The Political Graveyard: Princeton, West Virginia

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Princeton, West Virginia
including Gladesville
Mayors, Postmasters

Mayors of Princeton, 1934-83 (may be incomplete!)
M. G. Harper as of 1934 O. H. Ballard 1937-39 J. C. Ridenour as of 1941-46 Merlin L. Miller as of 1947-48 Joseph W. Lawson as of 1949-51 Odell H. Huffman as of 1965-66 Malcolm G. Champ as of 1967 Herbert S. Fink as of 1977 Gilbert E. Bailey 1978-80 Lewis I. Skeens as of 1980-81 Emory J. Reaser as of 1982 Glenn A. Manning as of 1983

Postmasters at Princeton, 1863-1972 (may be incomplete!)
Hercules Scott 1863-66 Alexander J. Lacey 1866 John A. McKenzie 1866-74 Zachariah Fellers 1874-89 Samuel M. Darnewood 1889-93 Allen T. Caperton 1893-97 John C. Hughes 1897-1901 John L. Dangerfield 1901-09 Joseph H. Gadd 1909-13 Wirt A. French 1913-18 Dona B. Martin 1918 William B. McNutt 1918-22 Howard K. Osborne 1923 Robert E. L. Holt 1923-32 Leonard E. White 1932-36 James B. Shrewsbury 1936-44 Fred A. Williams 1944-45 Fred A. Williams 1945-63 John M. Richardson 1963-64 Dual L. Hill 1964 Dual L. Hill 1964-72

Princeton
(became part of West Virginia in 1863)

Postmasters at Princeton, 1838-63 (may be incomplete!)
Daniel H. Pearis 1838 George W. Pearis 1838-39 Theodore Jourdain 1839-40 William H. Howe 1840-42 Benjamin Hall 1842-52 Charles Jenks 1852-54 Hercules Scott 1854-56 Patrick H. Heptinstall 1856-57 Hercules Scott 1857-63

Gladesville
(renamed Princeton)

Postmasters at Gladesville, 1834-38 (may be incomplete!)
French Smith 1834 Charles W. Calfee 1834-38

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