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From History of Fayette County, Ohio : her people, industries and institutions (1914)
EDWARD POST.
An enterprising and progressive farmer of Jasper township, Fayette county, Ohio, is Edward Post, who is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred acres on the Ford pike. Reared to the agricultural life, he has devoted all his energies to farming and with a success which speaks well for his efforts. As a public-spirited citizen and advocate of good government, he has been prominently identified with the civic life of his township and is now serving his second term as trustee of Jasper township.
Edward Post, the son of Abraham and Margaret (Harper) Post, was
Google born March 13, 1876, on the farm where he is now living. His mother is the daughter of Benjamin Harper and wife.
The education of Mr. Post was received in the district schools of Jasper township and at an early age he began to work for himself. When only nineteen years of age he began renting land and, being a very successful farmer, was soon enabled to purchase land of his own. He sold his farm and now rents the Ford farm of two hundred acres. Being a good manager and a man of ceaseless industry and patience, he has added to his original land holdings from time to time. The farm he rents is well improved, well equipped with all the latest machinery for successful farming and well stocked with high grade animals of various kinds. He has given particular attention to the breeding of hogs and in addition to the raising of them is actively engaged in buying and selling hogs for the local markets.
Mr. Post is a member of the Democratic party and has been one of the leaders in political affairs in the township for many years. His party nominated and elected him trustee in 1911, and so successful was his first term that he was renominated and re-elected to the same position, a fact which speaks well for his efficiency as a public servant in the administration of the many duties which fall to the lot of the township trustee, in which he has shown himself abundantly able to care for in a satisfactory manner, and thus has won the high esteem of the citizens of the township, irrespective of party affiliations.
As printed in History of Fayette County, Ohio : her people, industries and institutions (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: F. M. Clemans (b. 1835)
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