John POST^[1]

1800 - 1860

• Born	11 Jul 1800	England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Muskego, Waukesha, WI   [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   [3]
  	farmer
  _UID	905F37BE52354240855EAE0B2E8FED83B6F3
  Died	9 Jun 1860	Muskego, Waukesha, WI   [1]
  	He died of TB.
  Buried	10 Jun 1860	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI   [1]
  	He is buried in Forest Home Cemetery.
  Person ID	I775	OuthouseLine2014
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2007

  
  

  Family	Lucy,   b. 1798, England ,   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 ,   d. 17 Oct 1877, Mt. Horeb, Dane, WI   2. Peter POST,   b. 1833, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2007
  Family ID	F352	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] STATON, Marcia. [S201] Federal Census, 1860 Muskego, Waukesha, WI, Fam 902 (age, country) (Reliability: 3). [S201] Federal Census, 1860 Muskego, Waukesha, WI, Fam 902 (Reliability: 3).