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EARLY POSTMASTERS OF TOWN OF BECKET, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

BECKET
Asa Baird Oct 26, 1812
Wolcott Chaffee Aug 22, 1825
Kendall Baird Dec 27, 1838
William S Phillips Jul 5, 1842
Kendall Baird Jan 18, 1845
Miss Emily A Sowle Dec 8, 1865
Hendersson Ward Dec 22, 1873
Joshua Shaw Apr 5, 1875
Albert C Andrews Apr 21, 1891 Post Office discontinued Apr 30, 1913
EAST BECKET - BECKET (2ND) - BECKET CENTER
Eliada Kingsley Nov 17, 1823
Russel Kingsley Mar 29, 1832
Frederick Clark Nov 15, 1836
Alexander Clark Jan 16, 1843
Mrs Samantha Clark Oct 8, 1857
Augustus M Perkins Nov 18, 1863
Charles O Perkins Mar 29, 1866
Mrs. Ruth G Smith Nov 15, 1869
Alvah Phinney Oct 22, 1877 Post Office discontinued Dec 26, 1877
Alvah Phinney Feb 4, 1878 Post Office reestablished Feb 4, 1878
Mrs. Mary J Camp Dec 13, 1881
William L Palmer Feb 4, 1908
Susie E Herrick Oct 6, 1914 name changed by marriage to Mrs Susie Pease on Sep 22, 1923
Post Office discontinued Jan 31, 1927
NORTH BECKET
Joseph L Jennings Jul 10, 1839
David McElwain Dec 21, 1843
Wright Barnes Aug 11, 1843
Johnathan W Wheeler Jun 5, 1861
Jarvis Norcott Feb 10, 1873
Addison H Bidwell Oct 26, 1877
Omri S Willis Jul 10, 1889
Addison H Bidwell Jul 12, 1893
Henry A Jennings Feb 14, 1899
Nathan D.E. Tower Oct 8, 1914
Miss Dorothy Durant Jan 31, 1940 name changed by marriage to Mrs Dorothy D. Bartsch Nov 8, 1957
BANCROFT
Thomas J Davison Apr 11, 1846
William S Cross Oct 29, 1847
James N Cross May 29, 1849
Post Office was in Hampshire County 1849-1857
Chester W Merryfield Oct 5, 1857
Edwin Cheeseman Jan 11, 1875
Willie Royce Jun 12, 1876
Gilbert E Manley Dec 4, 1877
Willard B Messenger Aug 29, 1881
Thomas H Fleming Jul 31, 1886
Willard B Messenger Feb 25, 1890
Thomas H Fleming Mar 11, 1892
Post Office moved to Hampshire County in 1896
 
 
 
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