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C. W. Post

Ancestry of
C. W. Post

Founder of Post Cereals


    Charles William "C.W." Post

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    • 1st Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • Birth Date:
    • 16 Oct 1854 
    • Birth Location:
    • Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois 
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    • Death Date:
    • 9 May 1914 
    • Death Location:
    • Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California 
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    • Notes: 
    • Founder of Postum (aka Post) Cereals Company

      C. W. Post committed suicide by sticking a rifle barrel in his mouth and pulling the trigger.

  • Marriages for Charles William "C.W." Post


    • Spouse:
    • Elle Letitia Merriweather

    • Spouse:
    • Leila - - - - - -

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  • Sources for Charles William "C.W." Post

    • 1 Close, Jessie, with Pete Earley and Glenn Close, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness, New York: Grand Central Publishing (2015).
    • 2 Mead, Spencer Percival, Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, New York: The Knickerbocker Press (1911), 521.
    • 3 Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 52.