Biography

08/12/1794 - 03/23/1855

POST, Isaac, a Representative from Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties; born, August 12, 1794 in Southampton, Suffolk County, NY; major, Pennsylvania Militia (1811); brigade inspector, 2^nd Battalion, 8^th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1814, War of 1812); owner, general store; innkeeper; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Bridgewater (now Montrose) (1808-1828); elected, treasurer, Susquehanna County (1812-1814); elected as a National Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House; elected, judge, Susquehanna County (1837-1843); farmer; died, March 23, 1855 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interred. Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.