Alice Jane (Gage) Post (1848 - 1916)

Born 15 Apr 1848 in Barre Center, Barre, Orleans, New York, United States

Wife of John Henry Post — married 1866 in Byron, Genesee, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 26 May 1916 at age 68 in Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States

Biography

The daughter of Addison Gage (1815-1877) and Sophia Elizabeth Ferguson (1817-1870), Alice was born in Barre Center in 1848.^[1][2][3] Her siblings included:

1. Helen Jeanette Gage (1838-1906)
2. Hannah Mariah Gage (1840-1903)
3. William Harrison Gage (1842-1922)
4. Melissa Malvina Gage (1844-1923)
5. Taylor Addison Gage (1848-1911)

Alice married John Post, marrying in 1866 and having four children together, including one, James, who died in infancy. They made their home in Hamlin, New York, in Monroe County, where they spent their entire married lives farming. Her husband also had a cooper's shop there.^[4][5][6] Her son, Fred, lost his wife in 1896 and Fred and his daughter, Luella, moved back in with John and Alice, working with his father.^[7] Fred remarried in 1901 but his daughter, Alice's granddaughter, remained at the farm with them.^[8][9][10]

Alice and her husband are believed to have passed away on the same day in 1916. Alice is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Clarendon, New York, in Orleans County.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63N-XY1 : 3 March 2021), Allis Gage in household of Adison Gage, E.D. 2, Barre, Orleans, New York, United States; citing p. , line #5, family #41, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 592,746.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4T-HTZ : 18 February 2021), Alice Gage in entry for Adison Gage, 1860.
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-DF21 : 8 March 2021), Alice Gage in household of Addison Gage, District 01-03, Barre, Orleans, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 29, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8JD-M3D : 3 January 2021), Alice Post in entry for John H Post, 1870.
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZB-FXQ : 18 February 2021), Alice Post in household of John H Post, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States; citing p. 11, line 37, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 833,781.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZD6-B9X : 19 February 2021), Alice J Post in household of John H Post, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 162C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,861.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJ9-FHY : accessed 18 April 2021), Alice Post in household of John H Post, Hamlin Township, Election District 2, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 10A, family 211, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,072.
8. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKMX-9VY : 8 March 2021), Allice J Post in household of John H Post, Hamlin, E.D. 01, Monroe, New York; citing p. 5, line 17, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 833,791.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5WZ-RMB : accessed 18 April 2021), Alice J Post in household of John H Post, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 6A, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 988; FHL microfilm 1,375,001.
10. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9VZ-VML : 27 November 2020), Alice J Post in entry for John H Post, 1915.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #110871587