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Page 1: Litchfield County Postmasters - C G A · PDF fileLitchfield County Postmasters. ... William 04.01 1812 Calhoun, Jedediah 11.05 1827 ... Leavitt W. 07.09 1859

Litchfield County Postmasters

Page 2: Litchfield County Postmasters - C G A · PDF fileLitchfield County Postmasters. ... William 04.01 1812 Calhoun, Jedediah 11.05 1827 ... Leavitt W. 07.09 1859

Greystone ...............................PlymouthHallington .............................. LitchfieldHampsted ..............................................Harwinton ............................HarwintonHitchcockville ................... BarkhamstedHotchkissville ....................... WoodburyHuntsville .................................. CanaanJoyceville ................................. SalisburyJudds Bridge ............................RoxburyKent .............................................. KentKent Furnace ................................. KentLakeville .................................. SalisburyLanesville ..........................New MilfordLime Rock .............................. SalisburyLitchfield ................................ LitchfieldMarble Dale .........................WashingtonMarbledale ...........................WashingtonMerry All ..........................New MilfordMerryall ............................New MilfordMerwinsville ......................New MilfordMill Brook ............................ ColebrookMillbrook ............................. ColebrookMilton .................................... LitchfieldMinortown ........................... WoodburyMorris ........................................ MorrisNepaug ...........................New HartfordNew Hartford ..................New HartfordNew Hartford Centre ......New HartfordNew Milford .....................New MilfordNew Preston ........................WashingtonNorfolk .....................................NorfolkNorth Colebrook ................. ColebrookNorth Cornwall ......................CornwallNorth Goshen ........................... GoshenNorth Kent ................................... KentNorth Norfolk...........................NorfolkNorth Woodbury .................. WoodburyNorthfield .............................. LitchfieldNorthfield Church.................. LitchfieldNorthville..........................New MilfordOakville ................................WatertownOre Hill................................... SalisburyOrton ....................................................Ousatonic [1] ................................. KentOusatonic [2] .....................New MilfordPark Lane ..........................New MilfordPequabuck ..............................Plymouth

Pine Meadow ..................New HartfordPleasant Valley .................... BarkhamstedPlymouth ...............................PlymouthPlymouth Hollow ................ ThomastonReynolds ............................. ThomastonReynolds Bridge .................. ThomastonRiga ........................................ SalisburyRiverton ............................ BarkhamstedRobertsville .......................... ColebrookRomford .............................WashingtonRomford Station .................WashingtonRoxbury ..................................RoxburyRoxbury Station ......................RoxburySalisbury .................................. SalisburySharon ........................................ SharonSharon Valley ............................... SharonSouth Canaan ............................ CanaanSouth Farms ............................... MorrisSouth Kent .................................... KentSouth Norfolk ...........................NorfolkSouthville ..........................New MilfordTerryville ................................Plymouth Thomaston .......................... ThomastonTorringford ...........................TorringtonTorrington [1] ......................TorringtonTorrington [2] ......................TorringtonTorrington Hollow ...............TorringtonWarren .......................................WarrenWashington ..........................WashingtonWashington Depot ...............WashingtonWatertown ............................WatertownWest Cornwall .........................CornwallWest Goshen ............................. GoshenWest Morris ................................ MorrisWest Norfolk .............................NorfolkWest Torrington ....................TorringtonWest Winsted [1] .................. WinchesterWest Winsted [2] .................. WinchesterWinchester .......................... WinchesterWinchester Center............... WinchesterWinchester Centre ............... WinchesterWinstead ............................. WinchesterWinsted [1] .......................... WinchesterWinsted [2] .......................... WinchesterWolcottville ..........................TorringtonWoodbury [1] ....................... WoodburyWoodville ............................Washington

Austinville .......................New HartfordBakersville .......................New HartfordBantam ................................... LitchfieldBantam Falls ........................... LitchfieldBarkhamsted [1] ................. BarkhamstedBarkhamsted [2] ................. BarkhamstedBarkhamsted Hollow ......... BarkhamstedBethlehem ............................ BethlehemBethlem ................................ BethlehemBoardman ..........................New MilfordBradleyville ..........................Middlebury Bridgewater ........................ BridgewaterBulls Bridge [1] ............................. KentBulls Bridge [2] ............................. KentBurrville ...............................TorringtonCampville .............................HarwintonCanaan ...................................... CanaanCanaan Valley ............................. CanaanChalybes ..................................RoxburyChapinville .............................. SalisburyClifton ...................................... WinstedColebrook [1] ....................... ColebrookColebrook [2] ....................... ColebrookColebrook Meetinghouse ..... ColebrookColebrook River .................. ColebrookCornwall .................................CornwallCornwall Bridge ......................CornwallCornwall Center ......................CornwallCornwall Centre ......................CornwallCornwall Hollow.....................CornwallEast Canaan .....................North CanaanEast Cornwall ..........................CornwallEast Goshen ............................... GoshenEast Kent ....................................... KentEast Litchfield ......................... LitchfieldEast Morris ................................. MorrisEast Sharon ..............................CornwallEllsworth .................................... SharonFalls Village ................................ CanaanFluteville ................................ LitchfieldForbesville ...........................WashingtonFurnace Village ........................ SalisburyGaylords Bridge .................New MilfordGaylordsville ......................New MilfordGoshen ...................................... GoshenGoshen East Street ..................... GoshenGrantville ..................................Norfolk

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Austinville ............................Henderson, James F. 01.17 1829 —————————— 02.27 1829 NC to New Hartford Centre

Bakersville ............................Baker, Anthony 01.18 1851 SpV Bakerville Baker, John S. 04.16 1855 Pettibone, Sylvester N. 04.22 1856 Barker, John S. 05.05 1885 Clarke, Edgar A. 10.14 1893 Clarke, Albert 01.07 1899 (Disc 1906)

Bantam ................................Crossman, Edward ◊ 01.23 1884 NC fr Bantam Falls Flynn, Charles F. 09.09 1885 Plumb, William S. 09.25 1889 Crossman, William P. 06.23 1892 Buell, Mrs. Julia M. 08.26 1893 Crossman, William P. 08.03 1897 Operating

Bantam Falls .........................Kenney, Murray ◊ 02.23 1839 NC fr Bradleyville Kenney, Leonard 06.16 1841 ✉ Kenney, Murray 01.13 1845 Parkhurst, Prentice 08.22 1848 Kenney, Leonard 09.17 1849 Kenney, Henry L. 06.20 1861 Bradley, Frederick (1) 03.24 1865 Crossman, Edward (2) 12.13 1865 —————————— 01.23 1884 NC to Bantam

Barkhamsted [1] ....................Roberts, Judah 03.22 1813 SpV Barkhamstead Roberts, Clark H. 1817c {Clerk for Judah Roberts? - WJD} Roberts, Judah 06.18 1818 ✉ Clarke, George H. 06.02 1824 Ives, Jesse 12.24 1827 —————————— 03.20 1828 NC to Hitchcockville

Barkhamsted [2] ....................Jones, Drayton ◊ 03.21 1828 NC fr Barkhamsted Hollow Beecher, Dr. Amos 05.10 1830 Beecher, Rollin L. 06.27 1838 son of Amos Beecher Merrill, George W. 06.22 1841 Ransom, Erasmus N. 01.28 1846 Merrill, George W. (1) 04.14 1856 Ransom, Erasmus N. (2) 09.15 1856 Merrill, Albert E. 10.15 1862 son of George W. Merrill Merrill, Herman F. 06.17 1867 son of George W. Merrill Merrill, Albert E. 09.22 1868 Taylor, William F. 05.19 1869 Root, Orlo J. (1) 04.10 1873 Case, Frank A. (2) 08.08 1873 Case, Dwight S. 05.13 1875 brother of Frank A. Case Barnes, Sullivan D. 10.15 1878 Case, Frank A. 01.17 1879 Case, Hubert B. (1) 09.30 1881 Declined Case, Dwight S. (2) 11.23 1881 Howard, John N. 01.05 1883 Case, Hubert B. 02.08 1886 Accepted the position Farnham, Fred E. 04.21 1893 Case, Alzaria R. 05.06 1896 (served until 1915) (Disc 1949)

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Barkhamsted Hollow ...........Beecher, Dr. Amos 06.06 1826 Jones, Drayton 04.14 1827 —————————— 03.21 1828 NC to Barkhamsted [2]

