1905 - Clayton County Directory &
Gazetteer - 1905
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National Post Office
A live town of 125 inhabitants in Clayton County, nine and one-half miles southwest of McGregor, the usual banking and shipping point. Stage daily to McGregor and Giard. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the National post office:
| Anderson, Arthur Anderson, C.D. Bachtell, E.H. Bachtell, T.D. Bean, C.W. Berns, Herman Berns, Herman, Jr. Berns, Joseph Berns, William Brownson, Freeman Bruckner, Barney Clark, Victor Freeman, Joseph Kramer, Fred Kreutter, John Marlett, Lorenzo Marty, Matt |
Matt, Louis Meier, Charles F. Miller, Fred Moeller, Henry J. Moeller, John Morgan, Cornelius - Postmaster Morgan, H.B. Morgan, James G. Morgan, Jos. G. - Asst. postmaster Mueller, L.J. Nieland, Ben Smith, Barton Werger, August Werger, Herman Werges, Fred Wright, D.A. Wright, John T. |
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North Buena Vista Post Office
This is the post office name for the town of Buena Vista, which is beautifully situated on the Mississippi River and on the C., M. & St. P. R. R., in the extreme southeastern part of Clayton County, twenty-four miles north of Dubuque, the nearest banking location. Ships large quantities of grain, live stock and cord wood. U. S. Express. W. U. Telegraph. Population 65.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the North Buena Vista post office:
| Allen, E.L. Atchison, Fred Atchison, James Atchison John S. Atchison, Wm. I. Bakula, Michael Birch, D.E. Blaser, George Blaser, John Brada, Simon Brandenburg, J.C. Bredt, John M. Brimeyer, Nicholas Bronson, Seymour Carter, G.W. Carter, James Connelly, J.J. Connelly, Terrance A. Dean, Wm. Demill, Mrs. E. Dietrich, Albert Edwards, John B. Engling, Henry Engling, John Fabert, Ernest Freiburger, Benjamin Friedman, George, RR1 Greve, August Groehlinger, Joachim Hefel, George Hefel, John Hefel, Joseph Hefel, Martin Henkels, John Hommes, Anthony Hommes, Math. Huffman, I.T. |
Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Joshua Kallmerten, Ferd. Kamm, Henry Kasel, B. Kelsey, George Kelsey, Ira Keppler, A.C. Keppler, Gustav Koennecker, Christ Koennecker, Frank Kohnen, John Krapf, Joseph Kuykendall, John L. Kuykendall, Mrs. Susie J. Lance, Cleo. Lance, McC. Ley, Nicholas Ley, Peter Lund, I.A. McCaffrey, Catherine McCaffrey, Edward McCaffrey, Emma McCaffrey, John McCaffrey, Michael Maier, Christ Merkle, Ernest Meuth, C.A. Meuth, Robert - Asst. postmaster Meuth, Rudolph - Postmaster Meuth, R.A. Mulhall, Thomas Nagel, Arthur E. Nagel, Carl Nagel, Fred Noggle, A.C. Noggle, Ellis |
Oberbroeckling, F.W. Orcutt, Daniel Osthoff, Chr. Osthoff, Math. Pierce, Frank Potter, J.M. Regner, Andrew Reichman, Ferd. Reichman, John Rinicker, John Rinicker, J.L. Roe, John M. Sawyer, E.P. Saylor, Jacob Schmidt, Anthony P. Schmidt, John G. Spielbauer, Joseph Stoddard, M.C. Sweeney, Joseph A. Taschner, Carl Taschner, Christian Tinkey, George Tinkey, Michael Tittle, John Tittle, Lemuel Tucker, E.R. Tweedie, Thomas Wachendorf, Anton Wachendorf, Wm. Wick, George Wick, Jacob Woodward, Edward Zimmer, Joseph Zimmer, Mrs. Rosa |
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Osborne Post Office
Located on the C., M. & St. P. R. R., and on the Volga River, six miles from Elkader, the county seat and nearest bank location, and sixty-four miles from Dubuque by rail. Population 60. U. S. Express. W. U. Telegraph. Telephone connections.
Clayton county residents receiving mail through the Osborne post office:
| Behn, Henry Casey, Bernard Connelly, J.M. Connelly, P.M. Cords, C.J. Cords, Henry D. Cross, Charles J. - Postmaster Debes, Albert Debes, Gregor Debes, James Debes, Peter A. Dunn, James S. Elvers, Adolf Farmer, James Feller, George Fick, Ludwig Galer, M.M. Heiden, Charles Heiden, Fred Hines, Lester Hines, Sylvester |
Ivory, D.J. Kaiser, Christian Kenneally, David Kenneally, Michael Kenneally, Thomas McDermott, Bridget McDermott, J.J. McDermott, J.P. McDermott, Wm. Mentzel, Gustave Mentzel, G.E. Moyna, Patrick Osborne, Robert Osborne, Thomas Palmer, E.M. Robbins, C.H. Robbins, C.H., Jr. Stahl, August Stahl, Fred Strum, John |
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~source citation: Clayton County Directory - 1905. Comprising a Complete and Alphabetically Arranged List of Heads of all Families, Business and Professional Firms Residing in Clayton County and Receiving mail through the Various Post Offices in this and Parts of Adjoining Counties; pages 285- 338. Compiled by the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald for the use and benefit of subscribers, 1905.
~transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall for Clayton co. IAGenWeb
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