Once upon a time in Ada

Things you didn’t know about your own hometown

By Lee Crouse

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ADA, OHIO POSTMASTERS

William H. Wilson                                 Postmaster                                            08/01/1854

William F. Green                                  Postmaster                                            06/02/1855

Nathan Ahlefeld                                   Postmaster                                            01/04/1856

William L. Reece                                  Postmaster                                            04/04/1857

Edward S. Peterman                            Postmaster                                            11/11/1863

Jacob Phillippi                                       Postmaster                                            10/15/1864

Philip W. Stumm                                   Postmaster                                            01/06/1866

Nathan Ahlefeld                                   Postmaster                                            01/09/1868

Henry Zugschwert                               Postmaster                                            12/14/1868

Samuel Watt Jr.                                    Postmaster                                            01/29/1869

Samuel S. Clayton                                 Postmaster                                            07/26/1886

John M. Bentley                                   Postmaster                                            07/09/1890

John W. Worrow                                  Postmaster                                            04/17/1894

Harry H. Young                                     Postmaster                                            05/24/1898

Walter Elliott                                         Postmaster                                            06/05/1900

Stewart D. Hazlett                                Postmaster                                            01/31/1918

James K. Fulks                                       Acting Postmaster                                11/01/1921

James K. Fulks                                       Postmaster                                            04/07/1922

Clarence D. Hindall                              Acting Postmaster                                04/16/1934

Clarence D. Hindall                              Postmaster                                            05/13/1936

Von Weber Spellman                          Acting Postmaster                                06/30/1950

Von Weber Spellman                          Postmaster                                            09/14/1951

Myron W. Shilling                                Acting Postmaster                                12/31 1960

Frank I. Miller                                       Acting Postmaster                                09/29/1961

Frank I. Miller                                       Postmaster                                            06/19/1963

Norman H. Orth                                    Officer-In-Charge                                 12/29/1983

Richard R. Marshall                              Postmaster                                            06/09/1984

Donald Hurley                                      Officer-In-Charge                                 12/01/1989

Jeffrey Muscarello                               Postmaster                                            05/19/1990

Timothy A. Rader                                 Officer-In-Charge                                 06/27/1994

Elizabeth Ann Patton                           Officer-In-Charge                                 10/05 1994

Tamra J. Thorton                                  Postmaster                                            01/07/1995

Robert A. Schaefer                              Officer-In-Charge                                 08/14/1998

Patricia M. Turman                              Postmaster                                            10/10/1998

Darrell Von Sossan                               Officer-In-Charge                                 07/31/2000

Stephen J. Bahn                                    Officer-In-Charge                                 01/08/2001

Tamara L. Reams                                  Officer-In-Charge                                 08/08/2001

Tamara L. (Reams) Oberly                  Postmaster                                            09/21/2002

Danielle Laing                                       Officer-In-Charge                                 02/21/2016