Bethlehem ............................Peck, Henry W. ◊ 04.01 1846 ✉ SpC fr Bethlem Bussell, Gaylord G. (1) 05.23 1853 Peck, Henry W. (2) 07.07 1853 Wattles, George A. (1) 06.11 1862 Declined Peck, Henry W. (2) 07.18 1862 Beecher, Abraham 12.17 1867 Jackson, Herbert S. 05.19 1869 Judson, William L. 01.05 1883 Stone, George G. 01.31 1888 Judd, David H. 10.06 1890 Kair, William G. 02.12 1896 Operating

Bethlem ................................Brooks, Joseph 07.29 1811 Est as Bethlem/See Bethlehem Church, Samuel, Jr. 06.22 1816 ✉ Wadsworth, Isaac S. 12.12 1831 ✉ Skidmore, Homer 05.05 1836 Peck, Henry W. 06.02 1845 —————————— 04.01 1846 SpC to Bethlehem

Boardman .............................Northrop, Ithamer F. 05.14 1897 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1920)

Bradleyville ..........................Wadsworth, Henry 08.29 1811 SpV Bradleysville Coe, William 12.20 1830 ✉ Kenney, Murray 12.08 1838 —————————— 02.23 1839 NC to Bantam Falls

Bridgewater ..........................Sanford, Glover 06.15 1831 Sanford, Charles G. 06.23 1842 Sanford, Glover 05.27 1845 Lyon, George 09.05 1849 Weeks, Smith R. 01.18 1853 Wooster, David 02.27 1862 Lyon, George 04.07 1865 Minor, Lyman D. 05.27 1868 Lyon, George 06.11 1870 Hatch, Charles N. 05.11 1889 Operating

Bulls Bridge [1] ....................Camp, Silas ◊ 02.01 1832 NC fr Ousatonic Fenn, Frederick J. 06.29 1837 Goodsell, Epaphras B. 01.11 1840 —————————— 02.01 1841 NC to South Kent

Bulls Bridge [2] ....................Lain, George H. 05.05 1884 Mallory, Alonzo E. 02.12 1898 (Disc 1905)

Burrville ...............................Roberts, Nelson 07.27 1849 Burr, John M. 06.20 1861 Minor, Edward S. 12.06 1897 (Disc 1928)

Campville .............................Camp, Jabez M. 08.18 1849 SpV Campsville Hall, Lucius J. 12.21 1854 Camp, Jabez. M. 10.17 1855 ✉

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Curtis, Levi 01.06 1865 Alfred, Augustus B. 08.14 1867 Dewez, Victor 03.01 1869 Small, Joseph 08.14 1871 Lockwood, William A. 10.28 1872 Mallett, Daniel A. (1) 04.14 1873 Leonard, Mrs. Sarah B. (2) 08.27 1873 {HP Leonard & wife SM Leonard -TH} —————————— 1901 (Disc 1916)

Canaan .................................Burrell, David 10.28 1794 Douglas, William 03.02 1806 ✉ Ferris, Fitch 06.14 1821 ✉ Church, Leman 05.02 1838 Franklin, John 05.16 1842 Watson, William 09.01 1843 Catlin, George O. (1) 01.17 1850 Franklin, John (2) 02.27 1850 Watson, William 12.28 1853 Kellogg, Charles 04.26 1861 Brown, Luther L. 09.04 1865 Watson, Frederick 02.11 1867 Cummings, P.C. (1) 02.02 1869 Beckley, Samuel C. (2) 04.26 1869 Roraback, Alberto F. 03.22 1877 Hardenburgh, Jacob B. 05.11 1885 Root, Jerome G. 01.11 1890 Camp, William H. 11.01 1893 Roraback, J. Henry 11.09 1897 Operating

Canaan Valley ........................Brinton, George H. 04.07 1864 Rockwell, Miles 06.06 1881 —————————— 11.19 1888 Discontinued

Chalybes ..............................Randall, Henry 01.09 1867 Leavenworth, Jerome B. 02.11 1869 —————————— 12.13 1875 NC to Roxbury Station

Chapinville ...........................Sterling, Frederick A. 05.31 1828 ✉ Branch, Simon 10.25 1836 Groat, Henry 10.17 1837 ✉ Landon, Horace 03.23 1842 Loop, Harvilla 08.21 1844 —————————— 08.26 1846 Discontinued Landon, Horace 07.03 1849 Re-established Landon, George 05.11 1860 French, Bird 12.30 1864 Horton, William H. (1) 01.12 1865 Landon, John G. (2) 08.09 1865 Cande, Hopkins T. 05.17 1866 Landon, Horace 02.25 1867 —————————— 10.30 1867 Discontinued Landon, John G. 01.19 1872 Re-established McElroy, John 06.06 1881 McElroy, Sarah A. 06.15 1882 Gordon, Fred A. 11.23 1895 (NC Taconic 1916)

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Clifton ..................................Dudley, George 06.06 1849 1849 only —————————— 07.09 1849 NC to West Winsted

Colebrook [1] ......................Treat, Silah 10.04 1809 ✉ Conklin, Thomas 09.02 1824 ✉ Graham, Flavel B. 12.04 1826 —————————— 04.14 1827 NC to Colebrook River [1]

Colebrook [2] ......................Jenks, Ebenezer ◊ 04.14 1827 NC fr Colebrook Meeting House Bass, Giles H. 09.03 1828 ✉ North, Enos 08.26 1837 Rockwell, Reuben 07.30 1841 Beecher, Lyman (1) 01.18 1856 Seymour, Rufus (2) 04.30 1856 Carrington, Edward 06.16 1860 Rockwell, Reuben 06.19 1861 Allen, Henry L. 04.08 1869 Rockwell, Reuben (1) 07.07 1873 Allen, Henry L. (2) 11.18 1873 Rockwell, Reuben 11.21 1874 Culver, Herbert L. 06.29 1893 Rockwell, Reuben 06.11 1897 Smith, Chester L. 12.15 1898 Cooper, Samuel A. 12.02 1899 Cooper, Robert. S. 12.08 1900 Operating

Colebrook Meeting House ..Jenks, Ebenezer 02.09 1820 —————————— 04.14 1827 NC to Colebrook [2]

Colebrook River ..................Graham, Flavel B. ◊ 04.14 1827 ✉ NC fr Colebrook [1] DWolf, Daniel, Jr. 09.08 1829 ✉ Actual signature: Daniel DWolf Norton, Charles S. 04.10 1850 Bidwell, Ford L. 02.19 1853 Bidwell, William W. 08.14 1856 DeWolf, Daniel 04.27 1859 Sawyer, Henry S. 05.04 1861 Kinney, William G. 03.02 1868 Bushnell, Richard O. 04.24 1869 Ives, George S. 04.11 1872 Baldwin, Rollin D. 12.24 1883 Ives, George S. 12.12 1884 (Disc 1904)

Cornwall ..............................Christie, Rev. Henry 10.14 1802 Wheaton, George 11.13 1815 ✉ Ambler, Rev. Silas 06.05 1830 Bradford, James F. 12.24 1832 Harrison, John R. 02.03 1834 Beardsley, Julius 05.25 1840 Harrison, John R. 03.27 1844 Andrews, Edward W. 06.13 1849 Beers, Silas (1) 04.24 1851 Andrews, Edward W. (2) 08.23 1851 Hitchcock, Horace 07.06 1853 Clark, Pierce J. 05.11 1857 Kellogg, Frederick 03.19 1859 Andrew, John T. 03.14 1862 Beers, John W. 07.24 1866

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Judson, Silas P. 03.26 1867 Beers, John W. 05.28 1869 Sanford, Henry E. 07.21 1886 Wilcox, Whiting J. (1) 07.19 1890 Sanford, Henry E. (2) 12.05 1890 Wilcox, Whiting J. 09.22 1893 —————————— 1901 Operating

Cornwall Bridge ...................Lewis, William 04.01 1812 ✉ Calhoun, Jedediah 11.05 1827 ✉ Harrison, Myron 06.15 1829 ✉ Johnson, Myron C. 06.29 1837 Harrison, Myron 06.19 1838 Bierce, Peter 06.16 1841 Bierce, Fayette W. 06.13 1849 Harrison, Myron 06.18 1853 Beers, Henry L. 10.27 1856 ✉ Harrison, George L. 04.06 1858 Clark, Leavitt W. 07.09 1859 Wadham, Walstein C. 05.10 1860 Smith, Horatio N. (1) 05.31 1861 Gregory, John M. (2) 10.04 1861 Bierce, James A. 09.12 1862 Kellogg, Augustus W. 07.16 1866 Beeman, Marvin S. 04.16 1867 Skiff, Charles W. 08.04 1869 Bierce, James A. 09.03 1874 Harrison, Charles H. 07.05 1886 Bierce, Russell 10.16 1890 —————————— 1901 Operating

