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Pittston, Pennsylvania
including Pittston Ferry
Mayors, Postmasters


Mayors of Pittston, 1886-1962 (may be incomplete!)
Charles Calvin Bowman as of 1886 James J. Kennedy 1918-20 William H. Gillespie as of 1927 Ambrose Langan as of 1929-35 Kenneth J. English as of 1937-39 John J. Allardyce 1953 Joseph F. Saporito as of 1954-56 Patrick J. O'Brien as of 1960 Robert A. Loftus as of 1962

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1917 Nov 6: James J. Kennedy, elected unopposed.


    Postmasters at Pittston, 1858-1973 (may be incomplete!)
    Charles R. Gorman 1858-61 James Searle 1861-66 James Walsh 1866-67 George M. Richart 1867-73 Benjamin F. Emigh 1873-77 Jeremiah B. Shiffer 1877-85 Stephen B. Bennett 1885-90 Cyrus K. Campbell 1890-94 John H. Mullin 1894-98 Theodorus Hart 1898-1901 William J. Peck 1901-10 Harold J. Mahon 1910-14 John Kehoe 1914-23 George J. Miller 1923-24 George J. Miller 1924-33 James F. Gibbons 1933-34 James F. Gibbons 1934-47 Joseph McCanna 1947-49 Frank T. Tracy 1949-73


    Pittston Ferry
    (became Pittston about 1858)

    Postmasters at Pittston Ferry, 1828-58 (may be incomplete!)
    John Allment 1828-35 Abraham Bird 1835-40 Anson Curtis 1840-49 William S. Reddin 1849-53 Charles R. Gorman 1853-58

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