Post office updates!
Update on Hobart & Stamford Postmasters
By Karen Cuccinello Stamford Village Library History Room Archivist
Hobart- Originally established as Waterville and changed to Hobart in 1828. George Sherwood 1815; Levinus Monson1816; Calvin Howard 1828; Calvin Howard, May 1837; John Griffin, July 1837; Calvin Howard, September 1841; Jonas L. More, March 1842; John Griffin, May 1844; Robert S. Marshall, June 1849; Elisha B. More, January 1851; James Noble, April 1851; Charles H. Griffin, January 1853; William B. Champlin Jr., October 1854; Frederic W. Foote, May 1861; Robert McNaught, March 1864; William S. Foote. April 1865; Frederick W. Foote, March 1880; Duncan H. McNaught, December 1883; Baldwin Griffin, July 1885; Asa L. Hager, June 1889; Frank B. Mayham, December 1893; Homer M. Mace, May 1895; James B. Rich, December 1897; Charles R. Dixon, February 1916; Robert Hector McNaught, November 1921; Charles R. Dixon, April 1934; Miss Nellie G. Squires, August 1934; Orrin B. Brockway, April 1944; George W. Stevens, September 1959; Ivan A. Cole, April 1961; George W. Stevens June 1964; Frederic “Fritz” Brewer, 1981; Frederick H. Joedicke 1983; Heidi E. Jenkins 2000 and Cindy L. McEntee 2006.
On January 10, 2015 the Hobart Post Office was converted to a Level 6 (6-hour) remotely managed post office under the direction of the Stamford postmaster.
Stamford- Thomas Montgomery, January 1830 & May 1837; Samuel Judson Jr., November 1842; Charles Griffin, May 1844; Jeffrey H. Champlin, March 1858; Whedon F. Spencer, January 1863; Ambrose Stevenson, March 1863; Gordon B. Crippen, October 1865; Geo. A. Stephens, December 1869; John N. Bennett, April 1875; Seth W. Hubbard, May 1877; Fisher G. Rulifson, May 1881; William R. Beckley, July 1885; John K. Grant, March 1889; John C. VanDyke, January 1895; John K. Grant, January 1899; George H. Hager, March 1907; Leonard H. Govern, January 1916; Ernest J. Hager, September 1922; George O. Leonard, December 1922; Calvin H. Peters, February 1927; Eugene F. Govern, March 1935; Louis C. Beers, March 1950; Steven A. Vamosy, March 1952; (info. from other sources) Dorothy Burke (Mrs. Edward Burke), July 1977; Dennis E. Moore 1984; Robert B. Shea 2012; Aaron T. Sanford January 2018 and Rebecca Newman October 2018.
Thank You to Patricia Morrow, Windham Town Historian, for sending me updated information.