Cornwall Center ...................Johnson, Darius P. ◊ 1893 SpC fr Cornwall Centre —————————— 11.23 1898 Discontinued

Cornwall Centre ...................Johnson, Darius P. 10.18 1888 NC fr North Cornwall —————————— 1893 SpC to Cornwall Center

Cornwall Hollow ................Sedgwick, Albert 01.13 1829 Roberts, Frederick 07.23 1840 Sedgwick, John E. 06.03 1841 ✉ —————————— 12.29 1842 Discontinued Sedgwick, Benjamin 01.16 1845 Re-established Doughty, John B. 12.06 1851 ✉ Bradley, Leighton W. 05.01 1858 —————————— 05.08 1863 Discontinued Lawton, Benjamin 07.21 1864 Re-established Sedgwick, Philo C. 11.16 1865 Sedgwick, Harry 12.06 1867 —————————— 12.18 1874 Discontinued Palmer, Abraham F. 02.14 1876 Re-established (Disc 1902)

East Canaan ..........................Lawrence, Edmund D. (1) 02.21 1850 Pierce, William G. (2) 12.12 1850 Lawrence, Harvey 07.07 1853 Dunning, Lyman 04.20 1861 Selden, William (1) 09.26 1866 Dunning, Lyman (2) 10.30 1866

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Page 8: Litchfield County Postmasters - C G A · PDF fileLitchfield County Postmasters. ... William 04.01 1812 Calhoun, Jedediah 11.05 1827 ... Leavitt W. 07.09 1859

Adam, William W., 2nd 03.21 1867 Dunning, George S. 12.13 1880 Adam, William 07.29 1885 Dunning, George S. 03.27 1889 Adam, William 07.10 1893 Dunning, George S. 06.07 1897 Operating

East Cornwall .......................Clark, Joseph 09.21 1865 Blake, Charles S. 12.13 1875 (Disc 1905)

East Goshen .........................Beach, Theron 04.03 1828 ✉ NC fr Goshen East Street Stanley, George 05.29 1832 —————————— 10.18 1838 Discontinued

East Kent ..............................Morgan, George 08.18 1849 Fry, William 10.19 1852 Tompkins, Benjamin 09.07 1853 —————————— 04.12 1858 Discontinued Fry, Jeremiah 03.05 1860 Re-established Fry, Elijah 12.20 1872 (Disc 1902)

East Litchfield .......................Butler, William (1) 10.12 1852 (AKA Mattatuck locally) Carter, Charles (2) 10.27 1852 —————————— 09.25 1855 Discontinued Austin, Weaver 05.16 1865 Re-established Kilbourn, Sarah M. 10.05 1882 Peck, James S. 07.10 1889 Bissell, Arthur W. 05.23 1890 Stone, Darwell D. (1) 01.15 1894 Carter, Joseph E. (2) 12.12 1894 (Disc 1917)

East Morris ..........................Clark, Edwin H. 06.15 1886 Turkington, Frank H. 06.21 1889 Johnson, George H. 08.28 1890 (Disc 1933)

East Sharon ...........................Gray, Silas A. 03.02 1835 Blinn, Sturges L. 02.08 1840 —————————— 01.27 1841 NC to West Cornwall

Ellsworth ..............................St. John, Daniel 11.23 1811 AKA Ellsworth Society St. John, Thomas 09.23 1819 Camp, Treat 12.04 1820 Studley, Gideon 03.14 1827 ✉ Everest, Ichabod 02.01 1838 ✉ Peck, Calvin F. 11.08 1849 ✉ Chaffee, George W. 02.18 1850 Peck, Calvin F. 08.06 1852 Chaffee, Calvin P. 12.31 1859 Peck, Calvin F. 08.31 1861 Gregory, John M. 08.13 1869 Peck, George H. 10.18 1875 Dunbar, Everitt S. 02.20 1880 Morey, Leman 10.14 1892 Johnson, Ebenezer M. 12.29 1893 St. John, Charles P. 09.14 1897 (Disc 1905)

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Page 9: Litchfield County Postmasters - C G A · PDF fileLitchfield County Postmasters. ... William 04.01 1812 Calhoun, Jedediah 11.05 1827 ... Leavitt W. 07.09 1859

Falls Village ...........................Ensign, John 12.23 1828 Belden, Edmund 09.09 1845 Hosford, Samuel C. 02.07 1846 Belden, Edmund 04.03 1849 Marsh, William S. 07.06 1853 Millspaugh, Jesse F. 04.27 1861 Brewster, Daniel 03.21 1867 Canfield, William I. (1) 02.15 1869 Millspaugh, Jesse F. (2) 04.24 1869 Hall, George W. 04.02 1879 Crandall, Henry C. 08.04 1885 Hall, George W. 05.01 1889 Chapin, Walter H. 06.29 1893 Capron, George V. 08.02 1897 Operating

Fluteville ..............................Castle, Joel 12.17 1879 —————————— 05.24 1880 Discontinued

Forbesville ............................Chittenden, Frederick 12.22 1836 —————————— 12.29 1836 NC to Woodville

Furnace Village .....................Humphrey, Asahel (1) 03.10 1825 Sterling, John M. (2) 04.15 1825 Rockwell, Edward (3) 11.01 1825 Hubbard, John H. 08.23 1826 Mitchell, John G. 08.19 1829 ✉ Hubbard, John H. (1) 02.09 1842 Mitchell, John G. (2) 12.27 1842 —————————— 05.26 1846 NC to Lakeville

Gaylords Bridge ....................Gaylord, Peter ◊ 05.31 1826 SpV Gaylord's Bridge Merwin, Sylvanus 12.08 1838 —————————— 06.27 1840 NC to Ousatonic Gaylord, Peter ◊ 07.02 1841 NC fr Ousatonic Gaylord, John 02.09 1842 Merwin, Sylvanus 04.26 1843 ✉ Gaylord, John 03.16 1849 —————————— 12.28 1852 NC to Gaylordsville

Gaylordsville ........................Gaylord, John ◊ 12.28 1852 NC fr Gaylords Bridge —————————— 06.18 1853 NC to Merwinsville Gaylord, John 06.06 1861 NC fr Merwinsville Merwin, Sylvanus (1) 04.22 1867 Evans, Henry W. (2) 12.17 1867 Barlow, Alexander H. 04.26 1869 Drisbow, Henry S. 01.05 1886 Barlow, Alexander H. 04.03 1889 Disbrow, Henry S. 06.26 1893 Barlow, Alexander H. 06.24 1897 Operating

Goshen .................................Lyman, Erastus 03.23 1805 ✉ (mail received once a week) Towner, Theron 04.10 1820 ✉ (mail received daily) Baldwin, Birdseye 07.16 1829 ✉ Lyman, Horatio N. (1) 05.18 1841 Stone, John (2) 06.25 1841 Norton, Myron 06.19 1844 Lyman, Horatio N. 08.22 1849

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Norton, Myron (1) 07.06 1853 Norton, Norman (2) 12.14 1853 Brooks, John W. 04.26 1861 Weeks, LaFayette B. 08.13 1866 Brooks, John W. 04.29 1869 Porter, Charles J. 06.16 1873 Allen, Cornelius M. 05.05 1885 Porter, Charles J. 04.03 1889 Porter, John P. 04.21 1893 Porter, Charles J. 1895c {Found in USR records only - WJD} —————————— 1901 Operating

Goshen East Street ...............Parmelee, David L. 11.17 1819 —————————— 04.03 1828 NC to East Goshen

Grantville .............................Grant, Moses F. 01.19 1872 SpV Grantsville Grant, Mrs. Ellen P. 05.15 1889 Price, William B. 04.01 1899 —————————— 05.09 1899 Discontinued

Greystone .............................Waters, George 03.11 1881 Allender, Henry 10.04 1889 Doolittle, John H. 08.12 1891 (Disc 1907)

Hallington ............................Woodruff, John F. (1) 01.12 1874 Hall, John A. (2) 03.02 1874 —————————— 07.06 1876 Discontinued

Hampsted .............................Buttles, Hayden 12.14 1892 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1911 upon Buttles death)

