West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 132 by Charlie Miller
A name having an (*) before it denotes that, at one time, he also served as Mayor
Postmaster Date of Appointment
John Gilmore January 4, 1830 (New Hampton)
Richard L. Foster October 18, 1833 (West Jefferson)
*John W. Simpkins February 18, 1840
*Henderson Crabb January 26, 1842
James Parks July 17, 1845
Elijah S. Hancock March 30, 1861
*Thomas D. Brown February 1, 1865
Charles W. Blair June 15, 1869
John McCullough September 20, 1870
*Albert D. Burnham August 20, 1875
*William H. Culp February 19, 1883
*John J. Booth August 28, 1885
George C. Blair May 2, 1889
Linneus C. Dick August 23, 1892
Patrick McElroy December 1, 1893
*Lot Davis Hull February 4, 1898
John H. Bidwell May 21, 1906
T. B. Biggert February 3, 1916
Charles E. Kubitschack April 16, 1919
Rufus A. Borland March 1, 1924
(reappointed) May 25, 1928
James S. Hockenbery July 7, 1936
Mrs. Frances Louise Robinson April 1, 1944
Robert C. Millikin March 1, 1945
Robert L. Bradfield June 30, 1957-January 26, 1989
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West Jefferson had its own Board of Health at one time.
____August 8, 1889 – Board of Health Created—To be published in the West Jefferson Observer. Dr. John Beach and John Hoe have been appointed to a 2-year term. Also, Dr. H. S. Quinn and W. W. Fellows were appointed to 1-year terms.