 postmasters postmasters ray wed 6292011 1534  biloxi postmasters   john l mccaughan   18391842 george holley   18421845 charles bellman  appointed april 1842 minutes board of police p 24  1845 isaac b currie   1846 joshua a talbott   1849 brantley bond   18491852 charles e schoenwitz   william o hathorne   references   harrison county mississippi minutes of the board of police  18591860 james blythe   1860 john d howard   18651866 henry m elmer   18751878 james fewell   18781879 miss laura fewell   18791882 francis a barthes   18821885 andrew b morgan      18851889 louis holley louis holley 18411892 was the son of justice of the peace benjamin holley 18pre 1870 and burissa bradford 18081881 in january 1879 louis holley 18411892 married louisa hahn 18471927 the daughter of john hahn 18061847 and elizabeth hahn 18121904 german immigrants who owned the magnolia hotel on front street at biloxi louis and louisa h holley were the parents of geneva holley 18791960 anson holley 18821967 m mary liliana caillavet 18831967 louis c holley 18841973 m mary agregaard 18931981 john benjamin holley 18861925 sarah louisa holley 18891931 and florence may holley 18921953  1889post office burns biloxi had a large fire occur  in the central business district on june 5th  damage estimated at 75000  the fire started in the herald building major losses suffered by  mrs cm rugge  who lost twostory residence valued at 9000  constantine olivari  18411894 who lost his twostory residence ship chandlry business dry goods and groceries on the corner of lameuse street and pass christian street valued at 8000  dr james j lemon  lost his drug store and home worth 7500 the  post office building  of louis holley  was also destroyed mobile alabama sent two fire engines on a special train  but they arrived after biloxi firemen had the conflagration extinguished  the daily picayune june 6 1889 p 1  louis holley expired in early november 1892 louise hahn holley died   references  the biloxi herald   resolution of respect to the memory of louis holley   november 19 1892 the daily picayune   biloxi burnt   june 6 1889  18891897 margaret g davis margaret green davis 181939 was born the daughter of captain ss green 181869 and margaret cary 18181896  margaret green davis died on january 15 1939 weather reports at biloxi were posted on the outside door of the us post office  after arriving on the morning l n train the biloxi herald january 16 1892 p 4  references  the biloxi herald   directory   february 1 1890 the biloxi herald   local happenings   january 16 1892 the biloxi herald   improvement in the post office   june 15 1895 the biloxi herald   gen joseph r davis   september 19 1896 the biloxi herald   doubly afflicted   october 10 1896 the biloxi herald   improvement on the post office   october 10 1896 the biloxi daily herald   city directory   october 30 1897 the clarion ledger   mrs jr davis confirmed   march 14 1889   18971902   william g henderson william gaston henderson 18281902 was born on august 3 1828 at milton caswell county north carolina in 1855 he married dona hubbard 18341909 the daughter of david hubbard a us representative from alabama at the hubbard home known as kinlock the hendersons were the parents of dona henderson liddle mrs je moseley william gaston henderson ii and mrs george p hewes of gulfport in november 1902 dona henderson liddle the daughter of recently deceased postmaster henderson applied for the position as biloxi s postmistress to complete the unexpired term of her father she was touted by the local journal as  a lady of fine business qualifications and should she receive the appointment will administer the affairs of the office in a manner that will be creditable to the government as well as herself    the biloxi daily herald november 20 1902 p 6    references  th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound illustrated  grahamdelchamps mobile alabama1893  the biloxi daily herald   city directory   october 30 1897 the biloxi daily herald   biloxi post office   november 13 1897 the biloxi daily herald   city directory   december 20 1898 the biloxi daily herald   at rest   november 18 1902 the biloxi daily herald   judge henderson   february 5 1902 the daily herald   necrologymrs william gaston henderson   april 30 1909  19031906 john f williams john f williams 18471906 was an alabama native  references the biloxi daily herald   deaths   january 9 1906 the biloxi daily herald   city news   january 19 1906  19061913   james c tyler james c tyler 18721930 came to biloxi mississippi in 1903 as a deputy us marshall he had been us postmaster at columbia mississippi jc tyler was born the eldest of ten children in march 1872 on a farm near rural bogue chitto lincoln county mississippi to james martin tyler 18481900 and mary l tyler 18521900 james c tyler married beulah d sullivan on christmas day 1899 in lincoln county they were the parents of three children james l tyler 19011930 louise tyler 19031930 and ferd m tyler 19051930 1880 lincoln county mississippi federal census t9655 p 1 ed 33 1900 lincoln co