Harwinton ............................Bradley, Joel 07.01 1801 Woodruff, William 07.01 1810 Bradley, Joel 10.01 1813 ✉ Hooker, Asahel 05.24 1823 ✉ Kellogg, Truman 03.24 1832 Abernathy, Andrew 08.23 1841 Smith, Lewis 09.02 1842 Kellogg, Truman 03.03 1843 Caitlin, Julius (1) 06.03 1844 Caitlin, Sheldon G. (2) 09.27 1844 Kellogg, Truman 05.06 1845 ✉ Case, Chester N. 11.08 1849 ✉ Catlin, Lewis, Jr. 06.18 1853 Andrews, Samuel A. 03.28 1878 Russell, Charles T. 05.09 1879 Bryant, William 01.06 1880 Burt, Luzem A. (Lewis?) 12.29 1884 Russell, Charles T. 12.07 1885 Russell, Elizabeth E. 02.12 1894 Wilson, Albert G. 03.21 1896 (served until RFD est in 1902) —————————— 1901 (Disc 1902)

Hitchcockville .....................Ives, Jesse ◊ 03.21 1828 ✉ NC fr Barkhamsted [1] Clarke, George H. 04.25 1835 Graham, Dr. Flavel B. 09.13 1837 Goodwin, Hiram 06.20 1841

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Phelps, William H. (1) 05.16 1843 Goodwin, Hiram (2) 06.30 1843 Phelps, John 05.09 1845 Sage, Josiah H. 04.06 1846 Pine, Samuel W. 06.05 1849 Alford, Enos (1) 02.09 1852 Hewett, Abram C. (2) 06.26 1852 Sage, Josiah H. 07.06 1853 Smith, James R. 06.05 1861 —————————— 07.19 1865 NC to Riverton

Hotchkissville .......................Allen, Reuben J. 03.24 1849 Beardslee, Grandison (1) 02.28 1854 Allen, Reuben J. (2) 12.26 1854 Brownson, Robert S. 12.23 1869 (Bronson?) Morris, George F. 09.25 1871 Morris, Hobart H. 11.15 1880 Allen, George M. 11.25 1885 Allen, Augusta C. 01.05 1886 Smith, Henry C. 04.24 1889 Allen, William H. 07.10 1893 Towne, Eli M. 06.12 1897 Crowell, William 06.24 1900 (Disc 1917)

Huntsville .............................Hunt, Charles 06.05 1851 Chase, James H. 01.12 1870 Wetherell, Henry E. 07.08 1886 Chase, Miss Jennie D. 11.15 1889 Hakes, Mrs. Jennie C. 12.15 1896 (Disc 1902)

Joyceville ..............................Joyce, David 08.02 1858 Sardom, Sylvester C. 04.26 1861 —————————— 10.20 1863 Discontinued

Judds Bridge .........................Hartwell, Charles H. 05.19 1888 SpV Judd's Bridge —————————— 04.01 1899 Discontinued

Kent ....................................St. John, Lewis 12.31 1810 Mills, Lewis (1) 01.01 1812 St. John, Lewis (2) 04.01 1812 ✉ Beardsley, Wells 05.07 1822 ✉ Spooner, Ira 02.09 1842 ✉ St. John, John H. 06.19 1844 Fuller, Henry I. 07.16 1847 Fuller, Rufus, Jr. 10.05 1848 Hatch, Johnson C. 12.12 1849 ✉ Beecher, Leman 06.18 1853 Fuller, Rufus 07.27 1855 St. John, Austin 09.12 1862 Eaton, Burrett 05.04 1864 Eaton, Charles A. 01.05 1883 Smith, Charles S. 08.20 1885 Eaton, Charles A. 04.26 1889 Operating

Kent Furnace ........................Bull, George R. 12.30 1884 Gilbert, Frederick H. 04.05 1900 (Disc 1906)

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Lakeville ..............................Mitchell, John G. ◊ 05.26 1846 NC fr Furnace Village Jones, William 08.06 1849 Tupper, Loenzo 06.18 1853 Selleck, Samuel H. 01.23 1861 Norton, Thomas L. 09.26 1865 Cornell, John C. 03.08 1886 Wilson, Henry S. 01.12 1889 Stewart, John K. 08.15 1893 Williams, Hubert 01.10 1898 Operating

Lanesville ..............................Northrop, Isaac 11.19 1853 Randall, Charles 10.21 1857 Townsend, James R. 11.30 1860 Knowles, John E. 03.19 1862 Warner, Mrs. Rachel E. 06.01 1874 Chase, Mrs. Susan A. 03.09 1876 Reynolds, Isaac 04.26 1889 Chase, Susan A. 1891c {Found in USR records only - WJD} Campbell, James (1) 05.13 1899 Campbell, Laura I. (2) 10.19 1899 —————————— 03.08 1901 NC to Still River

Lime Rock ...........................Barnum, Milo 04.30 1832 SpV Limerock —————————— 04.29 1844 Discontinued Barnum, Milo 03.01 1845 Re-established/Re-appointed Barnum, William H. 10.30 1851 French, Francis C. 05.23 1867 Dean, Willis A. 01.12 1874 Barnum, James H. 01.23 1877 (Disc 1962)

Litchfield ..............................—————————— 1790 Private Office 1790-1792 Tallmadge, Benjamin 06.12 1792 Wolcott, Frederick 10.13 1801 son of Gov Oliver Wolcott Seymour, Moses, Jr. 01.27 1802 ✉ app by Gideon Granger Seymour, Charles 10.10 1825 Deming, Stephen 10.05 1829 (George C. Woodruff, assistant pm) Woodruff, George Catlin 01.04 1832 ✉ Whiting, Jason (1) 01.27 1842 Woodruff, George C. (2) 09.02 1842 ✉ Woodruff, Reuben M. 09.28 1846 Wessells, Leverett 05.11 1849 Baldwin, George H. 07.05 1853 Marsh, Riverius 04.27 1861 Gates, Howard E. 08.13 1866 Beach, Willis J. 12.20 1886 Pratt, Seth R. 03.23 1889 Deming, Julius 06.16 1893 Fuller, Almon E. 11.29 1897 Operating

Marble Dale ..........................Sperry, Walter D. 12.31 1849 ✉ Watson, Joseph 04.12 1855 Moorehouse, Joel 0619 1861 Moorehouse, Charles B. 06.20 1864 Watson, Willington 05.29 1867 Moorehouse, Charles B. (1) 02.26 1869 Miles, Samuel (2) 12.23 1869 Sperry, George T. 05.19 1873

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Sperry, Edwin O. 10.09 1882 Tomlinson, George A. 03.20 1886 —————————— 11.30 1895 SpC to Marbledale

Marbledale ............................Tomlinson, George A. ◊ 12.01 1895 SpC fr Marble Dale Sperry, Edward O. 11.21 1898 (SpC to Marble Dale 1905) Operating

Merry All ............................Judd, David 09.11 1837 see Merryall Chamberlain, Herman 07.09 1839 —————————— 02.17 1842 Discontinued

Merryall ...............................Jenks, Fred E. 05.17 1880 see Merry All Sperry, Horatio G., Jr. 11.08 1880 —————————— 09.13 1882 Discontinued

Merwinsville .........................Merwin, Sylvanus 06.05 1853 NC fr Gaylordsville —————————— 06.18 1861 NC to Gaylordsville

Mill Brook ............................Pinney, Elihu 02.02 1839 Pinney, Harvey W. 10.13 1840 Barber, Mrs. Eliza (1) 04.22 1852 Pinney, Harvey W. (2) 06.23 1852 Lawrence, William P. 01.25 1872 —————————— 11.30 1895 SpC to Millbrook

Millbrook .............................Lawrence, William P. ◊ 11.30 1895 SpC fr Mill Brook —————————— 1901 (Disc 1902)

Milton ..................................Welch, Gerret P. 02.07 1825 ✉ Guild, Alban 04.21 1845 Kilbourn, Homer 06.14 1856 Kilbourn, Mrs. Harriet 11.26 1858 Welch, David T. 09.27 1859 Harrison, George J. 12.31 1864 Beach, Virgil E. 01.14 1865 Jennings, F. Leander (1) 01.08 1868 Bissell, William I. (2) 02.02 1868 Beach, Willis J. (3) 03.02 1868 Beach, Almon J. 01.21 1870 Beach, Thomas W. 04.11 1872 Barton, John D. (1) 06.21 1877 Barton, John D., Jr. (2) 07.02 1877 Barton, Francis N. 03.19 1879 Earle, Frank H. 01.12 1886 (Disc 1906)

