Post Office
Jacksonville's Honor Roll of Postmasters
| Old Jacksonville, known as Gum Creek | N. M. Fain | 1889-1893 | |
| Jackson Smith | 1848-1850 | A. J. Chessher | 1893-1897 |
| Name changed to Jacksonville, June 20, 1850 |
C. Emanuel | 1897-1902 | |
| William T. D. Guy | 1850-1852 | Ruffin Odom (acting) | 1902-1902 |
| William McKinney | 1852-1859 | R. E. Troutman | 1902-1910 |
| Oliver G. Woodall | 1859-1861 | Chas. F. Adams | 1910-1914 |
| B. C. Rhome | 1861-1866 | C. A. Lawler | 1914-1919 |
| F. L. Johnson | 1866-1867 | Sam H. Lane | 1919-1923 |
| Elihu J. Riggs | 1867-1868 | Chas. F. Adams (acting) | 1923-1924 |
| Miss Lucy Knight | 1868-1871 | Chas. F. Adams | 1924-1936 |
| John F. Patton | 1871-1873 | J. E. McFarland | 1936-1936 |
| William C. Bolton | 1873-1874 | John A. Beall (acting) | 1936-1939 |
| Jame L. Douglas | 1874-1876 | Mrs. DeLouise Beall | 1939-1946 |
| William D. Browder | 1876-1881 | David L. Haberle | 1946-1956 |
| George W. Lane | 1881-1885 | Marion M. Seymour | 1956-1968 |
| J. B. Brittain | 1885-1888 | Herman Glass | 1968-[atleast 1972] |
| J. L. Smith | 1888-1889 |
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This interior view of the Jacksonville postoffice was
made when it was located at the corner of Commerce and Bolton streets
in 1914. At left, Earle Stephens, long-time postal worker, at right
C. A. Lawler, postmaster from 1914 to 1919. Photo from Lawler family. |
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Postoffice in 1972 at corner Rusk and S. Jackon streets. |
Compiled by Greg Smith. If you have any materials you'd like to contribute, please email me.