The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Martinsburg, West Virginia

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Mayors and Postmasters of Martinsburg, West Virginia

Mayors of Martinsburg, 1896-1999 (may be incomplete!)
William Thornton Henshaw 1896-1902 H. G. Tonkin as of 1919 G. W. Appleby, Jr. as of 1929 Chris H. Dailey as of 1934-43 R. H. Stotler as of 1944-45 Paul B. Martin as of 1946-47 Carl L. Wellinger as of 1948 Roy Stotler as of 1949 Carlton B. Stuckey as of 1950-54 William H. Peery as of 1955-59 C. Leslie Golliday as of 1961 Carlton B. Stuckey as of 1962-63 James B. Hutzler as of 1964-65 Edwin W. Miller as of 1966-69 Calvin H. Kibler as of 1970-71 Gene Diamond as of 1973-77 William C. Clohan, Sr. as of 1978-83 Edward W. Dockeney, Jr. as of 1985-89 Earnest L. Sparks as of 1996-99

Postmasters at Martinsburg, 1865-1968 (may be incomplete!)
Peter Tabler 1865-68 George W. Tabler 1868-80 John N. Wisner 1880-84 George F. Evans 1884-86 William B. Colston 1886-90 William H. H. Flick 1890-94 C. W. Boyer 1894-98 Alexander Clohan 1898-1910 Edgar C. Henshaw 1910-14 Joseph F. Thompson 1914-21 John W. Kastle, Jr. 1921-22 John W. Kastle, Jr. 1922-33 Whiting C. Faulkner 1933-34 Whiting C. Faulkner 1934-39 Marlin S. Eckerd 1939-40 Marlin S. Eckerd 1940-42 Arthur M. Gilbert 1942-46 Marlin S. Eckerd 1946-66 J. Wesley McDonald 1966-68 Robert Lee Noll 1968

Martinsburg
(became part of West Virginia 1863)

Postmasters at Martinsburg, 1792-1863 (may be incomplete!)
David Hunter 1792-93 Evan Shelby 1793-96 Isaac Shelby 1796-99 William Riddle 1799 Robert C. Willis 1799-1802 William Summerville 1802-21 William Long 1821-41 John P. Stewart 1841-43 John H. Linkens 1843-49 John W. Boyd 1849-53 Joseph Burns 1853 Samuel Alburtis 1853-54 I. Thornton Young 1854-61 George R. Wisong 1861-63

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