History: Nevins Post Office, Clark Co., Wis.
Contact: Janet@wiclarkcountyhistory.org or Chris Barney

Surnames: Nevins, Pickering, La Flesch, Watts, Perkins

----Source: Federal Census, Pickering Family Records, Official Post Office Records, Franklin, Wis. Postal Historical Society.

Postmaster, Byron Pickering

NEVINS, CLARK COUNTY WISCONSIN POST OFFICE HISTORY, Established 28 November 1879

*N.B. - 15 July 1885; 20 December 1893; 28 March 1899; (11?) April 1903

Discontinued: 29 August 1904, effective 14 September 1904, mail to Granton

Location:  SE or SW - 1/4 Section 3, T23N R1E, Sherwood** Township

(Present-day location: on or near STH 73, at or near intersection with Badger

Ave. & Todd Rd., about 8 miles SE of Granton (Clark Co.), and about 14 miles NW of Pittsville (Wood Co.)

POSTMASTER HISTORY WITH APPOINTMENT DATES

Thomas J. La Flesh*** - 28 November 1879

Byron Pickering - 29 May 1888 to term****

*(N.B. - notice of office in Postal Bulletin)

**(previous official name was Sherwood Forest Township)

***(spelled La Flesch in some census records)

****("to term" indicates PM served until closing of offices)

The Pickering Home, Sherwood Twp., Wis.

Byron Picering was the postmaster of the Nevins, Sherwood Twp., Clark Co., Wis. post office.  Mail was transported tri-weekly from Neillsville.  The "stage," as it was called, consisted in summer of a single-seat light wagon and in winter a similar type sleigh, drawn by a very nice team of horses.  Joe Janes was the driver for many years.,  The next day, Ona Pickering Watts delivered the mail that was left for the Dewhurst Post Office, which was about four miles south. Lloyd Pickering.

1880 Federal Census, Sherwood Forest Twp., Clark Co., Wisconsin

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