James Albert Post

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Excerpts from the October 30, 1971 Times Leader (Chardon Ohio) newspaper column titled "Posts' 60 years together a 'good life'":

Most of the large bridges in the county built since 1940 were constructed under his supervision while he was an engineer with the State of Ohio.

The first graduate of Chester High School in 1900, he was born in the Post family homestead, a beautiful century home, on Sperry Road in Chesterland.

After graduation he taught in the district school for awhile before obtaining an engineering degree at Valparaiso University. Then back to teaching a bit before moving to Cleveland to work for the city's engineering department.

The marriage bond of James and Emma Post was 60 years strong Thursday as the quietly celebrated their anniversary at their home in Chesterland.

Mr. Post was a widower with four children when they met in Cleveland. A year later they were married and "Emma raised the children as though they were her own" he said.

At 90, Mr. Post is Chester Township's oldest native born resident.

"Sixty years ago today," Mr. Post recalled, "there was snow on the ground. It was a dreary day. Today it's the complete opposite."

"My father was a veteran of the Civil War. He voted for Lincoln in his second term." The family has been Republican in its politics ever since, he explained.

"If you have a difference of opinion, keep it to yourself" Mr. Post advised young marrieds.

The Posts life has had its sorrows. They were wiped out in the depression and Jean, the only child born to them, died at the age of nineteen. The loss is still keenly felt.

"I never thought we'd live to see our 60th anniversary," Mrs. Post said wonderingly. "Sixty years, woman." Mr. Post teased. "That's a long time."

James married Ethel M. Kieffer on 19 Aug 1903 in Geauga County, Ohio. Ethel (daughter of Edward H. Kieffer and Mary Knapp, daughter of Charles W. Labau and Lillie Minnie (nee Unknown) Labau) was born on 14 Sep 1883 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; died on 25 Feb 1911 in Ohio. [Group Sheet]

James married Emma C. F. Kopp on 28 Oct 1911. Emma was born on 10 Apr 1883 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States; died in Jul 1972 in Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1972 in Chesterland, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• Misc: 29 Nov 1966, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; was granted patent number 3,288,470 for his invention "Golf tee for correcting a hook or slice"

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Oddly, his Florida driver license issued in 1976 shows his date of birth as May 2 1902, rather than 1905. His court-recognized Registration of Birth dated December 8 1941 states clearly his date of birth as May 2, 1905, and this is the date found in all family records.

In a "man on the street" piece in a New Smyrna Beach FL newspaper, the topic was "Should we resume diplomatic relations with Cuba?", Charles is quoted as replying "Yes. If we did so then Cuba would cuddle right up to us and would never be a threat. In fact, Cuba should have become a State long before Hawaii way out there. It has good tobacco and sugar for us, among other things."
The quote was accompanied by a photograph of Charles, cigar in mouth.

Charles married Lucinda May Catherwood on 3 Sep 1927 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Lucinda (daughter of Anderson Cunningham Catherwood and Martha Salter) was born on 28 Mar 1906 in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England; died on 5 Aug 2001 in Titusville, Brevard, FL; was buried on 8 Aug 2001 in Brevard Memorial Park, Sharpes, Cocoa, Brevard Co., FL. [Group Sheet]

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Gertrude married John Frederick Lyons on 9 May 1928. John was born on 18 Jan 1903; and died. [Group Sheet]

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Dora married Living in 1924. Living was born in 1908. [Group Sheet]

Dora married William Hendershot in 1938. William was born in 1905; and died; was buried on 1 Aug 1977 in Chardon, OH. [Group Sheet]

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A graduate of Chester (OH) High School, Ken served in the US Army during the Korean War. With his wife Mary Ann they vacationed many years at their cabin on the Trent River in Canada. He worked for the railroad in Cleveland for many years before retiring. He and Mary Ann built the house in which they lived nearly their entire married life.

Kenneth married Mary Ann Meyer on 7 Oct 1950 in Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of George Meyer and Elizabeth Krank) was born on 26 Jan 1929 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH; died on 5 May 2018 in Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States; was buried on 11 May 2018 in Claridon Center Cemetery, Claridon Twp, Geauga, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
lung cancer

Martha married Robert Ogden Bradley on 5 Feb 1957 in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, and was divorced in 1992 in Titusville, Brevard, Florida, United States. Robert (son of Harold Robert Bradley and Mildred Ada Krueger) was born on 24 Oct 1932 in Silver Creek, Chautauqua, New York, United States; died on 15 Nov 2020 in Titusville, Brevard, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet]

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James married Living in 1948. [Group Sheet]

L. married L.. [Group Sheet]

L. married L.. [Group Sheet]

L. married L. (daughter of Samuel Frederick Edens and Eleanor R. Jones) [Group Sheet]

L. married L. (daughter of Nawab Zaman Khan and L.) [Group Sheet]

L. married L. [Group Sheet]

L. married M.O. Partridge [Group Sheet]

L. married L. [Group Sheet]