Once upon a time in Ada
Once upon a time in Ada
Things you didn’t know about your own hometown
By Lee Crouse
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
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