Broome County, New York Postal History

Windsor: February 28, 1818 - Present

Postmasters

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

             George Harper, 1818 - 1818 *
             Elias Whitmore, 1818 - 1825
             Barzilla Marvin, 1825 - 1826
             Gideon Hotchkiss, 1826 - 1829
             William Seymour, 1829 - 1830
             Benjamin B. Nichols, 1830 - 1832
             Henry Rexford, 1832 - 1833
             Ansel Adams, 1833 - 1836
             Carver Hotchkiss, 1836 - 1841
             Henry L. Sleeper, 1841 - 1841
             Benjamin H. Russell, 1841 - 1846
             George Dusenbury, 1846 - 1849
             Jeremiah Hull, 1849 - 1852
             James Belden, 1852 - 1853
             Harpur Dusenbury, 1853 - 1857
             George Dusenbury, 1857 - 1861
             Seymour L. Judd, 1861 - 1861
             James R. Belden, 1861 - 1866
             Andrew J. Butts, 1866 - 1869
             David H. Hotchkiss, 1869 - 1882
             Kate R. Hotchkiss, 1882 - 1885
             James M. Chaffee, 1885 - 1889
             Jarius S. Chase, 1889 - 1893
             Charles E. VanOrsdale, 1893 - 1897
             Jarius S. Chase, 1897 - 1913
             Kate R. Elliott, 1913 - 1915
             George A. Manwarren, 1915 - 1922
             Brainard W. Russell, 1922 - 1933
             Ward Kirkpatrick, 1933 - 1941
             Shirley Bond, 1941 - 1943
             Myrtle Freeman, 1943 - 1947
             Philliar Cresson, 1947 - 1949
             Edward N. Ksionzyk, 1949 - ?

The above information was obtained from "Historical Essays of Windsor, Town and Village, Broome County, New York"; compiled and edited by Marjory Hinman and Bernard Osborne, Windsor Town Historian; Published by the Town of Windsor, Broome County, New York, 1976.

* Although not listed in the above source, it is believed that George Harper was officially the first postmaster of Windsor, as he was the postmaster of the old Oquago post office when it became Windsor in 1818.

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