Minortown ..........................Burton, Nathan B. 06.14 1872 Atwood, Bronson W. 07.08 1881 Nettleton, Scoville (1) 02.19 1883 Atwood, Mrs. Louisa M. (2) 02.26 1883 Goodsell, Charles M. 08.02 1886 Goodsell, Mrs. Eva I. 10.22 1890 Minor, Charles D. 11.28 1894 Mansfield, Ida S. 07.09 1895 Peck, Emma 11.01 1897 (Disc 1902)

Morris ..................................Smedley, William L. ◊ 07.09 1859 NC fr South Farms Mason, Joseph W. 05.05 1865

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Laurens, William H. 09.10 1866 Marcy, John R. 11.10 1868 Mason, Joseph W. 06.15 1869 Randall, Darwin B. 02.01 1886 Perkins, William W. 05.26 1894 Page, George B. 05.25 1896 Skilton, Robert W. 12.15 1898 Operating

Nepaug ...............................Curtiss, Elbridge M. ◊ 01.29 1869 NC fr New Hartford Centre Mason, Stephen H. 05.19 1873 Mason, Mrs. Mariett A. 05.10 1875 Merrill, Edwin R. 11.22 1876 (Disc 1906)

New Hartford .......................Austin, Eliphalet 10.01 1794 Gillet, Michael 05.07 1796 ✉ Cowles, Theodore 12.27 1810c ✉ Cowles, Harry 03.25 1824 Dyer, Thomas 02.13 1838 Elmore, Harvey B. 07.20 1841 Wadsworth, Tertius 01.03 1842 ✉ Bird, Daniel S. 06.07 1845 Owen, John B. 08.02 1861 Jones, Herman L. 01.26 1874 Holcomb, Carlos O. 04.16 1886 Smith, George W. 05.07 1890 Carter, Lyman R. (1) 05.11 1894 Marble, Frank P. (2) 08.24 1894 Foster, Ranney G. 02.14 1899 Operating

New Hartford Centre ...........Henderson, James. F. ◊ 02.27 1829 ✉ NC fr Austinville Baker, Anthony 03.24 1838 Henderson, James F. 06.03 1841 ✉ Mason, John C. 03.30 1855 Henderson, James M. 04.26 1861 Curtiss, Elbridge M. 11.12 1867 —————————— 01.29 1869 NC to Nepaug

New Milford ........................Everitt, David 10.01 1794 Noble, Philo 02.12 1805 ✉ Smith, Perry 05.09 1829 ✉ Taylor, Lawrence 03.24 1837 Perry, Nathaniel 06.05 1841 ✉ Bostwick, Solomon E. 01.13 1845 Noble, George H. 03.19 1849 Smith, John C. (1) 02.03 1853 Bostwick, Solomon E. (2) 05.24 1853 Merwin, Henry 05.16 1861 Copley, George D. 03.23 1863 Allen, William B. 01.07 1867 Erwin, Robert 04.21 1869 Baldwin, David A. 08.06 1873 Erwin, Silas L. 02.15 1886 Anthony, George W. 06.18 1889 Richmond, George W. 10.06 1893 Anthony, George W. 10.12 1897 Operating

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New Preston .........................Camp, Sheldon 07.17 1821 ✉ Hatch, Johnson C. 12.07 1826 ✉ Brown, Alvin 10.11 1837 Brown, Nathaniel 07.09 1839 Brown, Alvin 04.15 1840 Vaill, Charles 07.28 1841 ✉ Lyman, Edward P. 04.12 1844 ✉ Brown, Alvin 08.16 1845 Lyman, Edward P. 06.12 1849 Beeman, Marvin S. 01.23 1855 {Berman?} Patterson, Daniel W. 10.05 1859 Wooster, William C. 04.15 1861 Burnham, Dayton 12.15 1864 Lyman, Charles P. 11.19 1886 Beardsley, Edwin H. 05.23 1889 Brown, Henry W. 05.13 1893 Hosford, Frank J. 04.27 1897 Operating

Norfolk ................................Mills, Michael F. 07.01 1804 (Jehiel Saxton first post-rider 1789) Jones, Joseph 12.21 1810 ✉ Pettibone, Jonathan H. 11.03 1830 ✉ Pettibone, Susan 11.03 1832 ✉ Lawrence, Grove 06.06 1836 Shephard, John 05.28 1841 ✉ Stevens, Nathaniel B. 12.30 1844 Shepard, John A. 05.29 1849 Mills, Myron H. 06.30 1853 Gilbert, Aaron 06.10 1854 Thompson, Giles P. 06.20 1861 Bell, Matthew P. 08.06 1866 Camp, Samuel S. (1) 01.20 1869 Wolcott, Orlo H. (2) 05.19 1869 Wolcott, Ann E. 04.02 1880 Stevens, Edward C. 05.26 1885 Eldridge, Joseph B. 06.27 1889 Stevens, Harry E. 10.30 1894 Curtis, Leopold J. 01.27 1899 Operating

North Colebrook .................Marvin, James 03.13 1845 Marvin, Mary A. 09.13 1849 Phelps, Edward A. (1) 04.10 1851 Pinney, Jasper (2) 05.08 1851 Perkins, Ruel H. 09.05 1861 Smith, Milton 10.09 1862 Spencer, Henry (1) 02.25 1863 Pinney, Jasper (2) 06.11 1863 Phelps, E.A. 06.27 1864 Warner, Joseph W. 01.28 1868 —————————— 08.31 1869 Discontinued Pinney, Jasper 10.12 1869 Re-established Simons, Erastus 04.15 1872 Brewer, Ella M. (1) 05.06 1893 Thorpe, Belle (2) 11.04 1893 Clark, Henry J. 04.10 1895 Hall, John S. 01.04 1898 (Disc 1902)

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North Cornwall ...................Beers, John W. 02.17 1852 Rogers, Anson 01.15 1853 Scoville, Niles 03.09 1868 —————————— 10.18 1888 NC to Cornwall Centre

North Goshen ......................Bailey, Putnam 06.11 1832 —————————— 06.12 1838 Discontinued North, Nelson H. 08.17 1841 Re-established Wilson, Elizer 07.02 1845 Baldwin, Collins (1) 01.26 1847 Beach, Albert (2) 07.12 1847 Hill, George A. (1) 08.16 1849 Platt, William (2) 09.10 1849 Hill, George A. 05.18 1852 Merwin, Samuel H. 09.16 1853 Hill, George A. 10.21 1857 ✉ —————————— 03.23 1863 Discontinued

North Kent .........................Stewart, John L. 01.03 1833 ✉ —————————— 11.28 1834 Discontinued Sturtevant, Homer 03.07 1836 Re-established Eaton, Ira 02.22 1839 Berry, John C. 06.16 1841 Bull, Lemuel 06.09 1842 Smith, John 07.24 1844 —————————— 09.25 1844 Discontinued Gibbs, Reuben M. 05.24 1887 Re-established Berry, Jerome 05.16 1889 Page, Clark (1) 01.29 1891 Berry, Jerome (2) 12.28 1891 Page, George M. 04.14 1900 (Disc 1916)

North Norfolk......................Collar, Amos R. 07.06 1854 Holt, Francis G. 04.11 1865 —————————— 01.17 1873 Discontinued

North Woodbury ..................Morris, George F. 08.22 1889 Karrman, Henry S. 08.05 1893 Dawson, Louis E. 05.09 1898 Munson, William H. 03.01 1901 (NC to Woodbury 1961)

Northfield ...........................Caitlin, Daniel ◊ 07.06 1838 ✉ NC fr Northfield Church Merwin, Samuel A. 09.13 1847 ✉ Newton, William 02.28 1854 Heaton, Levi (1) 04.20 1857 Catlin, John (2) 06.29 1857 Porter, Frederick S. 02.19 1873 Catlin, J. Howard (1) 03.19 1879 Porter, Frederick S. (2) 04.21 1879 Catlin, John H. 06.24 1880 Munson, Leonard L. 03.01 1886 Caitlin, James P. 05.31 1889 (C to RB of Thomaston 1973)

Northfield Church ..............Warner, Ard W. 12.24 1827 ✉ Caitlin, Daniel 07.26 1837 —————————— 07.05 1838 NC to Northfield

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Northville.............................Buckingham, Sheldon 01.16 1832 ✉ Buckingham, Harvey 07.24 1844 Hill, Albert S. 02.17 1852 Hunt, Mrs. Betsy E. 10.22 1855 Buckingham, Clark 05.01 1858 Bartram, Ferdinand S. 08.06 1859 Buckingham, Clark 11.07 1866 Tompkins, Eben W. 06.06 1867 Potter, Charles W. 04.19 1869 Couch, Salmon 03.31 1871 Hunt, Merritt 08.29 1877 Payne, Charles A. 03.05 1887 Payne, Mrs. Minnie 06.13 1888 (Disc 1920)

