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Fairmont, West Virginia
including Polsley's Mill
Mayors, Postmasters


Mayors of Fairmont, 1908-99 (may be incomplete!)
Frank Pierpont Hall 1900 Matthew M. Neely as of 1908-10 William W. Conaway as of 1919 Arthur G. Martin as of 1929 A. C. West as of 1934 Fred T. Wilson as of 1935-46 Albert F. Robinson as of 1947-50 James H. Hanway as of 1951-55 William G. Meyer as of 1959-63 Forrest L. Springer as of 1964-66 Albert F. Robinson as of 1967-70 J. Richard Davis as of 1971-74 William M. Hawkins as of 1975-77 Earl N. Sraight, Jr. as of 1978 James L. Turner as of 1979-81 Robert K. Powell as of 1982 Gregory T. Hinton as of 1983 Robert M. Drummond, Sr. as of 1985 Carl J. Snyder as of 1986 Robert Drummond, Jr. as of 1987-89 Charles G. Manley as of 1996 Nick L. Fantasia as of 1997-99


Postmasters at Fairmont, 1863-1970 (may be incomplete!)
Richard P. Lott 1863-66 Cornelius B. Carney 1866 Richard P. Lott 1866-71 John W. Lott 1871-75 Ashbel G. Hall 1875-80 Thomas Reed 1880-85 Newton S. Barns 1885-90 Thomas Reed 1890-94 Larned P. Carr 1894-98 Allison H. Fleming 1898-1915 Charles E. Manley 1915-19 Clyde S. Holt 1919-20 Clyde S. Holt 1920 Jesse D. Wilson 1920-21 John S. Scott 1921-26 Harry E. Engle 1926-34 Arthur G. Martin 1934-35 Arthur G. Martin 1935-42 Harry C. Louden 1942-43 Harry C. Louden 1943-68 Edgar Sole 1968-70


Fairmont
(became part of West Virginia 1863)

Postmasters at Fairmont, 1843-63 (may be incomplete!)
Ebenezer Newcomb 1843-50 William D. Eyster 1850-53 William Nuzum 1853-56 Cornelius B. Carney 1856-61 Richard P. Lott 1861-63


Polsley's Mill
(became Fairmont 1843)

Postmasters at Polsley's Mill, 1820-43 (may be incomplete!)
Jacob Polsley 1820-22 John H. Polsley 1822-27 Ebenezer Newcomb 1827-43

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