STEPHEN POST. Within the confines of Washington county, few are the men who in their chosen vocation have made so marked a success as the gentleman whose name appears at the opening of this sketch. Many a man mistakes his life work, yet by earnest application makes a partial success. Of Mr. Post it may be said that he has chosen well. A farmer in the full significance of the word. From a poor, obscure boy, earning only one hundred dollars a year, by his own hard efforts, he has fought his way upward. Such men are a credit to any community and it is a pleasure to give the following brief sketch of him and his family. Stephen Post was born August 23, 1824, on the farm now occupied by A. N. Hathaway. His father, Samuel Post, also a native of Washington county, was married to Nellie Day, who bore him the following named children: Frank, Stephen and Martha (Mrs. Jas. Hilton, deceased many years ago). The father was the first to lay down life's sorrows, passing to the grave in 1827; the mother departed for the Better land March 28, 1853, and they were buried at Bethel C. P. Church near Van Buren. Samuel Post in politics was an active adherent of the Democratic party; in religious faith he was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Stephen Post, our subject, in 1865 came to his present home in Franklin township. His farm consists of 220 acres, all well improved and equipped with excellent buildings, every one of which was erected by himself. He is possessed of inventive genius. He has now a grinding buhr mill of his own invention, and with it he grinds most of the corn for the neighborhood. He was for a number of years a thresher, but now his sons have taken his place in that industry. Mr. Post has been thrice married: first time to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Weir, and the results of this union were two children: Clarinda, who died April 10, 1853, and Elizabeth, who died April 29, 1852; the mother of these children dying April 8, 1853, Mr. Post took for his second wife, Anna, daughter of Thomas Ringland, and by her there were three children: Hamilton, Joseph Weir and Annie; Joseph Weir died April 18, 1866, and Annie died March 4, 1860. After the decease of this wife, which occurred January 20, 1860, Mr. Post married Sarah Tucker, daughter of John Tucker, of Franklin township, and she has borne him three children: John, Mary and Frank. Our subject is a lifelong Democrat, and a firm advocate of every measure tending to the advancement of his township and county. He has always given liberally of his means to the church, and has for many years been an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Prosperity.

Text taken from page 1116 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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