Erastus F. Post
Erastus Foster Post (July 3, 1859 – March 30, 1937) was an American civil engineer, politician, and banker from New York.
Early life and education
[edit]Post was born on July 3, 1859, in Quogue, New York, the son of farmer and politician George Oliver Post and Harriet Foster.[1] He attended the Bridgehampton Academy and Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts, graduating from the latter's scientific department in 1880. Post then returned to Quogue, where he worked as a surveyor, civil engineer, and manager of his father's farm. In 1886, he was appointed Commissioner of Highways to fill an unexpired term and elected to the office a year later.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1895, Post was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Suffolk County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1896,[2] 1897,[3] and 1898.[4][5] During World War I, he was chairman of the Eastern Suffolk County draft board, a trustee of the village of Quogue, a member of the board of education for the Quogue Union Free School District, and a Quogue fire commissioner.[6]
Post was a director of the Southampton Bank since its founding in 1888, treasurer of the Quogue Ice Company since its founding in 1893, and a trustee of the Sag Harbor Savings Bank.[7] He later became president of Seaside Bank and Quantuck Water Works Co., vice-president and director of the Queens, Nassau & Suffolk Realty Co., director and vice-president of the Nassau-Suffolk Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Co., and trustee of the Riverhead Savings Bank and the Suffolk County Mutual Insurance Co.[8] He later became vice president of the Riverhead Savings Bank, and in 1932, he became the bank president.[6]
Post was a member of the Freemasons,[9] the Royal Arch Masonry, the Shriners, and the American Geographical Society.[8] He was a trustee of the Quogue Presbyterian Church. In 1885, he married Anna Grace Foster of Honesdale, Pennsylvania.[7]
Post died on a train near Richmond, Virginia, on March 30, 1937. He was returning home from a fishing trip in Fort Myers, Florida, where he overexerted himself and had a heart attack that lead to his death.[6] He was buried in Riverhead Cemetery in Riverhead.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Portrait and Biographical Record of Suffolk County, (Long Island) New York. Chapman Publishing Co. 1896. pp. 906–907 – via Google Books.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1896). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. p. 250 – via Google Books.
- ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1897). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. p. 252 – via Google Books.
- ^ Murlin, Edgar L. (1898). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: James B. Lyon. p. 248 – via Google Books.
- ^ Post, Marie Caroline (1905). The Post Family. Sterling Potter. p. 287.
- ^ a b c "E. F. Post, Banker, Ex-Assemblyman" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LXXXVI, no. 28921. New York, N.Y. 31 March 1937. p. 23.
- ^ a b Pelletreau, William S. (1903). A History of Long Island: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Vol. III. The Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 251–252 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Leonard, John William, ed. (1911). Who's Who in Finance. New York, N.Y.: Joseph & Sefton. p. 657 – via Google Books.
- ^ Holmes, Frank R., ed. (1924). Who's Who in New York (City and State) (Eighth ed.). New York, N.Y.: Who's Who Publication, Inc. p. 1007 – via Google Books.
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[edit]- 1859 births
- 1937 deaths
- People from Quogue, New York
- Williston Northampton School alumni
- American civil engineers
- American surveyors
- Politicians from Suffolk County, New York
- 19th-century American legislators
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
- American bank presidents
- American Freemasons
- Presbyterians from New York (state)
- Burials in New York (state)
- 19th-century New York (state) politicians