Broome County, New York Postal History

Vestal: September 6, 1834 - Present

Postmasters

The following persons have served as officially appointed postmasters of the Vestal Post Office.

Daniel Foster September 6, 1834 - August 21, 1849 Lewis Wright August 22, 1849 - July 13, 1853 Samuel B. Foster July 14, 1853 - September 23, 1856 Jacob L. Rounds September 24, 1856 - May 5, 1857 Peter Nichols May 6, 1857 - March 29, 1861 Samuel B. Foster March 30, 1861 - May 1, 1863 Job B. Mersereau May 2, 1863 - March 7, 1866 Thomas Harris March 8, 1866 - July 6, 1869 Cornelius Mersereau July 7, 1869 - April 9, 1877 John Wheeler April 10, 1877 - October 16, 1878 Frank M. Mersereau October 17, 1878 - May 10, 1880 John Wheeler May 11, 1880 - February 1, 1885 William D. Manier February 2, 1885 - April 21, 1889 Eugene B. Mersereau April 22, 1889 - December 7, 1893 Jesse S. Crane December 8, 1893 - December 16, 1897 Abram De Pue December 17, 1897 - January 12, 1925 Mrs. Emma Frey January 13, 1925 - June 29, 1934 Jesse S. Crane (Acting) June 30, 1933 - January 30, 1934 Jesse S. Crane January 31, 1934 - August 16, 1938 Mrs. Ruth Shimer (Acting) August 17, 1938 - July 21, 1939 Hugh E. Dean July 22, 1939 - December 1, 1942 Mrs. Mary E. Du Bois (Acting) December 2, 1942 - August 2, 1943 Walter Rossen (Acting) August 3, 1943 - October 5, 1943 Walter Rossen October 6, 1943 - June 24, 1947 Kenneth W. Brown (Acting) June 25, 1947 - December 30, 1947 William A. Day (Acting) December 31, 1947 - June 1, 1949 William A. Day June 2, 1949 - December 7, 1972 Francis A. Fernan (O.I.C.) December 8, 1973 - August 23, 1973 John W. McCormick (O.I.C.) August 24, 1973 - November 15, 1973 Michael M. Rusnak (O.I.C.) November 16, 1973 - August 27, 1974 Earl W. Johnston (O.I.C.) August 28, 1974 - September 13, 1974 Michael M. Rusnak September 14, 1974 - October 6, 1977 Muriel J. Kalivoda (O.I.C.) October 7, 1977 - July 12, 1989 Richard D. Nealy (O.I.C.) July 13, 1989 - September 22, 1989 Henry Henchey September 23, 1989 - September 23, 1992 Michael J. Gaynor (O.I.C.) September 24, 1992 - January 22, 1993 Michael J. Gaynor January 23, 1993 - July 27, 1998 John Lynch (O.I.C.) July 28, 1998 - January 14, 1999 Reese F. Burke Jr. (O.I.C.) January 15, 1999 - April 23, 1999 Patricia Sroka April 24, 1999 - April 27, 2004 Tom Corcoran (O.I.C.) April 28, 2004 - (O.I.C.) = Officer In Charge

The above information was obtained from "Postmaster Finder" at usps.gov and is current as of July 16, 2004.

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