Oakville ................................Perry, Nathaniel H. 01.10 1854 Newton, Jerome 04.28 1857 Bronson, Samuel Marshall 10.02 1858 Newton, Jerome 11.14 1860 Griswold, Chauncey 02.22 1864 Warner, Noble Truman 05.26 1868 Warner, Leslie E. 09.06 1880 son of Noble W. Warner Douglas, Charles Henry 10.11 1882 Douglas, Frank S.R. 11.23 1897 son of Charles H. Douglas —————————— 1901 Operating

Ore Hill ..............................Rockefeller, Philip 05.14 1850 SpV Orehill Van Deusen, James (1) 05.11 1860 Vosburgh, Nathan O. (2) 08.21 1860 McCord, Omar 04.21 1863 Gibbs, Homer A. 08.10 1869 Sanford, Elias F. 09.11 1889 (Sp Orehill 1892 -1894) (Disc 1918)

Orton ...................................Tyrrell, Fred J. 08.19 1896 —————————— 1901 (Disc 1906)

Ousatonic [1] ........................Camp, Silas 03.03 1831 —————————— 02.01 1832 NC to Bulls Bridge [1]

Ousatonic [2] ........................Merwin, Sylvanus ◊ 06.27 1840 NC fr Gaylords Bridge Gaylord, Peter 06.30 1841 —————————— 07.02 1841 NC to Gaylords Bridge

Park Lane .............................Morehouse, Cyrus 07.21 1862 Northop, Gad G. 10.31 1867 Stillson, L.B. (1) 07.08 1872 Declined Morehouse, Frank L. (2) 10.16 1872 Morehouse, Mrs. Cornelia A. 10.01 1873 —————————— 01.18 1875 Discontinued

Pequabuck ............................Terry, Theodore 09.02 1857 Norton, Gains A. 07.11 1862 —————————— 06.11 1863 Discontinued Terry, Andrew 03.15 1866 Re-established Scott, Walter H. 06.12 1871 Grannis, Zelotes F. 04.21 1876 Scott, Walter H. 07.25 1892 Operating

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Pine Meadow .......................Lawrence, Frederic 07.05 1850 Pine, Samuel W. 01.08 1852 Gould, Joseph 01.24 1853 Wheeler, Gideon T. 09.13 1856 —————————— 12.08 1856 Discontinued Wheeler, Gideon T. 12.15 1856 Re-established/Re-appointed Loomis, Benjamin G. 05.18 1859 Caul, William 12.07 1885 Case, William 03.27 1890 Chapin, Levi C. 08.08 1893 Case, William 08.02 1897 Operating

Pleasant Valley .......................Doolittle, Cornwall 12.21 1835 Taylor, Virgil 07.20 1841 Doolittle, Cornwall 11.14 1844 Lee, Henry 10.12 1850 Carter, Evits 11.25 1854 Pratt, Julius C. 05.16 1861 Stephens, Lorenzo C. 05.19 1869 (Elizabeth Sage actually ran the PO) Baker, George A. 02.02 1872 Baker, Mrs. Mary E. 12.03 1889 wife of George A. Baker Cowles, Charles W. 12.12 1894 Operating

Plymouth .............................Warner, Apollos 01.01 1812 ✉ Mitchell, Stephen M. 03.02 1835 ✉ Calhoun, John C. 06.30 1841 Talmage, Edwin 09.17 1844 Scott, Thomas 01.14 1850 Talmage, Edwin 05.16 1853 Fenn, Horace 04.26 1861 Talmage, Edwin 12.17 1867 Fenn, Horace 04.29 1869 Talmadge, Edwin M. 05.08 1885 Operating

Plymouth Hollow .................Judd, Benjamin F. 07.07 1837 Smith, Augustus 03.19 1838 ✉ Thomas, Seth, Jr. 03.31 1841 ✉ —————————— 01.25 1865 NC to Thomaston

Reynolds .............................Barbour, William ◊ 05.02 1883 NC fr Reynolds Bridge —————————— 05.31 1883 NC to Reynolds Bridge

Reynolds Bridge ...................Barbour, William 06.22 1874 —————————— 05.02 1883 NC to Reynolds Barbour, William ◊ 05.31 1883 Re-est — NC fr Reynolds Barbour, Mrs. Jane 04.17 1889 (Disc 1910)

Riga ...................................Pettee, William J. 02.27 1841 ✉ —————————— 12.29 1842 Discontinued

Riverton ..............................Smith, James R. ◊ 07.19 1865 NC fr Hitchcockville Doolittle, Melvin A. 01.28 1868 Hart, Abner S. 06.15 1869 Cooke, Lorrin A. 10.18 1877 (Govenor of Connecticut 1897-1899) Hart, Meyron A. 11.14 1881 Hart, Leverett C. 12.03 1889 Whitney, George H. 06.05 1890

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Hines, John T. 11.28 1894 Caddy, Frederick K. 03.06 1895 Rowley, Charles H. 08.25 1899 Operating

Robertsville ..........................Hodge, Orlando 05.03 1860 Roberts, Clark H. 06.12 1862 Hodge, Orlando J. 02.10 1863 ✉ Lawton, Nelson H. 03.01 1866 Patridge, John 02.04 1868 —————————— 08.14 1868 Discontinued Patridge, John 10.21 1868 Re-established/Re-appointed Brown, Edmund B. 04.29 1874 Smith, John L. 03.21 1882 Raidart, George H. 03.10 1884 Rapp, Augustus E. 12.04 1888 Merrifield, William T. 12.27 1894 Murphy, Ellen M. 09.10 1895 Deming, Homer P. 04.10 1896 Moore, Frederick W. 01.26 1899 (Disc 1915)

Romford ..............................Logan, Seth S. ◊ 01.16 1883 NC fr Romford Station Gillette, Daniel 02.20 1885 Gillette, Mrs. Jennie H. 11.08 1889 Gillette, David (1) 03.10 1900 Gillette, Daniel (2) 03.24 1900 (Disc 1926)

Romford Station .................Logan, Seth S. 09.06 1872 —————————— 01.16 1883 NC to Romford

Roxbury ...............................Hinman, Royal R. 12.08 1820 Hawley, Orrin 05.16 1825 Hinman, Royal R. 05.23 1826 ✉ Brothwell, David 04.27 1831 ✉ Downs, Myron 07.28 1838 Warner, Job Z. 01.14 1850 Northrop, George A. 02.23 1857 Hurlbut, George. 04.26 1861 Beardsley, Charles 09.27 1866 Hurlbut, George 08.10 1868 Hurlburt, George W. 01.12 1885 Prindle, Cyrus E. 04.03 1886 Hurlburt, George W. 04.19 1889 Hurlburt, Henry S. 11.25 1893 Hurlburt, George W. 12.30 1897 Operating

Roxbury Station ...................Leavenworth, Jerome B. ◊ 12.13 1875 NC fr Chalybes Hodge, Charles W. (1) 12.12 1879 Leavenworth, Jerome B. (2) 12.18 1879 Hodge, Charles W. 04.12 1881 Hodge, Albert L. 11.20 1885 Joyce, Allen 02.11 1891 (Disc 1918)

Salisbury ...............................Farnam, Peter 12.11 1797 Strong, Martin 04.01 1808 Church, Samuel 04.06 1810 ✉ Humphrey, Asahel 04.27 1820 Peet, Abijah C. 01.01 1821 ✉

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Peet, William W. 06.05 1830 ✉ Benton, Charles 02.18 1834 ✉ Clapp, Daniel S. 07.31 1838 ✉ Graham, Moses L. 05.22 1841 ✉ Clapp, Daniel S. 12.22 1842 Graham, Moses L. 05.08 1849 ✉ Ball, Robert H. 07.02 1853 Clapp, Daniel S. 05.16 1861 Dexter, Jeremiah Newton 03.21 1867 Glenn, Christopher 06.24 1868 Richardson, Francis 04.29 1869 Warner, Donald T. 11.09 1874 Adams, Carlos W. 08.20 1885 Conklin, William 07.03 1889 Wanger, Charles F. 07.10 1893 Landon, Howard F. 05.15 1897 Evarts, William P. 01.04 1901 Operating

