FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND

MUNICIPALITIES

THURMONT

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• Presidents of Town Commission

PRESIDENTS OF TOWN COMMISSION
1870-1871 Frederick White
1871-1872 Van B. Osler
1872-1873 Leonard Picking
1873-1874 Van B. Osler
1874-1875 Joseph Freeze

Bowstring Arch Bridge at Little Herring Creek (near Catoctin Iron Furnace), Thurmont, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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1875-1876 David S. Firor
1876-1877 Jacob Henry Osler
1877-1878 Van B. Osler
1878-1881 Abednego Slick
1881-1884 Jacob Henry Cover
1884-1885 Abednego Slick
1885-1899 Jacob Henry Cover
1899-1901 J. Wesley Creeger
1901-1903 John F. D. Miller
1903-1904 Charles A. Weller
1904-1906 J. Wesley Creeger
1906-1914 William J. Freeze
1914-1915 Edgar L. Kent

Fisherman and Boy statue, outside former Town Offices, 10 Frederick Road, Thurmont, Maryland, November 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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1915-1916 William J. Freeze
1916-1917 Jeremiah [Martin?]
1917-1918 Joseph A. Weddle
1918-1920 Clarence W. Lidie
1920-1924 Daniel R. Rouzer
1924-1928 William J. Stoner
1928-1931 Frank L. Cady
1931-1945 William J. Stoner
1945-1948 Omer J. Dubel
1948-1951 D. Saylor Weybright
1951-1952 S. Elmer Barnhart
1952-1957 C. Ray Weddle, Jr.
1959-1960 Donald L. Lewis
1960-1961 Charles P. Ambrose
1961-1965 Donald L. Lewis
1965-1967 Roy W. Lookingbill
1967-1969 C. Ray Weddle, Jr.
1969-1977 James F. Black
1977-1979 C. Ray Weddle, Jr.
1979-1987 James F. Black
1987-1999 Terrence R. Best
1999-2001 Eileen R. Waesche
2001-2013 Martin Allen Burns

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2013- John A. Kinnaird

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