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Big Ugly Creek Post Offices

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Gill, Leet, Rector

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Albert Gill, Albert Walls, Andy Cyfers, Arabelle Gill, Big Ugly Creek, Brad Gill, Dixie Toney, Dollie Post Office, Florence Vance, genealogy, Gill Post Office, Grace DeHaven, Harts Creek District, history, John E. Stone, John H. Brumfield, Laura Ferrell, Laurel Fork, Leander C. Toney, Leet Post Office, Lincoln County, Linzy Huffman, Martha J. Toney, Mildred DeHaven, Milt Ferrell, Nancy Cyfers, Rector Post Office, Ruth Cyfers, Thomas J. Gill, Tom Ferrell, Wallace Toney, Walter Toney, Walton Ferrell, West Virginia

Big Ugly Creek, located in Harts Creek District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, has hosted four post offices: Rector (1902-1939), Gill (1903-1968), Leet (1907-?), and Dollie (1919-1934). Today, no post offices exist on Big Ugly Creek.

Dollie Post Office (1919-1934)

Walton Ferrell: 10 December 1919 – 29 January 1923

Laura Ferrell: 29 January 1923 – 19 September 1933

Thomas Ferrell: 19 September 1933 (acting postmaster), 12 January 1934 – 31 March 1934 (appointment rescinded on 31 March 1934)

Post office discontinued: 24 March 1934, effective 14 April 1934, mail to Rector

Gill Post Office (1903-1968) — located at the mouth of Big Ugly Creek

Thomas J. Gill: 8 October 1903 – 9 June 1926/12 August 1927

Bradley W. Gill: 9 June 1926/12 August 1927 (conflicting dates in the record) – 9 October 1926

Arabelle Gill: 9 October 1926 – 6 November 1940 (deceased 6 November 1940)

Andrew J. Cyfers: 1 January 1941 (assumed charge), 11 January 1941 (acting postmaster) – August or October 1941 (see below)

Nannie F. Cyfers: 5 August 1941, 1 October 1941 (assumed charge) – 30 September 1956 (retired 30 September 1956)

Ruth B. Cyfers: 30 September 1955 (assumed charge), 4 October 1956 (acting postmaster), 19 October 1956 (assumed charge), 17 November 1967 (resigned)

Florence Vance: 17 November 1967 (acting postmaster) – 26 January 1968

Post office discontinued: 26 January 1968, mail to Ranger

Leet Post Office (1907-?) — located at the mouth of Laurel Fork of Big Ugly Creek

Albert Walls: 17 May 1907 – 3 September 1912

Linzy Huffman: 3 September 1912 – 15 February 1917

Moved to Gill: 15 February 1917

Albert J. Gill: 22 July 1921 – 30 May 1925

Post office discontinued: 30 May 1925, mail to Gill

John H. Brumfield: 18 September 1925 – 15 December 1927

Post office discontinued: 15 December 1927, mail to Rector

Grace DeHaven: 31 May 1934 – 30 November 1961, 30 November 1961 (retired)

Mildred DeHaven: 30 November 1961 (assumed charge), 13 April 1962 – ?

Rector Post Office (1902-1939)

John E. Stone: 17 July 1902 – 4 May 1903

Wallace Toney: 4 May 1903 – 13 July 1905

Leander C. Toney: 13 July 1905 – 14 March 1919

John Milton Ferrell: 14 March 1919, 5 April 1919 (assumed charge) – 25 June 1934

Walter Toney: 25 June 1934 (assumed charge), 20 August 1934 (acting postmaster) – 5 December 1934

Dixie Toney: 5 December 1934, 24 January 1935 (assumed charge) – 18 March 1938

Laura Ferrell: 18 March 1938 (assumed charge), 23 March 1938 (acting postmaster) – 3 November 1938

Martha J. Toney: 3 November 1938 – ? (order rescinded on 12 November 1938)

Post office discontinued: 11 March 1939, effective 31 March 1939, mail to Leet

Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Gill News 06.14.1923

17 Sunday Aug 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Coal, Gill, Logan, Sand Creek

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Andy Cyfers, Big Ugly Creek, Billy Sunday, C.M. Adkins, cancer, coal, Earn Cooper, Elmer Fry, farming, Ferguson Evans, Gill, Hager, Hal Cyfers, Hubball, J.E. Gore, Janie Thompson, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Logan, Madison, measles, moonshining, Nancy Cyfers, Sand Creek, W.M. Sperry, Ward Spears, Wayne County, West Virginia, Will Cyfers

“Reporter,” a local correspondent from Gill in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, June 14, 1923:

Miss Janie Thompson was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sperry, and also assisted them while ill with the measles.

Earn Cooper, of Hager, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. W.M. Sperry, and also Mr. and Mrs. Ward Spears, the latter part of last week.

Elmer Fry has been hauling bank posts and ties the past week.

Hal Cyphers has been working at Omar the past week.

Quite a number of people from this section have been going to Logan to hear Billy Sunday preach.

W.M. Sperry and Andy Cyphers attended meeting at Sand Creek last Sunday.

J.E. Gore, Cancer Specialist of Madison, was here recently.

Ferguson Evans has moved to Hubball, where he will have employment in the mines.

The loafers, rats and moonshiners are not so thick around Gill at present as they have been.

Our Ticket Agent, C.M. Adkins, remains on the job at this place and knows business when he sees it.

Will Cyphers, of Wayne county, was the over Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cyphers. He reports the crops in Wayne good. 

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