Levi D. Jarrard  Levi Dalrymple Jarrard (August 3, 1824 – April 26, 1886) was a New Jersey businessman and politician, who served as a New Jersey State Senator (1871–1876), Collector of Middlesex County, New Jersey (1876–1881), and Postmaster of New Brunswick, New Jersey (1881–1883). His career ended in scandal, which resulted in a ten-year prison sentence. He died during his sentence at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. Levi Jarrard was the son of Jonas Jarrard, a wagon maker, and Ereminah Dalrymple. Levi married first to Jane Lewis Trowbridge, and had three children: David, William and Mary Jane. Jane died on August 9, 1848 in Pennsylvania. Not long after, Jarrard married secondly on December 24, 1849 to Margaret Evans, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Snyder) Evans. They had a total of eleven children: James, Ellen, Elwood, William, Winfield, Esther, Henry, Elizabeth, Charles, Frederick and Emma. He worked first as a ship chandler and later became the Superintendent of the Delaware and Raritan Towing Company. He also owned a tobacco plant and a grocery store. Jarrard was elected to the New Jersey State Senate for Middlesex County in 1871. He held this position until 1876. Afterward, he served as Collector of Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 1881, Jarrard succeed Joseph F. Fisher as US Postmaster of New Brunswick, New Jersey, by being appointed by President Chester A. Arthur and serving from 1881 until 1883. On May 18, 1883, he was reported missing. At the time he went missing, Jarrard was postmaster for New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was missing, the books at his office were reviewed, and large amounts of money appeared to be missing, and suspicions arose that Jarrard had stolen over $20,000. When it became apparent that he would not return, a dispute arose as to who would succeed him as county collector. County Collector Fisher, who preceded Jarrard in office, had also been accused of stealing money. When the dispute worsened, President Chester A. Arthur stepped in to settle the dispute by selecting John F. Babcock as postmaster on June 8, 1883. In June 1883, Jarrard was accused of stealing $39,000 from the county and falsifying the books.