Christian Post ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 2 November 1870, Union Township, Barbour, West Virginia, United States. ² 1870 US Census
Page 30 & 31, Dwelling 222, Family 222
Union Township, Barbour County, West Virginia
Christian Post..38..VA..Merchant
(Living with wife and 6 children.)

2. 1880 US Census, 23 June 1880, Union District, Barbour, West Virginia, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 82B, District 73, Dwelling 212, Family 212, Roll 1399
Union District, Barbour County, West Virginia
Christian Post..Self..48..WV..Farmer
(Living with wife and 4 children.)

Christian married Mary Marple, daughter of Moses Marple and Elizabeth Bennett, about 1852.¹ (Mary Marple was born in November 1835 in Virginia, United States ¹ and died on 2 December 1914.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 2 November 1870, Union Township, Barbour, West Virginia, United States. ² 1870 US Census
Page 30 & 31, Dwelling 222, Family 222
Union Township, Barbour County, West Virginia
Christian Post..38..VA..Merchant
Mary Post..36..VA..Keeping House
Anna D. Post..17..VA..At Home
Cicero S. Post..15..VA..At Home
Victoria Post..11..VA..At Home
George L. Post..5..WV..At Home
Moses S. Post..3..WV..At Home
Clayton J. Post..1..WV..At Home

2. 1880 US Census, 23 June 1880, Union District, Barbour, West Virginia, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 82B, District 73, Dwelling 212, Family 212, Roll 1399
Union District, Barbour County, West Virginia
Christian Post..Self..48..WV..Farmer
Mary Post..Wife..44..WV..Keeping House
Geo. S. Post..Son..13..WV
Moses S. Post..Son..13..WV
Claton T. Post..Son..10..WV
Lillie E. Post..Dau..5..WV

  Marriage Notes:

One child was born on 13 Dec 1861 in Upshur County but was not given a name at that time. The 1870 US Census does not show any child about 9 years old so it must be assumed that the child died young.

The names of two children submitted by researcher Marian L. Post and shown only as C. B. Post and L. L. Post do not appear on any birth, death, marriage, or census record for the family. I'm thinking that C. B. Post is the same person as Cicero Sylvester Post and the L. L. Post is the same person as Lillie Effie Post. But the 1900 US Census shows that Mary had given birth to a total of 10 children of which only 7 were still alive. These are the 7 for which I have full given names so perhaps C. B. and L. L. were indeed other children that died young as well as one more with an unknown name.
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