Very incomplete list!in chronological order | |  Daniel Mace (1811-1867) — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.Born inPickawayCounty, Ohio,September5, 1811.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1836;U.S.Attorney for Indiana, 1845-48;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1851-57; postmaster atLafayette,Ind., 1866-67.Suffered astroke in1866, never completely recovered, and became depressed over hiscondition;killedhimself bygunshot,in thepost office at Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.,July 26,1867 (age55 years, 324days).Interment atGreenbushCemetery, Lafayette, Ind. | | John M. Lingle (1843-1889) — of Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.Born in Pennsylvania,April 2,1843.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atWebbCity, Mo., 1885-89.After being threatened withcriminalprosecution for allegedlymisappropriatingfunds as postmaster, he stepped out the back door of thepostoffice, andkilledhimself bygunshot,in Webb City,JasperCounty, Mo.,January4, 1889 (age45 years, 277days).Interment atWebbCity Cemetery, Webb City, Mo. | | William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known asW. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,June 27,1841.Republican.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1868,1872(delegation chair),1884,1888;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1873; candidate forKentuckystate attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1878-80.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion.During a violent encounter in the lobby of the LexingtonPostOffice, herepeatedlystabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. ArmisteadSwope, who meanwhileshot andbadlywounded him; before anyprosecutioncould ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the PhoenixHotel,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November8, 1889 (age48 years, 134days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) — also known asJubal A. Early;"The Terrapin fromFranklin";"Old Jube";"OldJubilee" —ofFranklinCounty, Va.;Lynchburg,Va.Born inFranklinCounty, Va.,November3, 1816.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1841-42; major in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Franklin County, 1861;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; after theConfederatesurrender, fearingimprisonment,hefledthe country to Cuba, then Canada;pardonedin 1869 by PresidentAndrewJohnson.Felldown stairs at the LynchburgPost Office, and died two weekslater, inLynchburg,Va.,March 2,1894 (age77 years, 119days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.; cenotaph atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; memorial monument atFort Early, Lynchburg, Va. | | Frazier B. Baker (c.1857-1898) — of Lake City,FlorenceCounty, S.C.Born about 1857. Republican.Schoolteacher; postmaster atLakeCity, S.C., 1897-98; his appointment as postmaster arousedstrenuous opposition among white residents; U.S. SenatorsBenTillman andJohnL. McLaurin, and U.S. Rep.JamesNorton all demanded his removal from office "because of hiscolor"; many violent incidents followed.Africanancestry.Late at night, a mob of armed white men surrounded his home andpost office, and set it on fire; when the family awoke andattempted to escape, they were met with a hail of bullets; Baker wasshotandkilled,in Lake City,FlorenceCounty, S.C.,February22, 1898 (ageabout 41years). Federal prosecutors pressed charges against eleven men,none of whom were convicted.Burial location unknown. | | Adam Cyrus Reinoehl (1840-1900) — also known asAdam C. Reinoehl — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in Lebanon,LebanonCounty, Pa.,November14, 1840.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Lancaster County, 1868,1870-71; postmaster atLancaster,Pa., 1900.Died bysuicide,withilluminatinggas, in hisofficeat the Lancasterpost office, Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.,December14, 1900 (age60 years, 30days).Interment atLancasterCemetery, Lancaster, Pa. | | Christian Widule (1845-1916) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born inGermany,July19, 1845.Republican.Druggist;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1879; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1887-89.Suffered astrokewhile at work as assistant postmaster of Milwaukee, and died in thepost office, Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,October9, 1916 (age71 years, 82days).Interment atUnionCemetery, Milwaukee, Wis. | | Edward Patrick McManus (1857-1918) — also known asEdward P. McManus — of Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa.Born in Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa,January26, 1857.Democrat. Member ofIowastate senate, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Iowa,1904;postmaster atKeokuk,Iowa, 1914-18.Died, fromheartfailure, in hisofficeat the KeokukPost Office, Keokuk,LeeCounty, Iowa,January8, 1918 (age60 years, 347days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Keokuk, Iowa. | | Hillyer Rudisill (1875-1923) — of Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.Born in Forsyth,MonroeCounty, Ga.,April26, 1875.Republican. Postmaster atMacon,Ga., 1922-23 (acting, 1922).Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in thepost office at Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,February16, 1923 (age47 years, 296days). Ashortageof about $86,000 wasdiscoveredafter his death.Interment atForsythCemetery, Forsyth, Ga. | | Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) — also known asE. J. Dennis — ofBerkeleyCounty, S.C.Born in Macbeth,BerkeleyCounty, S.C.,September23, 1877.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,1900-04, 1916-18; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.Methodist.Triedand acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate thealcoholprohibition law.Shotandmortallywounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in frontof thepost office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the nextday in ahospitalat Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 25,1930 (age52 years, 305days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was triedand not convicted.Interment atSt.John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C. | | Albert L. Redmon (1892-1934) — also known asBert Redmon — of Sallisaw,SequoyahCounty, Okla.Born in Arkansas,January2, 1892.Republican. Postmaster atSallisaw,Okla., 1932-34.Member,Freemasons.Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in the vault at thepost office, Sallisaw,SequoyahCounty, Okla.,January16, 1934 (age42 years, 14days).Interment atSallisaw City Cemetery, Sallisaw, Okla. | | George W. McCabe (1871-1935) — of Petoskey,EmmetCounty, Mich.Born inAntrimCounty, Mich.,February22, 1871.Democrat.Hardwaremerchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1904(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate forMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1922; postmaster atPetoskey,Mich., 1933-35 (acting, 1933-34).Irishancestry.Suffered a fatalheartattackat hisdesk, in the PetoskeyPost Office, Petoskey,EmmetCounty, Mich.,June 7,1935 (age64 years, 105days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Petoskey, Mich. | | John W Martin (c.1890-1935) — of Mena,PolkCounty, Ark.Born about 1890. Postmaster atMena,Ark., 1933-35.Shotandkilledduring an apparent robbery of thepost office, in Mena,PolkCounty, Ark.,November24, 1935 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown.  | William Walter Dooling (1891-1949) — also known asWilliam W. Dooling — of North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April 8,1891.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general managerof anecktiemanufacturing firm; postmaster atNorthAdams, Mass., 1936-49.Catholic.Member,HolyName Society;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion.Died, from aheartattack, in hisoffice,at the North AdamsPost Office, North Adams,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,May 26,1949 (age58 years, 48days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Adams, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Joseph Dooling and Anna (Ryan) Dooling; married,October12, 1921, to Ellen G. Curran. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: North Adams Transcript,May 27, 1949 |
| | William Porter Whitaker (1882-1957) — also known asWilliam P. Whitaker;W. P.Whitaker —of Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho.Born in Utah,April 2,1882.Democrat.Locomotiveengineer;mayorof Pocatello, Idaho, 1919-20; candidate forU.S.Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1920, 1922;realestate andinsurancebusiness;florist; candidate forGovernor ofIdaho, 1938.Leaving thepost office and getting intohis car,he suffered aheartattack and died, in Pocatello,BannockCounty, Idaho,January15, 1957 (age74 years, 288days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas William Whitaker and Hannah (Waddoups) Whitaker; married1903 to RoseByrnia Willey; married1912 to MaryR. Hawkley. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Leon Chase Phillips (1890-1958) — also known asLeon C. Phillips;RedPhillips —of Okemah,OkfuskeeCounty, Okla.Born inWorthCounty, Mo.,December9, 1890.Democrat. Member ofOklahomastate house of representatives; elected 1932, 1934, 1936;Speaker ofthe Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1935;Governor ofOklahoma, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Oklahoma,1940.Chargedwithacceptinga bribe while governor;triedtwice and ultimately acquitted.Died, of aheartattack, while waiting for a client at thepost office inOkmulgee,OkmulgeeCounty, Okla.,March27, 1958 (age67 years, 108days).Interment atHillcrestCemetery, Weleetka, Okla. | | Robert L. Roberts (1922-1973) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmasteratKansasCity, Kan., 1959-68, 1970-73 (acting, 1959); served in the U.S.Army during the Vietnam war.Stabbedandmortallywounded by Carroll Edward Noel, Jr., a former mail handler, intheofficeof the assistant postmaster, at the mainpost office, and wasdead on arrival at BethanyMedicalCenter, Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,November29, 1973 (ageabout 51years). Noel was tried for murder, and found not guilty by reasonof insanity.Interment atMemorialPark Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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