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 orin the transcription of the material.

Transcribed by Penny Kulbacki Minnick

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