Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Poston was born on 11 February 1819, in Wapocomo, Hampshire, Virginia, United States, his father, Richard Poston, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Thompson, was 26. He married Mary Cartwright on 19 April 1849, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wyoming Township, Chisago, Minnesota, United States in 1860 and Minnesota, United States in 1870. He died on 2 December 1876, in Forest Lake, Washington, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Forest Lake, Washington, Minnesota, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (33)
- Jeremiah Posten, "United States Census, 1850"
- Ref to Jeremiah in birth entry for dtr. Emma C. Pasten, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
- Jeremiah Poston, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1819–1876 Male
1832–1886 Female
Children (11)
1850–1893 Male
1852– Female
1854–1938 Male
1858–1948 Female
1859–1922 Male
+6 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1790–1863 Male
1793–1821 Female
Siblings (5)
1814–1893 Male
1819–1876 Male
1821–1891 Female
1824–1844 Male
1826–1889 Male
World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 1
1825
Age 6
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 17
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a postern gate, from Middle English postern(e) ‘side door or gate, secret door or passage’; in some cases it would have been a metonymic occupational name for a gatekeeper, and in some may be a habitational name from a place such as Postern in Kent or Derbyshire.
habitational name from Poston in Herefordshire or Poston in Shropshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Possa + thorn ‘thorn tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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