mississippi t623817 p 9a ed 97 and 1900 marion co mississippi t623819 p 5a ed 74  postmaster james c tyler had been nominated by president theodore roosevelt 18581919 for his new post at biloxi mississippi on january 29 1906  us marshall in april 1908 biloxi postmaster james c tyler 18721910 announced that he and edgar s balthrope 18731939 had mapped a rural mail route covering about thirtyone miles to provide postal service to those families living north of the back bay of biloxi and in the tchoutacabouffa region they had traveled the area by horse and buggy to acquire signatures of these denizens  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1908 p 1   this proposed rural mail route was described as follows  the rural mail carrier starting from the biloxi post office will go west and leave the city by the pass christian road he will travel along this road to near what is known as the collin s place and will then turn south to the beach he will drive west along the beach past mr watson s and to beauvoir the beauvoir mail is now handled from gulfport the gulfport route coming up to that point but by previous agreement made with the gulfport postmaster and through senator money this is to belong to biloxi after delivering the beauvoir mail the carrier will start north along dahlgren avenue to the back bay he will cross back bay at popp s ferry and mr popp has promised that the crossing there will be at his expense shortly after crossing popp s the route turns to the northeast along a new road and strikes the tchouticabouffa  sic  at morris ferry  now cedar lake  or what is now the vinnie post office here again the crossing will be made by promise of mr morris without expense to the government   from morris ferry the route proceeds west and then southwest along the new road to moccasin point from moccasin point the carrier will turn sharply back to the north to reed s store this will bring him near woolmarket whether he shall go to woolmarket or not has not been positively settled but the chances are that he will as the people of woolmarket are anxious to have a rural delivery from woolmarket the route proceeds east to campbell s cross roads from the southeast to john krohn s and then again northeast to the tchouticabouffa  sic  river which is crossed at lamey s ferry  now lamey s bridge   from there the route continues east past johnson s still and thence south to es balthrope s on the  big ridge road  ridge then west along the  big ridge road   ridge road to the new road down the new road to a point north of the jack farish place and then southeast to the village of seymour  now d iberville  and across the back bay bridge into biloxi the route is thirtyone miles in length the carrier will make the trip every day and be allowed eight hours in which to make it  the biloxi daily herald april 21 1908 p 1    albert e bessey albert e bessey 18951996 was appointed substitute city letter carrier on july 29 1913 young bessey made the highest score on recent examination for clerkcarriers  the daily herald august 7 1913 p 8    references  the biloxi daily herald   to and fro   february 23 1903 the biloxi daily herald   city news   april 20 1903 the biloxi daily herald    the biloxi daily herald   personal   october 9 1903 the biloxi daily herald   postmaster jc tyler   january 30 1906 the biloxi daily herald   resignation accepted   february 17 1906 the biloxi daily herald   post office changes hands   march 1 1906 the biloxi daily herald   increased postal facilities   august 22 1906 the biloxi daily herald    the biloxi daily herald    the biloxi daily herald    the daily herald   dedication  federal building  is big success   august 18 1908 the daily herald      the daily herald   postmasters will be here   june 18 1909 the daily herald   glad tyler is again postmaster   january 20 1910 the daily herald   grand marshal names aides for big parade   august 25 1911 the daily herald   republicans elect   march 25 1912 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   young biloxian gets good appointment   august 7 1913 the daily herald   meunier s appointment as postmaster confirmed   august 25 1913 the daily herald   meunier takes office today succeeds tyler   september 1 1913 the daily herald   visitors from the interior   june 5 1914 the daily herald      the daily herald   jc tyler returns reports good crops and jackson patriotism   november 14 1918 the daily herald      the daily herald   jc tyler named us marshall   june 27 1922 the daily herald   ferd tyler visits   may 14 1929 the ocean springs record   80 years old and still lobbying   december 7 1975  postmaster john r meunier  john rene meunier 18801944 was born on june 1880 at biloxi mississippi the son of leon charles meunier 18451882 and helena scherer 18521896 leon c meunier was a native of france and settled at new orleans where he was in the retail oyster trade in august 1902 he married ernestine gorenflo the daughter of william gorenflo 18421932 and theresa llado children john r meunier jr 19031955 m mable marie broussard 19112002  