Summary
Nell Butner Brimberry (born c.1865 – February 20, 1966) was an American postmistress from Albany, Georgia. She became the first Postmistress of a major United States Post Office in 1910. [1]
Brimberry was born as Nell F. Butner in Georgia. She married Halbert F. Brimberry in Fulton County, Georgia on July 12, 1885. H. F. Brimberry had been the postmaster in Albany, succeeding his father, from 1902 until his death in 1909.[2][3][4]
In 1911 she inaugurated the first airmail flight in the U.S. and struck the first airmail stamp. This preceded the first transcontinental airmail flight by nine years.
Brimberry played a significant role in the agricultural history of the American South when she secured for pecan growers the privilege of sealing their product in packages to be distributed by mail.
Brimberry died in Dougherty County, Georgia on February 20, 1966 at the age of 101.[5]
References edit
- ^ "1910 United States Federal Census". Ancestry.
- ^ "Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978". Ancestry. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Two Georgians Given Placees". The Atlanta Constitution. 9 December 1902. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Albany Postmaster dies from injuries". The Atlanta Constitution. 28 October 1909. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919-1998". Ancestry. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- "Historic Federal Buildings - USPO/Courthouse 337 Broad Avenue, Albany, Georgia 31702". General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 8 July 2006.
- NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM, United States National Park Service