| Name |
Weikert, Samuel David |
| Birth |
10 Oct 1872 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Cemetery |
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Evergreen Cemetery |
Address:
Evergreen Cemetery |
| Residence |
1880 |
Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [6, 10] |
| Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son |
| Residence |
1900 |
Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [7] |
| Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son |
| Occupation |
30 Dec 1906 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [15] |
| Mail Carrier |
| Residence |
1910 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [3, 5] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
1920 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [1] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
1930 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [2, 12] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Residence |
1935 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [4, 9] |
| Retired |
31 Oct 1937 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States |
- SAMUEL WEIKERT, LAST OF 9 ORIGINAL RURAL MAILMEN, RETIRES, STARTED IN 1900
The last of the nine original rural mail carriers out of Gettysburg Post Office retired today with the assignment of Javens W. Plank, York street, to route No. 3, succeeding Samuel Weikert, 230 Steinwehr Avenue.
Beginning his duties as a rural carrier out of this office on May 1, 1900, Weikert was one of nine men who instituted daily mail delivery service to the rural residents of this section of the county 37 years ago. All of the others have returned previously.
Drving for 33 years on route No. 2, including the Taneytown road area of the Gettysburg district, Weikert, traveled daily a 22 mile route until he was transferred about three years ago to the present route No. 3, which for one year measured 53 miles and later reduced to 51 miles. By horse and automobile, he is estimated to have covered nearly 260,000 miles in his years of service.
Until 1923, Weikert used horses to take him over his daily delivery route. In that year he changed to an automobile and was using his fourth vehicle when he retired. Although his retirement was not effective until today, he has not been on the route since mid-October, but has been using accumulated leave.
The first nine rural carriers follow in order of their route numbers; Charles Pfeffer, Weikert, Maurice McCollough, Professor J. Louis Sowers, a former prothonotary of Adams county; Elmer E. Hutchinson, Harry Fleming, Hugh M. McIlhenny; J.W. Dickson and John H. Eckert, who later became postmaster at the local office.
Plank, the new carrier won his position through a competitive examination with more than 30 contestants. The job pays a flat salary of $1800 with additional allowances for mileage. When Weikert started, the salary was $400 a year.
The Gettysburg Times
October 31 1937
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| Residence |
1 Apr 1940 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [4, 9] |
| Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head |
| Occupation |
28 Dec 1947 |
Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States [16] |
| Mail Carrier - Retired |
| Residence |
28 Dec 1947 [16] |
| Death |
28 Dec 1947 |
Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States [16] |
| Cause: Acute dilatation of heart |
| Obituary |
29 Dec 1947 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Gettysburg Times |
- S. D. WEIKERT, FORMER RURAL MAILMAN, DIES
Samuel D. Weikert, 75, former borough councilman from the Third Ward and one of the pioneer rural mail carriers when that service was established here May 1, 1900, died Sunday evening at the home of his younger son, Jacob, at Howard Center County, PA.
Death was sudden and was attributed to a heart condition. Mr. Weikert has been in failing health for a year or more but had been able to be about as usual. He had spent the last several months at his son's home in Howard.
Mr. Weikert had lived nearly all of his life in Cumberland township. He was a son of the late Levi and Sarah (Schwartz) Weikert and clerked in a store in Hanney before he was appointed a rural mailman.
He began serving at the Gettysburg office, May 1, 1900, and covered that route for the greater part of his 37 years as a carrier. A few years before his retirement he was placed on Route No. 2, after a merger of several routes.
HAS THREE CHILDREN
After his retirement he resided on Steinwehr avenue and was appointed to a vacancy on the borough council and later re-elected to that office by Third Ward voters.
He was a lifelong member of the Mt. Joy Lutheran church and belonged to the local lodge of the Odd Fellows and the local camp of the Sons of Union Veterans.
Surviving are these children; Wilbur, York; Mrs. Margaret Lingg, Gettysburg, and Jacob, who is principal of the York School at Howard, Pa.; five grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. George P. Black, Baltimore street.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
The Gettysburg Times
December 29 1947
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| Burial |
31 Dec 1947 |
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States [16] |
Address:
Evergreen Cemetery |
| Oldest Known Ancestors |
Paternal Line: Levi George Weikert, b. 8 Sep 1842, Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 26 Jan 1909, Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States Maternal Line: Sarah Margaret Schwartz, b. 3 Feb 1837, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States d. 21 Jan 1911, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Person ID |
I9154 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2023 |
Our Family History
1872 - 1947 (75 years)