rural routes otto tarbutton 19141987 and max jordan   the daily herald july 27 1943 p 5    stroke postmaster meunier suffered a debilitating stroke in  ernestine g meunier mrs meunier replaced her husband as acting postmaster of biloxi on june 30 1942  retirement john r meunier retired as biloxi s postmaster on june 30 1942 his retirement was attributed to his age and also a debilitating stroke suffered in early february 1940  promotions tony feldman and dan keller 19191991 f the post office staff were promoted to foremen feldman at the main post office and keller at keesler field jr mcelroy and lorrie gollotte 19231990 substitute clerks were made regular clerks eddie e stafford jr 19232008 clifford kostmayer and douglas mitchell the latter two members of the military were promoted from temporary clerks to classified substitute clerks  the daily herald november 20 1942 p 6    1943 addition in 1943 the chalender construction company of springfield missouri was awarded a 6400 contract to erect a 1000squarefoot frame with asbestos shingles incoming mail room on the northeast corner of the post office the contract also specified that a 432 squarefoot extension to the loading platform be built  the daily herald    george b cousins in january 1944 after jw lunday 18661953 rejected the offer to be appointed as biloxi s acting postmaster us representative william colmer selected george barrow cousins 18831969 as acting postmaster of biloxi mr cousins was born at tioga louisiana on september 1 1883 the son of george hudson cousins 18361916 a native of new york and emelia holbrook 184119 arrived as an infant at biloxi with his parents in 1889 his career was primarily with the daily herald where he started as a carrier in 1901 and climbed the corporate ladder to printer s devil circulation manager and city editor he left the local journal briefly in 1925 to pursue an interest in real estate and returned as an advertising manager at the time of his appointment george b cousins had been with the daily herald for fortythree years  the daily herald january 11 1944 p 1   george barrow cousins 18831969 and margaret maude clare hannon 18901919 his mother died in early january 1919 shortly after she delivered their third child baby boy cousins 19181918 at biloxi on april 20 1908 george b cousins had married maude clare hannon a native of louisiana and the daughter of irish immigrants peter hannon 18371889 and mary leaghy lahey or leahey before her early demise maude had bore two sons george barrow cousins jr 19091966 and peter hannon cousins 19101979   the daily herald april 21 1908 p 1 january 1 1919 p 1 january 2 1919 p 3 and january 6 1919 p 3 and harrison co ms mrb 19 p 379 after the demise of his spouse george b cousins married alma elizabeth brander 18911992 the daughter of john c brander 18431913 and emma sandow brander 18621925 on december 23 1923 harrison co ms mrb 35 p 440  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934  the daily herald   cousinshannon   april 21 1908 p 1 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald   meunier s appointment as postmaster confirmed   august 25 1913 the daily herald   meunier takes office today succeeds tyler   september 1 1913 the daily herald   mrs gb cousins passes away   january 1 1919 the daily herald   meunier suffers stroke   february 3 1940 the daily herald   meunier retires as postmaster   june 29 1942 the daily herald   post office promotions   november 20 1942 the daily herald   to change rural routes at biloxi   july 27 1943 the daily herald   new mail provisions   may 24 1945 the daily herald   cousins named biloxi acting postmaster by colmer   january 11 1944 the daily herald   gb cousins sr is honored by elks   march 9 1944 the daily herald   new mail provisions   may 24 1945 the daily herald      the daily herald      the daily herald      postmaster elvas v shove  19451961  elvas vinton el shove  18991987 was born at tracy lyon county iowa on july 21 1899 his parents were marius bolton shove 18721953 and minnie e shove 18801968 the shove family arrived on the mississippi gulf coast in 1907 settling in harrison county beat 3 where marius b shove farmed the shove clan probably came from minnesota the known shove children are irene nola v shove 19001920 arno c shove 19051987 m emm shove 18991979 iver shove 19061974 ivel i shove 19061994 milo shove 19081910 elva mae shove 19121987 m horace r guillotte esther l shove 19132006 m emile o harder jr 19031975 and elmo b shove 19161987 m bernice wedgeworth  grace grayson before 1930 elvas v shove married grace grayson 18991989 the daughter of george w grayson 18701943 and mamie pol 18731951 she was probably born at mississippi city harrison county mississippi where her father was a telegraph operator the grayson family moved to biloxi before 1910 where george w grayson and family resided on reynoir street and he made his livelihood as the agent for the southern express company at the l n railroad depot 1900 and 1910 harrison co mississippi federal census t623809 p 20a ed 32 and t624740 p 11a ed 35 elvas v