James D. Post

As printed in 1914

HON. JAMES D. POST.

It is a pleasure to investigate the career of a successful, self-made man. Peculiar honor attaches to that individual who, by his own unaided efforts, gradually overcomes the obstacles in the pathway of success and by the master strokes of his own force and vitality succeeds in forging his way to the front and winning for himself a position of influence and esteem among his fellow citizens. Such is the record, briefly stated, of him whose name appears at the head of these paragraphs and who for several decades has been numbered among the successful lawyers and representative citizens of Fayette county. His life-long residence in this community has made his name widely and familiarly known. His life and the history of this locality, for more than fifty years have been contemporaneous and he has performed his full share in the upbuilding, development and progress of the county, taking an especially prominent part in the later-day growth of the community. He has been a consistent man in all phases of his career and his life has been characterized by an entire absence of pretense or sham. He is what the community holds him to be, a man among men, and one who has fairly earned the high position which is today his.

James D. Post was born on a farm near Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio, on November 2, 1863. His parents, Abraham and Mary Jane (McCoy) Post, also were natives of Fayette county, and both died here, the father in 1909, at the age of sixty-eight years, and the mother at the early age of twenty-six years. Abraham Post was a farmer by vocation and was the son of Valentine Post, who came, with his wife, from Pennsylvania, being numbered among the earliest pioneers of Fayette county. Here his death occurred at an advanced age. To him and his wife were born the following children: Andrew, Jacob. Abraham, Wesley, Barbara, Ann, Nelson and Sarah J. Berry. Mary Jane Post was the daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth McCoy, who also were early settlers in Fayette county. Their children were Patrick, Abraham, John, Sylvester, Elias, Mary J., Sarah J.. Price, Ann (McCartney) and Rebecca (Drais). To the subject's parents were born two children besides himself, Esker, deceased, ancy Addie, the wife of Thomas M. Hare, of Baltimore, Maryland.

James D. Post has spent his entire life in Fayette county and his boyhood days were spent on his father's farm, where he not only gained a sound body, but also became imbued with those sterling principles of industry, perseverance and independence which have been marked characteristics of his

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By her first marriage Mrs. Post is the mother of a daughter, Effie, the wife of T. E. Leland.

Mr. Post has always been an active supporter of all local movements tending to the upbuilding of the community, and is a stockholder and director of the Milledgeville Bank. Though very busy in the practice of his profession and in discharging his official duties at Washington, D. C, Mr. Post does not evade his ordinary duties as a citizen and, because of his life and attainments, he deserves representation in the annals of his county.

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.