Obit for Orlando B. POST (b.1836 d.1900), Goodhue Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn ========================================================================= Lehigh Valley Argus, 30 Nov. 1900, pg 4 DEATH OF O.B. POST We are again called upon to chronicle the death of another of our esteemed citizens, O.B. Post, whose death occured at his home in Lehigh, IA, Tuesday, Nov. 27th, 1900 after a lingering illness, aged 64 years, 2 months 29 days. Orlando Bostwick Post ws born in Chatauqua county, NY, August 28, 1836. He was reared a farmer, and at the age of 21 came west, reaching Jordon Prarie, Wis, in April 1857. He engaged in farming there three years and in 1860 went to Goodhue county, Minn., and remained one year teaching the first school in Holden, during the winter. The school house was a miserable, half built log cabin, heated by an old cooking stove. The fuel was delivered at the school house door in sled lengths to be prepared by the teacher for the stove. He received the enormous compensation of $15.00 per month and "boarded round". Miss DeBolt, to whom he was afterwards married, taught the same winter near there, receiving $10.00 per month, also boarding round. Mr. Post contemplated remaining in Minnesota and purschased eighty seven acres of land on which he made some improvements. He changed his mind however and returned to Spring Grove, Wis, where Oct. 10, 1861, he was married to Miss Anna E. DeBolt. To this action were born four boys and one girl, Arthur, of Braman, Oklahoma, Mrs Mary Hall, Walter and Charley, of this place, and Harry of Eagle Grove, all of whom survive to mourn the loss of a kind and loving father. The children were all present during his last sickness and death, except Arthur, who arrived from Oklahoma about an hour after his father's death. Mr. Post came to Lehigh in the fall of 1886 and purchased a farm north east of town. They remained there about eight years when Mr. Post and family moved to Duncombe. They remained there two years and Mr. Post built the hotel, livery barn and millinery store there. They then moved to Lehigh and purchased the stored building now occupied by Post & Co, and the Valley House. On the 3rd day of September 1900, Mr. Post was stricken with paralysis and until the time of his death suffered greatly. he was a member of the Baptist church at Juda, Wis., and lived a consistent Christian life. The funeral services were held in the Church of Christ yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. B. F. Hall, and the interment took place in the West cemetery. A large concourse of friends gathered at the church to show the last respect to one (unreadable) ____. The sympathy of the entired community goes out to the bereaved wife and sorrowing children in this time of sadness. NOte from Submitter: This is an obituary of my ancestor, Orlando B. Post, and it states that he went to Goodhue County, MN in 1860 and taught at the first school at Holden. His future wife, Anna E. Debolt was teaching at a nearby school the same year. They both boarded but I have yet to find who they boarded with. He also bought land there in this county and made some improvements on it but decided to go back to Wisconsin. This obituary is from Lehigh, Webster, IA, where he died in 1900. Lynn/Florida