POST OFFICES


    The FRANKLIN POST OFFICE was the first in the county.
    Early postmasters were - with date of appointment
  • 1 Jan 1801 - Alexander McDowell
  • 1 Oct 1802 - James G. Heron
  • 31 Mar 1809 - John Broadfoot
  • 25 Mar 1819 - William Connely
  • 17 Nov 1819 - Henry McCalmont
  • 15 Sep 1821 - Alexander S. Hays
  • 6 May 1821 - Arthur Robison
  • 12 Jan 1822 - John Evans
  • 10 Oct 1831 - Samuel F. Plumer
  • 9 May 1832 - Benjamin A. Plumer
  • 10 July 1841 - William Raymond
  • 29 Oct 1842 - Benjamin A. Plumer
  • 20 Feb 1843 - Joseph McClelland
  • 7 Mar 1844 - John H. Shannon
  • 8 Nov 1849 - Adam Webber
  • 23 Apr 1860 - Sarah Webber
  • 11 Mar 1865 - Robert Brigham
  • 8 Apr 1869 - Robert J. Canan
  • 24 Feb 1875 - David D. Grant
  • 31 Mar 1883 - John E. Adams

Source: History of Venango County Pennsylvania, Its Past and Present, Chicago, IL; Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers; 1890 p.385
***Note: Please keep in mind that there may be errors in this source or in the transcription of the material.

Transcribed by Penny Kulbacki Minnick
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