The Political Graveyard: Moundsville, West Virginia

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Moundsville, West Virginia
including Grave Creek
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Moundsville, 1919-99 (may be incomplete!)
Evan G. Roberts 1910 Dale R. Chaddock as of 1919 Jess D. H. Sullivan as of 1929 Paul H. Ruble as of 1934 Jess D. H. Sullivan as of 1937 W. W. Wilson as of 1937-40 John K. Chase as of 1941-44 Wilbert Miner as of 1945-46 J. Russell Austin as of 1947-48 Wilbert Miner as of 1949-54 J. Russell Austin as of 1955 W. Vernon Smith as of 1959 Herbert C. Weeter as of 1961 O. Leroy Hitt as of 1962-66 Louis Joseph as of 1967-68 Clifford H. Bucy as of 1969-71 Ralph DiRemigio as of 1973-75 O. Leroy Rodgers as of 1976 Randy Chamberlain as of 1977 Charles Miller as of 1978 Thomas Logsdon as of 1979-80 Charles Miller as of 1981 Dave Kelch as of 1982 James Stultz as of 1983 Dorothy Durig as of 1985-86 John Grisell as of 1987 Dorothy Durig as of 1989 William Daugherty as of 1996 William Baker as of 1997 K. Mark Simms as of 1999

Postmasters at Moundsville, 1863-1972 (may be incomplete!)
James Holliday 1863 Obadiah T. Koch 1863-69 Maria L. Gans 1869-87 Charles R. Oldham 1887-89 Thomas G. Hammond 1889-93 John Coleman Simpson 1893-97 Alonzo E. Linch 1897-1911 Albert S. Winter 1911-15 Joseph W. Wellman 1915-22 Alonzo E. Linch 1922-26 Thomas S. Riggs 1926-34 William C. Ferguson 1934-35 Thomas J. Hamilton 1935-40 C. Earl Knapp 1940-60 Thomas F. Virgin 1960-61 Edward C. Pastilong 1961-62 Edward C. Pastilong 1962-72

Moundsville
(became part of West Virginia 1863)

Postmasters at Moundsville, 1853-63 (may be incomplete!)
Michael M. Blackmore 1853 James Airey 1853-56 Leonard Myers 1856-58 John Strawn 1858-61 James Holliday 1861-63

Grave Creek
(renamed Moundsville 1853)

Postmasters at Grave Creek, 1815-53 (may be incomplete!)
Joseph Tomlinson 1815-18 Archibald McClean 1818-22 Thomas H. List 1822-33 Bushrod W. Price 1833-41 Benjamin Cockayne 1841-49 Gordon McKnight 1849-52 Michael M. Blackmore 1852-53

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