Hi Listers.. An index to the biographies in the History of Barron County, 1922, and those previously submitted are available at the following: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/barron/bios.htm Transcribed by Peg Lamkin, brinwood@chibardun.net. Edited and submitted by Victor Gulickson. De Witt Post, president of the Barron Telephone Co., was born in Luzerne county, Pa., Jan. 19, 1851, son of James and Axa (Hurlehy) Post. He was brought to Iowa county, Wis., by his parents when he was three years of age. He was there reared, and on account of the necessity for hard work on the farm, received but little schooling, though he has supplemented this by much reading and wide experience. For a time he worked with his father in the milling business near Lima, Indiana. In 1872 he formed a partnership with I.O. Ingraham, in the drug and grocery business at Avoca, in his native county, under the firm name of Ingraham & Post. About two years later he bought out Mr. Ingraham and became sole proprietor of the drug business, Mr. Ingraham taking the grocery line. Two years later Mr. Post took Josiah Ward, grain dealer and stock dealer as a partner. But the venture did not prove so successful as had been anticipated and so Mr. Post sold out and started life anew. In 1882 he went to the Fort Belknap Agency, in Montana, as instructor of agriculture to the Indians. After three years he again returned to Wisconsin, and with his brother John engaged in the hardware business at the corner of LaSalle and Second Street, Barron City, this county. Afterward the store was moved to a new building which the brothers erected at the corner of LaSalle and Fifth streets. The partnership was dissolved and DeWitt Post continued the business alone until 1905. He now devotes his time to looking after his various interests. He was one of the founders of the Barron Telephone Co. of which he is the president; he is a stockholder in the Bank of Barron, as well as a director, and he is also connected with various other leading enterprises. He has a good residence in Barron City and a pleasant summer home on Cedar Lake, in this state. For one term he served as alderman of the city. His fraternal relations are with Barron Lodge No. 38, I. O. O. F, and he has passed through its chairs. He is a useful citizen in every respect, one of the truly important men of the city, and he is held in high esteem for his sterling worth as well as for what he has accomplished for the county. Mr. Post was married in 1872 to Helen Kinzie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kinzie, of Avoca, Wis. This union has been blessed with two children, both of whom are married to leading physicians and surgeons: Bessie P., the wife of Dr. H. M. Coleman; and Jessie, the wife of Dr. C. C. Post, both of Barron City. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 81-82.