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Postmasters for Morris, NY


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The information below is from the US Post Office web site -- at this link
https://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt002.cfm

report generated December 17, 2021

MORRIS POST OFFICE
OTSEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK

Name Title Date Appointed
(Originally established as BUTTERNUTS)
The exact establishment date of this post office is
unknown. Lewis De Villers submitted his first financial
return on April 1, 1796.
Lewis De Villers Postmaster 04/01/1796
Lewis Lee Morris Postmaster 01/31/1800 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62860708/lewis-lee-morris
John C. Morris Postmaster 04/01/1810 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63846268/john-cox-morris
John C. Morris submitted his first financial return on
April 1, 1810. His exact appointment date is unknown.
Benajah Davis Postmaster 11/23/1812
Ansel C. Moore Postmaster 03/12/1832
Harley Sergeant Postmaster 07/07/1841 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236530625/harley-sergeant
Chester Jarvis Postmaster 02/25/1843 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201375929/chester-jarvis
Harley Sergeant Postmaster 04/27/1849 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236530625/harley-sergeant
Name changed to MORRIS on January 8, 1850
Harley Sergeant Postmaster 01/08/1850/www.findagrave.com/memorial/240846922/charles-a-bowne
Asahel S. Avery Postmaster 03/20/1861 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128316763/asahel-stevens-avery
Harley Sergeant Postmaster 05/06/1865
Cornelius A. Church Postmaster 05/23/1853
Charles A. Bowne Postmaster 04/14/1858 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240846922/charles-a-bowne
Asahel S. Avery Postmaster 09/26/1873
Lucius B. Wallace Postmaster 07/20/1885 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166110343/lucius-b-wallace
Daniel C. Winton Postmaster 04/04/1889
George B. Folts Postmaster 08/09/1893 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174792011/george-b-folts
John W. Shaw Jr. Postmaster 01/29/1898 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129783123/john-w-shaw
Edwin C. Miller Postmaster 02/27/1915
Scott E. Gage Acting Postmaster 06/14/1922
Scott E. Gage Postmaster 08/30/1922 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182568717/scott-e-gage
Lee H. Starr Acting Postmaster 01/31/1935
Lee H. Starr Postmaster 08/02/1935 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100898822/lee-hull-starr
Percy W. Gould Acting Postmaster 01/31/1950 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175797203/percy-william-gould
Scott E. Gage Acting Postmaster 03/31/1953
Scott E. Gage Postmaster 07/28/1954
Miss Helen J. Jenks Acting Postmaster 12/30/1964
Lynn A. Harris Acting Postmaster 01/29/1965
Lynn A. Harris Postmaster 05/25/1965 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224797544/lynn-a-harris
Gene A. Ouimet Officer-In-Charge 08/26/1983
Mrs. Alice W. Quintin Postmaster 10/29/1983
Joann C. Curtis Officer-In-Charge 10/30/1998
Joann C. Curtis Postmaster 01/30/1999
Cathy Grimes Officer-In-Charge 03/24/2005
Diane M. Mulcahy Officer-In-Charge 06/13/2005
Howard L. Hannum Jr. Officer-In-Charge 07/06/2005
Howard L. Hannum Jr. Postmaster 08/20/2005
Rebecca M. Mitchell Officer-In-Charge 09/18/2007
Rebecca M. Mitchell Postmaster 02/16/2008
Rebecca M. Mitchell's surname changed to Bates on September
10, 2012.
? Officer-In-Charge
Operated as a Remotely Managed Post Office under the
direction of the Postmaster of the New Berlin Post Office
from February 9, 2013, to November 29, 2014. The Postmaster
position remained until vacated during that time.
Ruthann P. Johnson Postmaster 05/04/2013 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153827197/ruthann-p-johnson
Victoria A. Bonner Postmaster 11/29/2014
? Officer-In-Charge
Molly A. Becht Postmaster 09/19/2015
Holly Hotaling Officer-In-Charge 01/22/2021

xxxxxx additional info in PDF attached from Empire State Postal History group.

https://www.esphs.org/

the file attached was at the following link

https://www.esphs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Otsego-county.pdf

Postmasters at rest in Hillington Cemetery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129783123/john-w-shaw 1898 - 1915