POSTMASTER.                          189

       POSTMASTERS. LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

(Appointed. By Whom Appointed. Epochs in Postal Service.)
      Inness B. Brent, appointed Oct. 1, 1794, by President
 Washington.
      John W. Hunt, appointed Apri. 1, 1799, by President
 John Adams.
      John Jordan, Jr., appointed Jully, 1, 1872, by President
 Thomas Jefferson.
      John Fowler, appointed April 1, 1814, by President
 Madison.
      Joseph Ficklin, appointed Jan. 11, 1822 by President
 Monroe; Letters returned to writers 1830.
    Thomas S. Redd, appointed uly 2.2, 1841, by President
 Tyler.
      Joseph Ficklin, appointed M1ar. 29, 1843, by President
 Tyler; Postage Stamps issued 1847.
     Geo. R. Trotter, appointed Oct. 4. 1850 by President
 Taylor; Stamped Envelopes issued 1853.
      Squire Bassett, appointed Feb. 25, 1852, by President
Fillmore; Stamped Envelopes, 1853.
     Jesse Woodruff, appointed Sept. 4, 1855, by President
Pierce; Letters registered 1855.
     Lyman B. Todd, appointed Mar. 23. 1861, by President
Abraham Lincoln; Newspaper Wrappers; Special request
Envelopes; Money order system 1864: Free Delivery 1863.
     Samuel W. Price, appointed Apr. 5, 1869, by President
Grant; Postal cards 1873.
     Hubbard H. Milward, appointed Mar. 24, 1876, by Presi-
dent Grant: Special delivery 1885.
     Wm. Samuel McChesney, appointed Dec. 23, 1887, by
President Cleveland; Rural delivery 1590.
     James R. Howard, appointed Mar. 19. 1891, by President
Benjamin Harrison.
     Wm. Samuel McChesney. appointed Jan. 17. 1894, by
President Cleveland.
     Fielden Clay Elkin, appointed May 1. 1898, by Presi-
dent McKinley.
     Chas. H. Berryman, appointed Aug. 6, 1906, by Presl_
dent Roosevelt.
     Thomas L. Walker, appointed Mar. 1907, by President
Roosevelt.
     Wilbur R. Smith, appointed July 1911, by President
Taft; Postal Savings bank 1911; Sunday Closing 1912; Anti
clandistine correspondence 1912; Parcel Post 1913.