Sharon ..................................King, George 08.24 1797 King, George, Jr. 10.29 1800 ✉ ipo father Brown, Hiram 07.02 1836 Quintard, Henry H. 04.10 1838 ✉ Goodwin, John (1) 02.16 1841 Sedgwick, Charles F. (2) 07.20 1841 St. John, Judson 03.07 1843 Gould, David R. 05.06 1845 Sedgwick, Charles F. 07.10 1849 ✉ Orr, James 07.02 1853 Jenkins, Eleazer (1) 03.29 1856 Jenkins, William (2) 09.13 1856 Stoddard, Eliakim S., Jr. 09.26 1859 Gillette, Henry M. 06.20 1861 Patterson, Walter M. 03.26 1867 Gillette, Henry M. (1) 05.23 1868 Gager, Samuel L. (2) 06.08 1868 Gillette, Henry M. 04.26 1869 Gillette, Edward F. 03.28 1870 Goodwin, Robert E. 11.17 1885 Bates, Alonzo A. 05.11 1889 Bunting, Richard C. 12.29 1890 Ryan, Joseph J. 08.08 1893 Baker, Willard 12.04 1897 Operating

Sharon Valley .........................Kelsey, George A. 01.31 1873 Gordon, Charles C. 01.27 1886 Byron, Thomas J. 11.23 1895 Klebes, George B. 11.25 1896 (Disc 1919)

South Canaan .......................Burrall, William M. 03.12 1813 ✉ Burrall, William P. 04.20 1827 ✉ Burrall, William M. 04.18 1836 ✉ Reed, Chauncey, Jr. 05.10 1842 Burrall, William M. 12.26 1844 ✉ Reed, John B. 01.12 1857 Page, George H. (1) 04.06 1875 Merwin, Erastus (2) 12.03 1875 Connelly, Charles I. 10.10 1878

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Callender, William S. 02.25 1884 Howe, Henry L. 06.09 1885 Prentice, Miss Ellen L. 08.25 1899 (Disc 1902)

South Farms ........................Woodruff, Enoch I. 01.16 1817 Smedley, William L. 11.18 1842 Smedley, William L. 07.11 1848 ✉ Resigned and Re-appointed —————————— 07.09 1859 NC to Morris

South Kent ...........................Goodsell, Epaphras B. ◊ (1) 02.01 1841 NC fr Bulls Bridge [1] Hopson, William T. (2) 05.22 1841 ✉ Morehouse, Nelson 09.25 1844 Mallory, Frederick A. 04.21 1848 Fanton, Edward 07.05 1849 Hopson, Seth W. 08.19 1862 —————————— 02.11 1864 Discontinued Dakin, Edward 12.16 1872 Re-established {John Stingler clerk?} Geer, William M. 01.16 1882 Chase, Frederick 01.18 1883 Operating

South Norfolk ......................Northway, Samuel D. 03.01 1852 ✉ Pendleton, Henry 10.24 1881 Humphrey, Emily Z. 12.07 1885 —————————— 05.09 1899 Discontinued

Southville .............................Babbitt, Philo 05.28 1846 Babbitt, Edward 06.02 1849 Beers, Joseph T. 10.30 1851 Beardsley, George 06.18 1853 Beers, George A. 12.21 1854 Peck, Preston D. 09.18 1855 Beardsley, George 10.05 1857 Castle, Samuel 05.06 1865 Tuttle, Noah B. 09.27 1866 Somers, Wait 05.29 1867 Beers, Joseph T. 02.23 1869 Clark, Samuel F. (1) 05.07 1878 Beers, Joseph T. (2) 05.21 1878 Smith, Eli W. 02.13 1880 Clark, Samuel F. 03.29 1881 Beers, William A. 04.05 1882 Beers, Joseph T. 10.23 1884c Dauchy, Charles 10.11 1886 Northrop, Gideon 05.18 1887 —————————— 10.26 1887 Discontinued Clark, Samuel F. 01.20 1888 Re-established —————————— 02.28 1901 Discontinued

Terryville ............................Lewis, John C. 12.22 1831 ✉ SpV Terrysville Lewis, Philo 02.09 1842 ✉ Welton, Hiram 07.17 1845 Lewis, John C. (1) 07.21 1846 Declined Welton, Hiram (2) 08.21 1846 Hemmingway, Allen 12.23 1847 Birge, Elias 04.27 1854 Gaylord, Sereno 07.27 1855

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Taylor, Charles L. 01.10 1859 Hemingway, Burritt H. 09.25 1861 Dailey, Edward 09.09 1872 Plumb, Newell M. 12.05 1881 McNamara, Timothy B. 01.06 1886 Baldwin, James B. 01.09 1891 Higgins, Thomas F. 08.24 1894 Operating

Thomaston ..........................Thomas, Seth, Jr. ◊ 01.25 1865 NC fr Plymouth Hollow Wakeman, George 06.10 1867 Gates, Edward T. 03.31 1868 Blakeslee, Augustus E. 06.18 1886 Pease, Horton 06.10 1890 Blakeslee, A.E. 06.16 1894 Lemmon, George A. 06.22 1898 Operating

Torringford ...........................Smith, Nathaniel 04.01 1813 ✉ Gillett, Rufus W. 12.20 1854 Hopkins, Harvey P. 01.12 1857 ✉ Griswold, Stanley 05.18 1874 Griswold, Ellen P. 05.13 1887 Hurmiston, Herman J. 03.05 1894 —————————— 09.14 1895 Discontinued Davis, Edson W. 10.25 1895 Re-established —————————— 1901 (Disc 1907)

Torrington [1] ......................Palmer, Harvey 03.26 1814 ✉ —————————— 02.04 1840 Discontinued Cowles, Albro W. 07.13 1841 Re-established —————————— 12.29 1842 Discontinued Goodwin, Warren 01.27 1848 Re-established Winship, Cornelius A. 05.11 1850 Coe, William H. 04.14 1855 Davis, Dudley 02.23 1857 Leech, Lucius 01.10 1859 Barnes, Henry (1) 03.01 1869 Bronson, Casimer H. (2) 04.29 1869 Pratt, Martin B. 07.22 1872 Hayes, Royal E. 03.30 1874 Wadhams, Abner H. 09.18 1876 —————————— 02.25 1878 Discontinued Whitney, Nelson H. 03.05 1879 Re-established Pond, Norman R. 04.21 1880 —————————— 02.11 1881 NC to Torrington Hollow

Torrington [2] ......................Fyler, Orasmus R. ◊ 02.10 1881 NC fr Wolcottville McNeil, Charles 04.01 1885 Hague, James W. 03.21 1889 Alldis, Frederick G. 04.15 1893 Hague, James W. 05.13 1897 Operating

Torrington Hollow ...............Pond, Norman R. ◊ 02.11 1881 NC fr Torrington [1] —————————— 03.27 1883 NC to West Torrington

Warren .................................Tallmadge, John 03.13 1812 Osborn, Benjamin B. (1) 04.01 1812 Tallmadge, John (2) 07.01 1812 ✉

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Tallmadge, George P. 03.20 1823 ✉ Swift, Edmund R. 02.17 1842 ✉ Gilbert, Burton 07.29 1847 Swift, Edmund R. 02.22 1849 Carter, Charles 10.18 1858 Brown, Jarius 03.28 1860 Hine, Charles 04.27 1861 Swift, Orlando 01.17 1872 Swift, Tallmadge 06.02 1882 Swift, Robert 11.19 1884 Sedgwick, Buel E. 06.13 1893 Knapp, Finley P. 03.23 1895 (Disc 1905)

Washington ...........................Camp, Chauncey 07.19 1808 ✉ Marshall, Herman 06.12 1820 ✉ Judson, Charles A. 05.23 1828 ✉ Mitchell, Timothy 06.08 1840 Brinsmade, Daniel B. 06.21 1841 ✉ Moody, William 01.31 1845 ✉ Center, Alexander J. 02.22 1850 Leavett, William W. 12.15 1851 Church, Henry J. 06.09 1854 ✉ Galpin, Frederick N. 04.18 1857 Hurlburt, Erastus J. 08.24 1866 Hickox, Charles L. 04.12 1869 Ford, William J. 01.19 1882 Church, Henry J. 01.12 1885 Ford, William J. 06.05 1889 Operating

Washington Depot ................Baker, Alpheus G. 04.22 1873 —————————— 05.22 1873 Discontinued Baker, Alpheus G. 01.16 1874 Re-established/Re-appointed Platt, Simeon D. 12.07 1880 Watts, Adam 08.23 1887 Sheeley, Sheldon F. 06.06 1889 Watts, Robert J. 06.27 1893 Seeley, S. Ford 06.08 1897 Operating

