The Political Graveyard: Burgesses and Postmasters of Danville, Pennsylvania

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Burgesses and Postmasters of Danville, Pennsylvania

Burgesses of Danville, 1923-60 (may be incomplete!)
E. F. Price as of 1923 A. George Dochat as of 1927 Harry E. Trumbower as of 1933-37 Sam Keefer as of 1953 John H. Bausch as of 1954-56 Francis P. Rooney as of 1960

Postmasters at Danville, 1800-1969 (may be incomplete!)
William Montgomery 1800-03 Daniel Montgomery, Jr. 1803-13 Rudolph Sechler 1813-20 James Loughead 1820-34 David Petrikin 1834-37 John Best 1837-41 Sharpless Taylor 1841-42 Alexander Best 1842-49 Gideon Shoop 1849-52 Thomas C. Ellis 1852-53 Thomas Chalfant 1853-61 Andrew F. Russell 1861-67 Ogden H. Ostrander 1867-69 Charles W. Eckman 1869-85 Thomas Chalfant 1885-90 Alexander J. Frick 1890-94 Thomas Chalfant 1894-99 Thomas J. Price 1899-1902 Charles P. Harder 1902-06 William L. Gouger 1906-14 Thomas G. Vincent 1914-23 William L. Gouger 1923-28 J. Beaver Gearhart 1928-31 Joseph A. Lawrence 1931-32 Joseph A. Lawrence 1932-36 Howard C. Van Kirk 1936-37 Howard C. Van Kirk 1937-42 Clara H. Van Kirk 1942-43 George F. Purpur 1943-69

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