Mayoral History

Thomas Moore Pryor was born in 1800 in Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in the fall of 1819 and came to Winchester in 1823. In 1827 he filed for citizenship in the Franklin County Circuit Court. In 1837 he was appointed a commissioner for the Winchester and Salem Turnpike Company. That same year he married Nancy Dardis and they were the parents of three children. He was a clerk, ran a boarding house, was Franklin County Court Judge and Associate Justice of the Peace. He was Mayor of Winchester in 1871-1872 and again in 1874-1875. He died June 11, 1880 and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery.


	Thomas Moore Pryor was born in 1800 in Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in the fall of 1819 and came to Winchester in 1823. In 1827 he filed for citizenship in the Franklin County Circuit Court. In 1837 he was appointed a commissioner for the Winchester and Salem Turnpike Company. That same year he married Nancy Dardis and they were the parents of three children. He was a clerk, ran a boarding house, was Franklin County Court Judge and Associate Justice of the Peace. He was Mayor of Winchester in 1871-1872 and again in 1874-1875. He died June 11, 1880 and was buried in Winchester City Cemetery.
	Mayor Thomas Pryor
	1871-1872 & 1874-1875