Upshur County, West Virginia Biography of WILLIAM POST This file was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 453 Upshur WILLIAM POST was born in Upshur County, and several years before reaching his majority was in business on a small scale as a stock shipper. He has had an active association with the agricultural, livestock and business interests of the county for over half a century. Mr. Post, who lives at Buckhannon and is president of the Traders National Bank of that city, was born Decem- ber 30, 1853, son of Isaac and Emily (Carper) Post. Isaac Post was born in Virginia, where his father settled on coming from Holland. After his marriage Isaac Post set- tled on a farm in Upshur County, and became one of the honored and highly respected citizens of that locality. He and his wife were active members Of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. They had four children: Ira C. Post, who lives in Harrison County and for a number of years has been regarded as one of the most progressive farmers and farm leaders in that part of the state; Virginia C., wife of Porter Maxwell; William; and Adam Post, of Upshur County. William Post grew up on a farm and acquired a com- mon school education. At the age of sixteen he made his first ventures as a cattle shipper, and from this early enter- prise he accumulated a capital of about five hundred dol- lars. In all the years since then he has kept in touch with the livestock industry, growing, feeding and shipping to the market, and has progressively increased his land holdings until he pays taxes on several of the good farms of Upshur County. With his growing business interests he became one of the organizers and a stockholder in the Traders National Bank of Buckhannon, and has been active presi- dent of that institution since its organization. Mr. Post and wife now spend their winters in Florida. They are active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and Mrs. Post with the Eastern Star. In September, 1891, he married Miss Anna Hurst, who was born in Upshur County in August, 1871, and was educated in the public schools and the seminary. Her father, the late Maj. John L. Hurst, was a Union soldier who for bravery on the field of battle was promoted to major. He was several times wounded. After the war he served as county clerk. Major Hurst died during the influenza epidemic in 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Post have lived in Buckhannon most of the years since their marriage. They have two sons. Isaac H., a graduate of Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, is a student of law at Harvard University. John H., who graduated from Wesleyan College, was a flying instructor at Mather Field in California during the war, and was rated as a very proficient flyer. He is an educated farmer, having taken advanced courses in agriculture at Cornell University, and is a thirty-second degree Mason.