seat of justice. Telephone connections. Contains fine graded public school, two churches, mill, two hotels, and an extensive creamery, and a bank. U. S. Express. W. U. Telegraph. Population 425.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Volga post office:
| Adams, August Adams, Charles Adams, C.S. Adams, D.L. Adams, J.J. Allen, C.M. Ambrose, F.E. Andreson, Fred Askew, Fred Axtell, E.E. Bachtell, E.H. Bachtell, George E. Bailey, E.C. Bailey, Jason W. Bailey, Seldon Baker, Joseph Barrs, Henry Bartels, August Barton, D.L. Bennington, Charles Bennington, Ray Bennington, Samuel Bennington, Samuel, Jr. Bennington, Wm. Bentley, J.W. Bergan, James Bergan, John Bergan, Thomas Bevens, Charles F. Bissell, Ed. Bissell, J.E. Blake, L.A. Blake, M.L. Blake, V.F. Bolyn, Albert Brandenberg, F.M. Brobrandt, C. Brown, H.P. Brown, William E. Burns, D.D. Burns, John Burns, Dr. J.J. Burrington, John Carmichael, Henry Carmichael, James Chapman, A.A. Chapman, A.B. Chapman, C.L. Chapman, F.W. Chapman, James Chapman, Joseph J. Clark, E.S. Conboy, Michael Conboy, Thomas Conboy, Thomas E. Cook, David Cook, E.R. Cook, W.H. Coonfare, E. Copeland, John Coss, Henry Crain, D.J. Crain, James Cummings, T.W. Cuningham, Michael Cuningham, Patrick Davis, F.F. Davis, F.J. Davis, H.E. Dill, Elijah Dill, George Direen, L.C. Douglass, Ed. Douglass, Stewart Dryer, Wm. Duff, A.M. Duff, John Duff, J. Albert Duff, Milton T. Duff, Robert Duff, R.W. Duff, Thomas Duff, Wm. |
Durland, John Ebendorf, Fred Edmonds, Edward Elwick, Rev. T.J. Epps, James L. Epps, Lemuel Eveleth, Joseph Ewing, Wm. Ewing, W.M. Fairburn, Mark Fay, Joseph Finley, William Fliehler, Anton Fliehler, Charles Fliehler, Wm. Follen, Frank Fowler, C.E. Germer, Henry Germer, Otto Glennon, Wm. Goodin, Warner Goodin, Wm. Goodwin, E.R. Goodwin, F.F. Goodwin, Lewis Harvey, A.C. Hawthorne, James Hawthorne, W.J. Hayes, Edward Hayes, John Hays, Thomas Hess, Charles P. Hill, George Hold, J.W. Humbert, George Hummel, D.L. Hummel, Lewis Humphry, H.R. Humphry, W.K. Hurley, Jermiah Hurley, John J. Hurley, J.M. Hurley, Michael Ingraham, George Jellings, Wm. Jennings, A.O. Jennings, Henry Jennings, J.M. Jones, Joseph R. Jones, William Jones, W.T. Keeling, F.J. Keiholtz, Ed. W. Keiholtz, Hamilton Keiholtz, Lester Keleher, James F. Kinkead, W.B. Koehler, Charles Koopman, Rev. T. Kottman, Louis Krieg, William Kunzmann, A.R. Lamphier, C.C. Lamphier, Henry Lamphier, Lyman Lamphier, L.S. Lamphier, Myron Lamphier, Wm. Leal, William Leate, Robert Leonard, A.A. Lewis, William Libby, J.W. Linder, George Little, James Little, Joseph Lovejoy, Ed. S. Lovett, A. - Asst. postmaster Lovett, C.E. - Postmaster Lowe, David Lowe, D.E. |
McCabe, William McCann, George McCann, George, Jr. McKinney, George McTaggart, James McTaggart, Wm. Madden, Dr. W.D. Marble, Oscar Martin, C.F. Martin, Patrick Maxwell, S.J. Mecklenburg, Wm. Phillips, I.L. Potter, James L. Preuss, Frank Preuss, Fred Probert, James Probert, John Probert, Wm. Rardin, W.E. Rinkert, George Rinkert, John Roach, John Robinson, David Robinson, Joseph Roth, George Rowell, Willis H. Royse, John Royse, Samuel Royse, Walter Samp, C. Scully, M.J. Scully, Peter Shadle, Henry Shadle, James Shea, Edward Shea, John Shea, Martin Shea, Wm. Shea, Wm., Jr. Sherman, L. Slawter, Charles Sloan, Samuel Smith, Fred Smith, Fred, Jr. Smith, G.A. Smith, Harrison Smith, Thomas Smith, W.A. Snodgrass, Francis Stence, M.J. Susie, William Susie, William J. Taylor, Lute W. Taylor, Orie H. Tenny, Alf. Tenny, L.J. Thody, Allen C. Thompson, D.B. Thompson, W.T. Thyne, Austin Thyne, Austin, Jr. Thyne, Patrick Tinkham, Oran J. Voshell, Andrew Voshell, George Waltenbaugh, George Walters, Orrin Wentzel, Julius White, EdwinW. White, George F. White, H.G. White, H.W. White, R.D. White, Wm. White, W.E. White, W.P. White, Wyllys W. Whitford, A.W. Whitford, Henry Whitford, S.B. Wilson, Harry Wilson, James |
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~source citation: Clayton County Directory - 1905. Comprising a Complete and Alphabetically Arranged List of Heads of all Families, Business and Professional Firms Residing in Clayton County and Receiving mail through the Various Post Offices in this and Parts of Adjoining Counties; pages 285- 338. Compiled by the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald for the use and benefit of subscribers, 1905.
~transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb
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