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KELLERTON POST OFFICE, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA
Kellerton Post Office
Fred A. BROWN had been the Postmaster for six years, operating out of an office at Cross, when it was discontinued on
October 29, 1879. He was appointed as Kellerton's first Postmater, his commission dated November 24, 1879 which was
signed by D. M. KEY, the Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. HAYES. The Post Office was located in the
BROWN residence on Decatur Street. J. W. KENDALL, editor of the Kellerton Mentor, was appointed as Kellerton's
Postmaster on November 18, 1881. The Post Office was moved to the Mentor office. Throughout the next few years,
the Post Office was housed in various buildings in the business section of Kellerton. Smiley B. HEDGES, Kellerton's
Postmaster at the time, bought the brick building which had fomerly been the Ringgold County Savings Bank, on December
25, 1931. Kellerton's Post Office was moved into this building in January of 1932, and was dedicated in the Fall of
1961. This building is still Kellerton's Post Office.
KELLERTON'S POSTMASTERS
| POSTMASTERS |
DATE APPOINTED |
| Fred A. BROWN |
Estb. 29 Oct 1879 |
| J. W. KENDALL |
18 Nov 1881 |
| Charles W. PRINDLE |
19 Jul 1882 |
| E. M. CARPENTER |
04 Jan 1883 |
| Frank C. SMITH |
02 Nov 1883 |
| Thomas M. STRUTHERS |
31 Aug 1889 |
| Charles E. ADAMS |
10 Feb 1892 |
| Louis F. NIECE |
19 Apr 1893 |
| James H. HARRIS |
22 Jan 1896 |
| Samuel M. LEE |
17 Dec 1896 |
| Clarence E. TEALE |
03 Dec 1900 |
| Charles E. ADAMS |
27 Aug 1903 |
| William L. GUSTIN |
02 Jun 1904 |
| John S. MOON |
31 Jul 1913 |
| Smiley B. HEDGES |
08 Feb 1923 |
| Wallace W. FARMER |
22 Aug 1935 |
| Helen H. ALLEN |
Oct 1950 |
| Homer H. BEEDE |
Aug 1952 |
| Lyle A. SPENCER |
Jul 1953 |
| Ted J. DUFFIELD |
May 1960 |
| James L. DAUGHTON |
Mar 1961 |
| Sam K. MERRILL |
Feb. 1965 |
| Brenda OSBORN BOLES |
to 2012 |
| Dee EURITT |
2012 |
SOURCE: Kellerton Centennial: 1879 - 1979
Submitted by Sharon R. Becker, 2009
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