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:   California Death Index
Text:   Given name/Middle initial/Surname
Url:   http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
2. Title:   Obituary of Albert Sprowls
Text:   Given name/Surname
3. Text:   Given name/Middle name/Surname
 Monument - Claysville Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
4. Title:   Obituary and Funeral Notice of Mrs. Margaret C. Sprowls
Text:   Given name/Surname
5. Title:   Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," index and images, Edgar Martin Post and Carrie Wenonah Sprowls, 30 Mar 1909
Text:   Given name/Middle name/Surname
Url:   https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3Y-Q88
6. Title:   Obituary of Edgar M. Post
Text:   Given name/Middle initial/Surname
7. Title:   Obituary of Wenonah S. Post
Text:   Given name/Middle initial/Surname
8. Title:   California Death Index
Text:   Date
Url:   http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
9. Text:   Date [Year]
 Monument - Claysville Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
10. 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
11. Title:   1910 Federal Census
Text:   Date [Estimated]/Location [State]
12. Title:   California Death Index
Text:   Date/Location [County/State]
Url:   http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
13. Title:   Obituary of Edgar M. Post
Text:   Date/Location [City/State]
14. Text:   Location
 Monument - Claysville Cemetery, Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
15. 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:   N14296 Given name (Edgar) and surname (Post) from the obituary of Albert Sprowls - "The Washington Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, May 10, 1910, page six
  Given name (Edgar) and surname (Post) 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 (Edgar), residence (Claysville, Pennsylvania), occupation (engineer), 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 (Edgar), residence (127 Wayne Street, Claysville, Pennsylvania), occupation (civil engineer), 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 (Edgar), middle initial (M), surname (Post) and status (deceased) in June, 1971, from the obituary of Wenonah S. Post - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 29, 1971, page B-8
  Given name (Edgar), middle initial (M) and surname (Post) from the obituary of Wenonah Huston - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Sunday, November 15, 1987, page D-4
  Given name (Edgar), 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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 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 22) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 28 year old civil engineer, working for the government as an employee. He was not out of work on April 15, 1910, and was out of work for 0 weeks during 1909. He had been married for 1 year and was living with his wife, 1 daughter and his in-laws in a house, which was rented, on the National Road in Precinct 4. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name is listed as "Edgar" 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 62) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 38 year old civil engineer, working on his own account. He was married and living with his wife, 1 son and 3 daughters in a house, which was rented, at 10 Popular [?] Terrace. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Edgar MÓ 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 68) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 48 year old civil engineer, working in building construction as a wage or salary worker. He was at work when the census was taken. He had first been married at the age of 27 and was living with his mother, his wife, 1 son and 3 daughters in a house, which was owned and valued at $1,600, on Wayne Street. He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. He was not a veteran. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Edgar M" in this census.
  Also 1930 (April 15) census data from the census images for Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 45 - sheet 17A - image 25 - line 20) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that he was a 48 year old superintendent, working in the building industry as a wage or salary worker. He was at work when the census was taken. He had first been married at the age of 28 and was a lodger in the Webster Hall Hotel, on Fifth Avenue in the Fourth Ward (Block 78). He is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were his father and mother. He was not a veteran. His given name and middle initial are listed as "Edgar M" in this census.
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 EDGAR M. POST
  Edgar M. Post, formerly of Claysville, died Tuesday, June 27, 1967, in San Carlos, Calif., after a year's illness.
  He was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College, Class of 1904.
  Surviving are his wife, Wenonah Sprowls Post; three daughters, Margaret Post Giffen, San Carlos, with whom he made his home, Mrs. Louis C. Forsythe, Union City, and Mrs. Charles Houston, New Kensington; also five grandchildren. One son, Edgar M. Post, was killed in World War II.
  Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
  Source - "Observer-Reporter" newspaper, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, June 29, 1967, Section A, page 5
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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: Edgar
 Middle: M
 Birth Date: 07/01/1881
 Mother Maiden: Sawhill
 Father Last:
 Sex: M
 Birth Place:
 Death Place: San Mateo
 Residence:
 Death Date: 06/27/1967
 SSN: 201-14-1543 (NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER WHICH IS LISTED FOR HIS WIFE IN THIS SOURCE)
 Age: 85 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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