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
minnick862@verizon.net
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