Martin Post and Rebecca Montgomery

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Husband Martin Post ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Jun 1809 1
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           Died: 30 Jan 1885 1
         Buried:  - Bethel Cemetery, near Van Buren, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Jeremiah Post (1769-1848) 2 3 4
         Mother: Mary Enlow (      -1854) 2 5

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Wife Rebecca Montgomery ^{6 7 8}

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           Born: 24 May 1821 8 9
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           Died: 23 Feb 1892 1
         Buried:  - Bethel Cemetery, near Van Buren, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Hugh Montgomery (1780-1847) 10 11 12
         Mother: Ruth Enlow (Abt 1786-1847) 8 10 13

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Children

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1 F Sarah M. Post ¹

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2 F Mary E. Post ¹

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3 M John M. Post ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Martin Post

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He passed his youth on the home farm in South Franklin township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, receiving his education in the common schools. He married and they began life on the home farm where they passed the rest of their days. He was a successful farmer, which occupation he followed as long as he lived. He was a great reader, and kept himself informed in most of the leading topics of the day. Politically he was a Democrat; in religious faith he was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; he was one of the charter members of the Bethel C. P. Church. On February 2, 1840, he was ordained ruling elder of the above-named church, and from his ordination until his death he was clerk of the Session - a period of some forty-five years.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 222.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 428.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 222, 1279.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 767.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1279.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 776.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 222, 733.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1200.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 733.

10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 775.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 222, 730, 1395.

12 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1199.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1395.