Share Print Bookmark

John POST[1]

Male 1800 - 1860


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Born  11 Jul 1800  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1860  Muskego, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • age 59. Also in household is Peter Post, age 27, farmer, b. Eng (no relationship given), son William & his family. Landowner, real estate worth $1400, personal property $200.
    Occupation  1860  Muskego, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    farmer 
    _UID  905F37BE52354240855EAE0B2E8FED83B6F3 
    Died  9 Jun 1860  Muskego, Waukesha, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • He died of TB.
    Buried  10 Jun 1860  Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • He is buried in Forest Home Cemetery.
    Person ID  I775  OuthouseLine2014
    Last Modified  1 Jan 2007 

    Family  Lucy,   b. 1798, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1861 
    Married  Y  [1, 3
    • The Posts came to Muskego with a nickel in their pockets and made good. They bought forty acres on Little Muskego Lake where their son, John, build a cream brick home which still stands. They stopped off in New York for a few years before coming west.

      Original burial for both John and Lucy was in the cemetery on Little Muskego Lake where the amusement park later was built. The graves were moved to Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee. The Post family is buried in Lot 8, Block 5, Section 8.
    Children 
    >1. William POST,   b. 31 May 1819, Wareham, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1877, Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Peter POST,   b. 1833, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified  1 Jan 2007 
    Family ID  F352  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] STATON, Marcia.

    2. [S201] Federal Census, 1860 Muskego, Waukesha, WI, Fam 902 (age, country) (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S201] Federal Census, 1860 Muskego, Waukesha, WI, Fam 902 (Reliability: 3).