Betty, I'm going to forward this on to the Jackson County mailing list. There are folks there who have better resources than I do. Folks, Can anyone help Betty? Please email her and not me with the responses. Merry Anne [email protected] wrote: >Thank you for your prompt reply. My records show that James Henry Lathem >was born in Jackson County, WV April 27, 1868. His parents were Elias A. >Lathem and Adeline Mahon. He also was married in >Jackson County to Mattie May Williamson. I am trying to find the years >that he served as postmaster >in Ravenswood. I believe that he also was a member of the Masons. I have >a newspaper clipping but it has no date stating that Postmaster J.H. >Lathem was improving from a serious illness. I don't know if the local >post office in Ravenswood would have any records. ...Betty > > >

Hello, I hope this site helps find what you need. My mother Cordelia "Delia" Koontz Johns and my grandmother (Inez Johns) were both Postmasters (Kentuck WV) and from what I knew they didn't have records at the office location from previous postmasters. ( I did work from time to time) That was all sent to the main office in Charleston for processing by them when one left and another was appointed.Anyway I tried to locate something that might be of help for research and found this: http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt021.cfm Good Luck, Rose (Johns) Pfost ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merry Anne Pierson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: [WVJackson] Re: James Henry Lathem > Betty, I'm going to forward this on to the Jackson County mailing list. > There are folks there who have better resources than I do. > > Folks, Can anyone help Betty? Please email her and not me with the > responses. Merry Anne > > [email protected] wrote: > >>Thank you for your prompt reply. My records show that James Henry Lathem >>was born in Jackson County, WV April 27, 1868. His parents were Elias A. >>Lathem and Adeline Mahon. He also was married in >>Jackson County to Mattie May Williamson. I am trying to find the years >>that he served as postmaster >>in Ravenswood. I believe that he also was a member of the Masons. I have >>a newspaper clipping but it has no date stating that Postmaster J.H. >>Lathem was improving from a serious illness. I don't know if the local >>post office in Ravenswood would have any records. ...Betty >> >> > > > ==== WVJACKSO Mailing List ==== > Take a look at the Message Boards for Jackson County. > Do you have items that you can add? > >