The Political Graveyard: New Martinsville, West Virginia

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New Martinsville, West Virginia
including Brooklyn, Fishing Creek
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of New Martinsville, 1934-83 (may be incomplete!)
J. D. Schmied as of 1934 Robert L. Bruce as of 1941-67 Joe C. Theiss as of 1977-79 Howard T. Jeffers as of 1980-83

Postmasters at New Martinsville, 1863-1972 (may be incomplete!)
Reuben H. Sayre 1863-66 John B. Priest 1866-67 Reuben H. Sayre 1867-72 Levi Tucker 1872-75 Reuben H. Sayre 1875-78 Levi Tucker 1878-83 Reuben T. Richardson 1883-85 Benjamin M. Welch 1885-89 Nicholas Bandi 1889-93 John C. McEldowney 1893-98 James F. McCaskey 1898-1910 Reuben T. Richardson 1910-11 Reuben T. Richardson 1911-15 James A. Pyles 1915-23 Lloyd V. McIntire 1923 Lloyd V. McIntire 1923-32 Joshua G. Mayfield 1932-34 Justus O. Eakin 1934-46 George S. Snodgrass 1946-48 Henry E. Chapman 1948-49 Henry E. Chapman 1949-54 Richard U. Duerr 1954-55 Richard U. Duerr 1955-63 Andrew W. Finley 1963-65 Andrew W. Finley 1965-72

Brooklyn
(annexed to New Martinsville 1935)

Mayors of Brooklyn, 1934 (may be incomplete!)
H. O. Showalter as of 1934

Postmasters at Brooklyn, 1934 (may be incomplete!)
Oscar N. Hutchison as of 1934

New Martinsville
(became part of West Virginia in 1863)

Postmasters at New Martinsville, 1842-63 (may be incomplete!)
James McClure 1842-45 Presley M. Martin 1845-46 James McClure 1846-47 Thomas Tucker 1847-48 George W. Bier 1848-53 Jonathan N. Coulter 1853-60 Bernard A. Boyers 1860-61 Reuben H. Sayre 1861-63

Fishing Creek
(renamed New Martinsville 1842)

Postmasters at Fishing Creek, 1815-42 (may be incomplete!)
Presley Martin 1815-25 Benjamin F. Martin 1825-30 Presley Martin 1830-41 James McClure 1841-42

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