Part 8, Note 80

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Record of Appointment of Postmasters 1832-September 30, 1971, National Archives Microfilm Publication M841, Roll 122; Colorado Citizen, October 5, 1871, July 16, 1874, December 23, 1875, April 13, 1876, June 1, 1876, October 12, 1876. Tendick became postmaster on September 22, 1873 and held onto the post until he resigned in early 1883. On January 1, 1879, he conveyed his store to John A. Tendick and George W. Hoeffert, who operated it until it failed in November 1881. Robert Tendick opened a bank in April 1879. However, his wife's health began to decline, and, in mid 1880, acting on the advice of physicians who thought the climate might help her, he moved to San Antonio. She died there, at the age of 33, on February 13, 1881. He remained in San Antonio, becoming vice president and manager of the San Antonio Brewing Association, and died there, quite wealthy, on November 3, 1888 (see Colorado Citizen, December 26, 1878, April 10, 1879, February 17, 1881, February 24, 1881, November 24, 1881, February 8, 1883, November 15, 1888, September 24, 1891).