Charles William Post

1854 - 1914  (59 years)

• Name	Charles William Post  [1]
  Born	26 Oct 1854	Springfield, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D0787E80A7F948E793125526D72E518B16C7
  Died	9 May 1914	Santa Barbara, CA
  Person ID	I1002	Bradley - Post
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Charles Rollin Post,   b. Cornwall, Vermont ,   d. Pasadena, CA
  Mother	Caroline (lathrop) Parsons,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ella Leticia Merriweather,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	4 Nov 1874	Pawnee, IL   [1]
  Divorced	1904	Michigan
  Children	1. Marjorie Merriweather Post,   b. 15 Mar 1887, Springfield, IL ,   d. 12 Sep 1973, Washington, D.C.  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Catherwood and Posts group, ca 1937 Only left side is identified; refer to embedded captions.
  		CatherwoodPost Martha Post, Kenneth Post, Grandmother Martha Salter and unknown young man, ca 1937

  
  

  Headstones

  Martha June Post headstone

  
  

• Notes

  Known more frequently as CW Post, Charles started the Postum Cereal Company, later to become the Post Cereal Company and even later, General Foods.

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Post Family Bible.