 1881 - 1976 (94 years)
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| Name |
James Albert Post |
| Born |
4 Oct 1881 |
Chester Twp, Geauga, OH  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _FSFTID |
K87C-6RB |
| _UID |
C244C3354DF644E2809D1B5E3E7CA7A2005E |
| Died |
1 Oct 1976 |
Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States |
| Buried |
4 Oct 1976 |
Chesterland, OH |
Address:
Chesterland Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I28 |
Bradley - Post |
| Last Modified |
4 Jul 2015 |
| Father |
Walter Post, b. 15 Jun 1840, Chester, Geauga, Ohio, United States , d. 1 May 1913, Chester Twp, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Orsa Jane Lander, b. 22 Sep 1845, Orange Twp , d. 4 Nov 1923 (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
26 Oct 1864 |
Cuyahoga, OH [2] |
- Alternate records show a marriage date of 3 December 1864.
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| Family ID |
F23 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Ethel M. Kieffer, b. 14 Sep 1883, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio , d. 25 Feb 1911, Ohio (Age 27 years) |
| Married |
19 Aug 1903 |
Geauga County, Ohio [3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Edward Kieffer Post, b. 6 Feb 1904, Chesterland, OH , d. 1988 (Age 83 years) |
| | 2. Charles Walter Post, b. 2 May 1905, Chesterland, OH , d. 10 Jan 1978, Titusville, Brevard, FL (Age 72 years) |
| | 3. Gertrude Ethel Post, b. 13 Oct 1906, Chesterland, OH , d. 20 May 1989 (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Dora Knapp Post, b. 21 Dec 1908, Chesterland, OH , d. 23 May 1989, Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 80 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2021 |
| Family ID |
F25 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Emma C. F. Kopp, b. 10 Apr 1883, Youngstown, Ohio, United States , d. Jul 1972, Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States (Age 89 years) |
| Married |
28 Oct 1911 [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Jean Margaret Post, b. 23 Nov 1919, Chester, OH , d. 12 Jan 1940, Jackson, Michigan (Age 20 years) |
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| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2021 |
| Family ID |
F26 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 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."
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| Sources |
- [S143] OH Births Christenings.
- [S144] OH Marriages 1800-1958, Ref: v1 p130, source film number 873460.
- [S120] Geauga Co Marr Records, Vol. 5, p. 270.
- [S13] Jabez Post.
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