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Born 1856
From History of Allen County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906)
AMUEL A. POST, deceased, was a leading citizen of German township* for many years, a substantial farmer and a representative man. Mr. Post was born November 22, 1856, and died March 24, 1899. His parents were L. H_ and Elizabeth J. (Stewart) Post.
Mr. Post was reared on his father's farm and attended the local schools where he prepared for college, subsequently entering the Ohio Normal University at Ada. He spent but one term here on account of delicate health, returning to farm work, the out-door life suiting him better than the confinement of the schoolroom.
In 1880 Mr. Post was married to Sarah A. Crites, who is a daughter of Jacob and Emily Crites. Mrs. Post was born in German township and has passed her life in Allen County. Five children were born to this marriage, as follows: William Stewart, born October 19, 1881, who was married January 23, 1901, to Clara Carey, of Shawnee township, and has one child, Helen, born in January, 1902; Cora Ethel, born November 22, 1882, who was married to Alva Beneijdum, of German
57° township, August 8, 1902, and has one child, Ruth Evelyn, born December 2, 1903; Louis Crites, born November 10, 1884; Charles B., born December 8, 1888, and Clarence B., born December 7, 1892. The last three are at home and take all the responsibility of the farm work. They are capable young men, worthy representatives of their excellent father.
The death of Mr. Post occurred very suddenly. He was stricken with spinal meningitis and survived the attack but four days. He was laid to rest in the Allentown cemetery. He was the kind of man to be much missed, both in his household and in his neighborhood. Honest and upright in all his dealings with others, he secured friendship and esteem. He was intelligently interested in all public matters in his township and served for a long time as school director. In politics he was a Republican and at the time of his death was his party’s candidate for township treasurer.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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