 1779 - 1858
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| Name |
Stephen Post |
| Born |
28 Aug 1779 |
Dutchess Co, New York  |
- Date of birth calculated from age at death.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
Jun 1855 |
Philadelphia, Jefferson Co, New York |
- p. 3
Frame house, value $400, family #23
Post, Stephen, 76, M, b. Duchess co, md., resident 34y, Farmer
Patience, 68, F, Wife, b. Duchess co, md., resident 34y
William H., 51, M, Child, b. Jefferson co, md., resident 34y
Sally, 31, F, Child, b. Jefferson co, md., resident 10y
John H., 8, M, G'd Child, b. Jefferson co, resident 8y
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| Died |
08 Oct 1858 |
Philadelphia, Jefferson Co, New York |
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| Buried |
Quaker Cemetery, Philadelphia, Jefferson Co, New York |
| Notes |
- A Methodist society was formed March 9, 1839, with William Powell, George Sim, Theodore Cross, Charles R. Sweet, and Stephen Post, trustees. They have a church at Philadelphia, built soon after the society was formed.
!History of Jefferson County p. 227
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia was formed March 9, 1839, with William Powell, George Sim, Theodore Cross, Charles R. Sweet, and Stephen Post, trustees. Soon after the society was formed, they built a church at Pogeland, owned by William Powell. The organization continued until 1867, when it was merged in the society at Philadelphia village. This latter society was organized in 1843, with Sterling Graves, Richard Crabb, Benjamin Allen, and Nelson Chadwick, trustees. Their house of worship was erected the same year, at the southerly end of the village, on land purchased of Elizabeth Mosher. In 1858 a larger lot was purchased of Jesse Roberts, on the opposite side of the street, to which the church was removed, and afterwards enlarged and greatly improved. It will seat 250 persons, and is valued, including parsonage (erected in 1859) and other church property, at $4,000.
!Childs Gazatteer of Jefferson County, NY pp. 609-629
The Quakers in 1827 built a second meeting house and the next year had a division in the Society. (Part of the congregation became converts to the Hicksite doctrine.) The Quakers (in Philadelphia village) began to decline after this and passed out of existence between 1850 and 1860.
The Methodists were second in the field, on center lot 611, and began their missionary labors soon after the Quakers became divided, although it cannot be said that Methodism in the village was in any sense the outgrowth of that controversy. The first society of the denomination was formed March 9, 1838 with trustees: Wm. Powell, George Sim, Theodore Cross, Stephen Post & Charles R. Smith. In this year a house of worship was built on land of Wm. Powell at "Pogeland."
!p. 766 - Our County & Its People; Jefferson County, New York; Edgar C. Emerson, Editor; Boston Historical Company, 1898
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| Person ID |
I46391 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
23 Nov 2006 |
| Family |
Patience Deuel\Devol, b. 01 Oct 1786, Dutchess Co, New York , d. 29 Mar 1863, Philadelphia, Jefferson Co, New York |
| Married |
Est 1802 |
New York |
| Children |
| | 1. Mercy (Mary) Post, b. Abt Mar 1804, Saratoga Co, New York , d. 08 Oct 1892, Martinsburgh, Lewis Co, New York |
| | 2. Sarah Post, b. Abt Jul 1806, New York , d. 04 Sep 1877, Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson Co, New York |
| | 3. William H. H. Post, b. 1818, Philadelphia, Jefferson Co, New York |
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| Family ID |
F2277 |
Group Sheet |
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