Name: The Porters of Greene County

Updated: 09-04-2020 12:09:78.


Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Margaret Elizabeth Post: Birth: 31 DEC 1909 in Elm Grove, Ohio County, West Virginia. Death: 10 JUL 2002

  2. Mary Eleanor Post: Birth: 12 SEP 1911 in Elm Grove (Wheeling), Ohio County, West Virginia. Death: 7 DEC 2001 in home, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

  3. Edgar M. Post: Birth: 1912 in Iowa. Death: 1943

  4. Wenonah Post: Birth: 3 FEB 1917 in Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Death: 13 NOV 1987 in home, Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania


Sources
1. Title:   Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Edgar Martin Post and Carrie Wenonah Sprowls, 30 Mar 1909
Text:   Alias
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3Y-Q88
2. Title:   California Death Index
Text:   Given name/Middle initial/Married surname
Url:   http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
3. Title:   Obituary of Albert Sprowls
Text:   Middle name (sp)/Married surname
4. Text:   Middle name/Maiden surname/Married surname
 Monument - Claysville Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
5. Title:   Obituary and Funeral Notice of Mrs. Margaret C. Sprowls
Text:   Married surname
6. Title:   Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Edgar Martin Post and Carrie Wenonah Sprowls, 30 Mar 1909
Text:   Middle name/Maiden surname
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3Y-Q88
7. Title:   Obituary of Edgar M. Post
Text:   Middle name/Maiden surname/Married surname
8. Title:   1900 Federal Census
Text:   Given initial/Middle name/Maiden surname
9. Title:   Obituary of Wenonah S. Post
Text:   Middle name/Maiden initial/Married surname
10. Title:   California Death Index
Text:   Date/Location [State]
Url:   http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
11. Text:   Date [Year]
 Monument - Claysville Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
12. Title:   Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Edgar Martin Post and Carrie Wenonah Sprowls, 30 Mar 1909
Text:   Date [Estimated]
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3Y-Q88
13. Title:   1900 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Month/Year]/Location [State]
14. Title:   California Death Index
Text:   Date/Location [County/State]
Url:   http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
15. Title:   Obituary of Wenonah S. Post
Text:   Date/Location [City/State]
16. Text:   Location
 Monument - Claysville Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
17. Title:   Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Edgar Martin Post and Carrie Wenonah Sprowls, 30 Mar 1909
Text:   Date/Location
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3Y-Q88

Notes
a. Note:   N14295 CONFLICTING GIVEN NAME (Winona), married surname (Post), residence (Elm Grove, West Virginia) and status (not deceased) in May, 1910, from the obituary of Albert Sprowls - "The Washington Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, May 10, 1910, page six
  Married surname (Post), residence (Wayne Street, Claysville) and status (not deceased) in April, 1930, from the obituary and funeral notice of Mrs. Margaret C. Sprowls - ÒThe Washington ReporterÓ newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, April 29, 1930, Second Edition, page 13, and Wednesday, April 30, 1930, Second Edition, page 15
  Given name (Wenonah), maiden surname (Sprowls), residence (Claysville, Pennsylvania), occupation (housekeeper), and birthplace (Pennsylvania) in July, 1938, from FamilySearch, ÒPennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Louis Cope Forsythe and Mary Eleanor Post, 08 Jul 1938, Volume 30, Page 499, No. 7892, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFQM-BR3, accessed 8 September 2015
  Given name (Wenonah), maiden surname (Sprowls), residence (127 Wayne Street, Claysville, Pennsylvania), occupation (housewife), and birthplace (Pennsylvania) in January, 1943, from FamilySearch, ÒPennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Chas A Huston and Wenonah Post, 05 Jan 1943, Volume 32, Page 491, No. 15682, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMCJ-N2Y, accessed 7 September 2015
  Given name (Wenonah), maiden surname (Sprowls), married surname (Post) and status (not deceased) in June, 1967, from the obituary of Edgar M. Post - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, June 29, 1967, Section A, page 5
  Given name (Wenonah), maiden surname (Sprowls) and married surname (Post) from the obituary of Wenonah Huston - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sunday, November 15, 1987, page D-4
  Given name (Wenonah), maiden surname (Sprowls), married surname (Post) and status (deceased) in December, 2001, from the obituary of Eleanor P. Forsythe - "Valley News Dispatch" newspaper, New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Saturday, December 8, 2001
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 1900 (June 6) census data from the census images for East Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 145 - sheet 3B - image 6 - line 98) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 15 years old and born in June, 1884. She had attended school for 7 months. She was single and living with her parents and 2 brothers on a farm, which was rented. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given initial and middle name are listed as ÒC WinonaÓ in this census.
  1910 (April 30) census data from the census images for Elm Grove Town (Triadelphia District), Ohio County, West Virginia (Enumeration District 142 - sheet 18A - image 35 - line 23) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 25 years old and the mother of 1 child, who was living. She had been married for 1 year and was living with her husband, 1 daughter and her parents in a house, which was rented, on the National Road in Precinct 4. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Wenona" in this census.
  1920 (January 12) census data from the census images for Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (Enumeration District 117 - sheet 20B - image 39 - line 63) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 35 years old. She was married and living with her husband, 1 son and 3 daughters in a house, which was rented, at 10 Popular [?] Terrace. She is listed as having been born in West Virginia as was her mother. Her father is listed as having been born in Virginia (NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF BIRTH OF HER FATHER AND MOTHER CONFLICT WITH INFORMATION FOUND IN OTHER SOURCES). Her given name and middle initial are listed as "WennoahÓ in this census.
  1930 (April 4) census data from the census images for Claysville Borough, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 42 - sheet 2B - image 4 - line 69) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 45 years old. She had first been married at the age of 24 and was living with her mother-in-law, her husband, 1 son and 3 daughters in a house, which was owned and valued at $1,600, on Wayne Street. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name is listed as "Wenonah" in this census.
  1940 (April 6) census data from the census images for Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 63-48 - sheet 4B - image 8 - line 60) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 55 years old and engaged in home housework. She had worked 0 weeks in 1939, earning $0. She did not receive income of $50 or more from other sources. She had completed the 8th grade. She was married (spouse not present) and living with her mother-in-law in a house, which was owned and valued at $2,500, on Wayne Street. On April 1, 1935, she lived in the same house. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as ÒWenonah" in this census.
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 WENONAH S. POST
  Mrs. Wenonah S. Post, 87, wife of the late Edgar M. Post, formerly of Claysville, died after a short illness June 28, 1971 in San Carlos, California, where she resided with her daughter, Mrs. Fred (Margaret) Giffin.
  Other survivors include Mrs. Louis (Eleanor) Forsythe, Erie, and Mrs. Charles (Wenonah) Huston, Lower Burrell; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
  Source - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 29, 1971, page B-8
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 The following information is found on RootsWeb.com - California Death Records 1940-1997, http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi :
  Last Name: Post
 First Name: Caroline
 Middle: W
 Birth Date: 06/08/1884
 Mother Maiden:
 Father Last:
 Sex: F
 Birth Place: Pennsylvania
 Death Place: San Mateo
 Residence:
 Death Date: 06/28/1971
 SSN: 201-14-1543 (NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WHICH IS LISTED FOR HER HUSBAND IN THIS SOURCE)
 Age: 87 yrs
 Post-ems:
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 Monument located in Claysville Cemetery, Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. This monument was observed by me and photographed.
  POST
 EDGAR MARTIN WENONAH SPROWLS
 1881 - 1967 1884 - 1971

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