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seventies he continued in this business
and by that time the timber in his immediate
section had been nearly all logged
off. After this time Mr. Post gave his
entire attention to the cultivation of his
farm. He was an active and interested
citizen in his community, and in politics
was a War Democrat. Several times Mr.
Post was honored with public office; he
served as selectman and also was representative
to the Legislature in 1876. Mr.
Post married, April 28, 1841, Eliza Kel-
logg, born December i, 1819, daughter of
Elisha and Emily (Stratton) Kellogg (see
Kellogg V). Mr. and Mrs. Post were the
parents of six children : i. Thaddeus
Welles, served in the Civil War, and was
eleven months in Andersonville Prison
he was exchanged and wrote home from
Annapolis, dying the same day. 2. John
Henry, enlisted at the age of fourteen in
the Civil War, and served throughout the
war. 3. Edward K., resides in Andover,
Connecticut. 4. George D., now living in
New Haven, Connecticut (1921). 5.
Robert Woodbridge, of whom further.
6. Anna E., married James H. Marsh, of
Andover ;
she was a school teacher there
for fifty years.
(VIII) Robert Woodbridge Post, son
of Bissell Elijah and Eliza (Kellogg)
Post, was born in Andover, November 19,
1861. He was educated in the public
schools there and the high school in Willimantic.
Subsequently he served with
Case Brothers, of Manchester, paper man-
ufacturers, an eight-year apprenticeship,
and thoroughly learned the business.
During the latter years he was superinten-
dent of several of their mills. Mr. Post
resigned from their employ to go with the
Brookside Paper Company, of Manches-
ter, of which he became a stockholder. In
1890 he was one of the four incorporators
of his present business, the Westport
Paper Company, of which he is now
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president and treasurer. They built a
mill which was burned August 11, 1900,
and immediately another mill was erected.
The business of manufacturing binder's
board and other specialties has grown
rapidly, and the plant from a small beginning
has grown until today it repre- i
sents eight acres of ground on which are I
located a large brick and cement factory,
housing the general office and pulp ma-
chinery rooms and the manufacturing department.
They have a dock with 600
feet of water front. When the new build-
ing was erected it was equipped with the
most up-to-date and modern machinery,
and it is one of the largest factories of
its kind in the country. One of their big
specialties has been gun wads and heavy
box board. The products are largely used
in Connecticut, and goes to large manufacturing
consumers.
Mr. Post is well known among the man-
ufacturers of Connecticut; he makes his
home in Westport and takes much inter-
est in local affairs. For the past ten years
he has been a director of the Wethersfield
State's Prison. A few years ago Mr.
Post built a beautiful residence on the
Post Road, on an eminence fifty feet
above the road, which makes it a promi
nent landmark, the site commanding a
fine view of Long Island Sound. The
architecture is of the school of the Span-
ish renaissance. The walls are of solid
concrete, while the roof is of red Spanish
tile. Fraternally Mr. Post is a member
of Temple Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac-
Washington
cepted Masons, of Westport ;
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Norwalk
; Clinton Commandery, Knights
Templar; Lafayette Consistory; and
Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine, of
Bridgeport.
Mr. Post married, August 20, 1884,
Lisetta Hale, daughter of Dwight Hale,
of Manchester. They attend the Congre-