The Political Graveyard: Burgesses and Postmasters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

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Burgesses and Postmasters of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Burgesses of Mechanicsburg, 1923-60 (may be incomplete!)
George Z. Fishel as of 1923 Russell E. Gelwicks as of 1960

Postmasters at Mechanicsburg, 1812-1970 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Jones 1812-13 Jacob Krout 1813-14 Henry Stouffer 1814-20 William Myers 1820-24 John Jacob Myers 1824-26 John Mason 1826-31 James G. Oliver 1831-35 George F. Cain 1835-44 Jacob Dorsheimer 1844-49 Henry Leas 1849-53 William Eckels 1853-57 Henry Leas 1857-61 George W. Wilson 1861-63 Robert Wilson 1863-68 Mary I. Rockafellow 1868-81 Catharine Singer 1881-85 Alexander Wentz 1885-90 John S. Weaver 1890-93 Calvin Clendenin 1893-98 John S. Weaver 1898-1915 Milton M. Dougherty 1915-23 John L. Eppley 1923-24 John L. Eppley 1924-32 Mrs. Nattie J. Mohler 1932 Bernard E. Stansfield 1932-34 George C. Dietz 1934-35 George C. Dietz 1935-56 Alexander F. Schafhirt 1956-59 Steward H. Hartman 1959-61 George M. Guswiler 1961-64 George M. Guswiler 1964-70

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