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04 June 2013

Who were the postmasters of Frankfort, Will County, Illinois?



My dad, Henry Kampe (1916-1983) has a first cousin LeRoy Mager (1909-1986) who was a postmaster for Frankfort, Will County, Illinois. With this information, I am interested in the office locations and names of other postmasters from Frankfort. This research leads me to the following information.

National Archives microfilm publication M 1131. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971. Printed at the National Archives at Atlanta. Scanned for publication by Selma Blackmon.
Postmasters appointed before 1832 are found in the NationalArchives microfilm publication M1131, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, Oct. 1789-1832. Postmasters appointed after 1832 are found in the National Archives microfilm publication M841, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971. The Frankfort, Will County, Illinois microfilm records are not available after 1954. Also in Record Group 28 is the Post Office Department Reports of Site Location 1837-1950 on microfilm M1126.

I did view and print copies of the postmaster microfilm at the National Archives at Atlanta. The postmaster microfilm has been digitized and is available on Ancestry.com. The location microfilm has not been digitized.

YEAR
P.O.
NAME
APPOINTMENT
1832-68
Chelsea
Levi M. Clayes
1 February 1832


Matthew VanHorne
8 September 1842


Alonzo Higley
18 September 1855


Matthew VanHorne
23 January 1856


Edwin A. Stolp
22 May 1860


Wm. H. [B] Cleveland
1 June 1861
1868-1905
Frankfort Station
Wm. B Cleveland
29 April1868


David W. Hunter
12 May 1869


Lewis Claus
21 February 1872


Howard S. Barker
21 December 1882


Jacob Miller [Mueler]
15 September 1885


Howard S. Barker
31 May 1889


John Kohlhagen
1 September 1893


W. B. Norse
1894


John Feil
23 June 1897


Mrs John Feil
9 December 1901


Esther E. Feil
21 January 1905
1905
Frankfort
Esther E. Feil
12 June 1905


Max T. Haass
24 July 1907


Robert E. Stephen
25 August 1914


Mrs. Amelia K. Fink
15 February 1934


Leroy J. Mager
30 September 1953

Happy tree climbing and roots digging,
Selma

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