shove was superintendent of the keesler field postal station when he was confirmed as biloxi s postmaster by the us senate in he retired on november 1 1961  kafb impact1942 keesler field an army air corps facility which was built at biloxi just before america s entry into wwii had a significant impact on the rapid growth of the biloxi postal system large volumes of mail received and sent by this rapidly growing military base created about fifty jobs between september 1941 and september 1942 as there were approximately seventy postal employees in the biloxi post by midseptember 1942  the daily herald september 13 1942 p 6   in october 1941  edward n suter  18961950 of biloxi with the railway mail service  charles w devault  okolona mississippi native who was on detail at camp shelby and je chapman of jackson were all transfered to keesler field as dispatch clerks  james thacker granville foster  and james mcelroy were classified under civil service effective october 16 1941 the daily herald ocotber 8 1941 p 8 in 1950 kafb began a 36 675000 building program which included academic buildings a dining hall barracks motor pool and the 6200000 wherry family housing project of one two and three bedroom houses this growth in west biloxi s rural route no 3 resulted in it being brought into the biloxi city delivery mail service by december 1951 two mail carriers were assigned to this route instead of one since it was now classified as city delivery mailmen assigned to this route could no longer sell stamps and money orders these had to be purchased at the biloxi post office  the daily herald december 1 1951 p 1    d iberville community1949 in february 1949 it was announced that through the efforts of congressman william colmer d mississippi that a rural post office station would open at north biloxi  referred to as the d iberville community on march 1 1949 the north biloxi postal station was situated in the quave brothers texaco station and was called fletcher s news stand the daily herald february 19 1949 p 2  irish hill   new post office on november 9 1959 the new biloxi post office opened on main street in the new federal building the 700 post office box users had to learn to use the new combination locks as keys were no longer used the daily herald november 6 1959 p 10  references  the biloxi daily herald business and professional men  the biloxi daily herald biloxi mississippi1902  the daily herald 50 th golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934  the daily herald   postoffice changes   october 8 1941 the daily herald   70 postoffice employees   september 13 1942 the daily herald   shove confirmed as biloxi postmaster   june 22 1945 the daily herald   new north biloxi post office station   february 19 1949 the daily herald   post office substation to open   february 22 1949 the daily herald   new west biloxi postal service   december 1 1951 the daily herald   start use of new po monday   november 6 1959 the sun herald   ev el shove   october 18 1987 the sun herald   mrs grace g shove   august 16 1989  john w lunday   1962   postmaster lorie d gollotte  lorie d gollotte  19231990 was born on august 17 1923 to lorie gollotte 19011975 and grace 1907 he married kathryn beech in biloxi mississippi on june 5 1942 at the church of the redeemer lorie enlisted in the us army on march 6 1943 at camp shelby stone county mississippi lorie d gollotte attended the university of mississippi and commenced his career as a substitute clerk with the post office on november 25 1941 he was appointed officerincharge of the biloxi post office january 12 1962 and was named acting postmaster on july 6 1962 he was appointed postmaster at biloxi on september 4 1962  charles w devault was promoted to assistant postmaster on april 13 1963 he had come to the coast in october 1941 from camp shelby when he was transfrred to keesler field as a dispatch clerk mr devault was a native of okolona mississsippi the daily herald april 131963 p 1 and october 8 1941 p 8  amel a howell  19091976  amel a howell was appointed supertendent of mails at biloxi in september 1963 replacing the retired val lunday  the daily herald september 16 1963 p 18  1964 the entire clerical staff of the biloxi post office were given achievement awards first time in mississippi or nation that this had occurred the daily herald august 19 1964 p 18 on october 181979 the biloxi development commission urbam renewal agency city of biloxi mississippi conveyed a quitclaim deed to the united postal service for a large lot on main street between jackson and water streets harrison co mississipp 2nd jd chancery court land deed bk 96 p 259  references  the daily herald   gollotte confirmed postmaster   september 1 1962 the daily herald   devault new assistant postmaster   april 13 1963 the daily herald     amel  howell named superintendent of mails at biloxi   september 16 1963 the daily herald   achievement awards given at post office   august 19 1964  wg nicholson   william e chatham   michael a bertucci   robert a patterson   john a gerleman   references  661 views  