Watertown ............................Lockwood, Edmund, Jr. 09.07 1802 DeForest, Benjamin 04.25 1810 ✉ Bishop, James 11.21 1829 ✉ Heminway,General Merrit 07.30 1834 Hotchkiss, Chauncey H. 09.05 1849 Catlin, Dr. Samuel, Jr. 07.06 1853 Atwood, Hinman 06.08 1855 (Hotchkiss ran po for Atwood - TH} Hotchkiss, Chauncey H. 05.04 1861 (Myron McNeil ran stage to Wtby) McNeil, Myron 03.19 1875 Atwood, Bennett C. 12.13 1881 King, Owen B. 06.06 1887 (became disabled) Atwood, Bennett C. 01.04 1889 Operating

West Cornwall .....................Calkins, Noah T. 01.27 1841 NC fr East Sharon Wheaton, George 02.09 1842 ✉ Pratt, Chalker (1) 08.09 1844 Wheaton, George (2) 09.11 1844 Kellogg, James E. 09.22 1847 Norton, Jonathan T. 05.08 1849

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Gardner, Charles H. 07.02 1853 Gardiner, James M. 08.18 1857 Crandall, Henry C.. 04.27 1861 Cochran, James 09.24 1866 Scovill, Edwin F. (1) 01.12 1869 Wheaton, George H. (2) 04.26 1869 Baldwin, Chauncey E. 04.14 1873 Cochran, Robert N. 05.13 1885 Baldwin, Daniel B. 07.19 1890 Nickerson, Leonard J. 10.15 1892 Operating

West Goshen ........................Miles, Frederick 07.10 1849 Foster, Frederick M. 06.26 1858 Wright, Edward 05.02 1859 Hart, Julius L. 02.19 1861 Allyn, Wilburt M. 04.22 1870 Lucas, Frederick A. 01.21 1878 Allyn, Eugene E. 11.09 1883 Lucas, Frederick A. (1) 04.07 1889 Green, Charles F. (2) 09.13 1889 (C to RB of Torrington 1963/Disc1972)

West Morris ..........................Canfield, Clarence G. 12.26 1872 Burgess, Samuel F. 03.25 1881 Burgess, Walter S. 06.24 1891 Powers, Frank A. 11.01 1897 (Disc 1922)

West Norfolk ........................Humphrey, Merrill (1) 05.04 1850 Shepard, John K. (2) 05.23 1850 Dewell, John 08.17 1853 ✉ Shepard, John K. 10.10 1871 Cobb, Albert 02.27 1884 (Disc 1914)

West Torrington ...................Pond, Norman R. ◊ 03.27 1883 NC fr Torrington Hollow Palmer, Asaph H. 08.07 1888 Pond, Elijah R. 01.30 1895 Eggleston, Erastus M. 08.06 1897 Kohrs, Henry 01.21 1898 (Disc 1905)

West Winsted [1] ...................Dudley, George ◊ 07.10 1849 NC fr Clifton Tracy, John C. (1) 02.16 1853 Steele, Harvey B. (2) 08.24 1853 Coe, William G. 05.16 1861 —————————— 05.27 1865 NC to Winsted [2]

West Winsted [2] ...................Dudley, George 09.14 1865 —————————— 04.17 1869 Discontinued Dudley, George (1) 05.28 1869 Re-established/Re-appointed Marsh, Benjamin F. (2) 07.14 1869 Drake, H. Hungerford 03.29 1886 Cook, George B. 03.07 1890 Finn, Edward 04.17 1894 (C to B of Winsted 1918)

Winchester ...........................Wheeler, Benjamin 08.02 1802 Higley, Horace 11.25 1807 ✉ Morgan, Elisha A. 10.18 1827 Case, Lyman 11.16 1829 ✉ Holabird, William S. 03.18 1833 ✉ Served as US Attorney in Amistad case

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Boyd, John 06.05 1841 ✉ Holabird, William S. 02.11 1845 Hall, Gideon, Jr. 06.06 1849 Hitchcock, Roland 02.04 1853 —————————— 12.14 1859 NC to Winsted [1]

Winchester Center................Bronson, Elliott B. ◊ 12.11 1893 SpC fr Winchester Centre Brown, Wilbur M. 08.20 1899 (C to R B of Winsted 1963)

Winchester Centre ................Hurlbut, Samuel, Jr.◊ 04.01 1824 ✉ NC fr Winstead Marsh, William S. 02.07 1835 Bronson, Birdsey 09.14 1836 Bronson, Theron 02.25 1839 ✉ Hurlbut, Samuel 07.28 1841 Wetmore, Calvary 04.27 1854 ✉ Loomis, Frederick L. 06.18 1861 Bronson, Elliott B. 09.14 1882 —————————— 12.11 1893 SpC to Winchester Center

Winstead ..............................Hurlburt, Samuel 1823c {Sp Clerk error? - WJD} —————————— 04.01 1824 NC to Winchester Centre

Winsted [1] ...........................Hitchcock, Roland ◊ 12.14 1859 NC fr Winchester Clarke, Thomas M. 05.16 1861 —————————— 05.27 1865 Discontinued

Winsted [2] ...........................Clark, Thomas M. (1) 05.27 1865 NC fr West Winsted [1] Gilbert, William L. (2) 09.14 1865 Baird, Theophilus 08.06 1866 Cook, George B. (1) 04.21 1869 Recinded May 28, 1869 Alvord, Jabez (2) 07.15 1869 Roberts, Harvey L. 06.18 1877 Bills, Henry A. 06.05 1885 Tanner, Marvin H. 01.28 1890 Stevens, Nathaniel B. 02.12 1894 Hunt, Charles K. 03.09 1898 Operating

Wolcottville ..........................Bradley, Samuel 05.23 1826 Freeman, Orrin B. 05.22 1841 Abernethy, Russell C. 01.08 1845 Richards, Henry B. 07.05 1851 Abernethy, Russell C. 07.05 1853 Calhoun, Joseph F. 05.16 1861 Fyler, Orasmus R. 06.12 1866 —————————— 02.10 1881 NC to Torrington [2]

Woodbury ...........................Huntington, Dr. Daniel 12.05 1796 Marshall, John P. 05.08 1814 Perry, William 04.02 1817 ✉ Sherman, Leman 10.30 1821 ✉ Phelps, Charles B. 11.04 1831 ✉ Root, Andrew 06.03 1841 Webb, Charles H. 10.09 1844 Marvin, John 05.11 1849 Crafts, Charles B. 01.09 1851 ✉ Smith, Gilead H. (1) 02.19 1853 Allen, George P. (2) 06.21 1853

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Woodruff, William E. 04.26 1861 Walker, Frederick A. (1) 03.12 1867 Beardsley, Stanley E. (2) 09.28 1867 Woodruff, William E. 04.12 1869 Walker, Frederick A. 04.02 1877 Browne, William E. 04.14 1881 Walker, Mrs. Francis A. 12.18 1882 Nichols, John W. 01.04 1884 Allen, George P. 07.07 1886 Ketcham, Leander Y. 04.15 1887 Colepaugh, William H. 08.26 1893 Judson, William L. 07.17 1897 Operating

Woodville ............................Chittenden, Frederick C. ◊ 12.29 1836 ✉ NC fr Forbesville Peters, Manly (1) 06.18 1842 Chittenden, Frederick (2) 10.13 1842 ✉ Peters, Manly 05.29 1849 Weston, Cornelius S. (1) 07.07 1854 Glover, Julius A. (2) 12.22 1854 Goslee, Myron R. 06.01 1857 Barton, James D. 07.09 1859 Anson, Albert (1) 03.23 1860 Beeman, Marvin S. (2) 12.27 1860 Beeman, Catherine N. (1) 08.18 1864 Chittenden, Frederick (2) 12.06 1864 Beeman, Marion S. (1) 07.26 1865 Chittenden, Frederick (2) 09.26 1865 Wells, George 04.24 1867 Barnum, S.H. 07.27 1868 Evits, Edward (1) 05.20 1870 Gear, John (2) 05.31 1870 Weston, Samuel T. 12.26 1872 Brown, William E. (1) 03.25 1874 Weston, Samuel T. (2) 04.23 1874 Brown, William E. 01.25 1875 Knickerbocker, William H. 09.18 1879c Crouch, John N. (1) 03.02 1882 Gear, Mrs. Ann (2) 06.22 1882 Anson, Mary G. 07.10 1889 Gear, John 06.06 1893 Foote, Henry W. (1) 06.07 1897 Clark, Sarah A. (2) 06.30 1897 (Disc 1902)

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Watertown handstamp used during the stampless period.

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