Four Roaches Have Been Bardwell Postmasters Italy, Texas, July 27 [ca 1938] [name of paper unknown] [Contributed by Betty Good Hannah 08 May 1999]   Bardwell is an interesting Ellis County town located on the Rock Island Railroad twenty miles southeast of Waxahachie and almost half way between Ennis and Italy....like most towns, much of its romantic history centers about its postoffice where for forty-five years people have gone daily for their mail. Bardwell is a town of fine people, beautiful homes, modern churches and a new $45,000 school building with all modern equipment....the postoffice was established forty-five years ago and records of the Postoffice Department, Washington, D. C. disclose the following postmasters and tenure of service: Alfred B. Willis, June 30, 1893 (established) John R. Roach, April 10, 1894 Sidney C. Roach, June 12, 1904 Richard O. Roach, Feb. 8, 1906 W. Dave Williams, March 9, 1914 J. C. McCrary, April 22, 1918 Mrs. Jewell D. Woodward, Feb. 3, 1922 Oscar Roach (acting) Feb. 1, 1924 James W. Render, April 4, 1924 Nicholas Stacke (acting) Sept. 22, 1931 Mrs. Lillie J. Tolleson, April 22, 1932 Nicholas Stacke (acting) Nov. 22, 1933 Nicholas Stacke Mar. 6, 1934   Copyright © 1999-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:08 MDT