Thanks to this newspaper article we know the exact year that George W. Bushong was appointed a Postmaster of Gilson, Knox County, Illinois. The Decatur Review Decatur, Illinios Tuesday Morning, 10 August 1897 Page 2, Column 3 ILLINOIS POSTMASTERS APPOINTED WASHINGTON, 9 August --- The following Illinois postmasters were appointed today: Illinois - Bay City, Pope County, R. L. Weeks; Beechwood, Pulaski County, Robert Pollock; Clifton, Iroquesi County, R. L. Lutton; GILSON, KNOX COUNTY, G. W. BUSHONG; Jeffersonville, Wayne County, W. H. Sprague; Kangley, La Salle County, F. L. Greene; Maple Park, Kane County, F. C. Van Vlack; Waterloo, Monroe County, H. C. Voris. ---------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong