Husband of Clara A. (Williams) Poston (1866-1948). Son of Hon. Nimrod Poston and Catherine (Gilliland) Poston.
The following biography is from, "Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa, leaders in business, politics and the professions; together with an original and authentic history of the state, by ex-Lieutenant-Governor B. F. Gue" -
RUFUS C POSTON a prominent attorney of Corydon, was born on a farm near Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa, February 21, 1855, His father, Nimrod Poston, a farmer, came from Virginia in 1827, settling first in Athens County, Ohio, and later coming to Iowa, located in Wapello county in 1847. He died at the residence of a daughter in Davis County, Iowa, in 1898. He was a member of the Fifth General Assembly and an active supporter of the bill making Des Moines the permanent capital of the state. His mother, Catherine (Gilliland) Poston, was a native of Ohio. She died at Chillicothe, Iowa, in 1868. Grandfather Poston and Grandfather Gilliland were soldiers in the War of 1812. The latter was in the regiment of Colonel Lewis Cass, and was made a prisoner at Detroit, Michigan, when that place was surrendered to the British by General Hull. The present Mr. Poston's great-grandfather on the paternal side was a captain of a company under the celebrated General Morgan (Morgan's Riflemen), of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Poston attended country schools irregularly until he was thirteen years old. His mother died at that time, and he had to leave home and begin to earn his own living as a farm hand. His health had never been good in the Des Moines Valley, so he took advantage of an opportunity to obtain employment in Lucas county herding cattle. The change was beneficial. About this time he got possession of part of a volume of "Chambers' Information for the People"' and a biography of Benjamin Franklin, and as books were scarce at that time, he read these over and over. This created in him a desire for a better education than could be obtained in the country schools, and to this end he began to bend every energy. On January 4, 1874, he entered a private school, conducted by Prof. ]. P. Simpson in the basement of the old Presbyterian church of Chariton. He remained there eight months ana successfully passed an examination and obtained a teacher's certificate. He began his first school in a log school house in the southwest corner of Lucas county, where he had formerly attended as a pupil. He thus alternately taught school and worked on a farm until the spring of 1877, when lie entered the private school of Mrs, M. A. Peck in Uttumwa, He remained there about eight months. He had for some time entertained the idea of studying law, and while there read law at night in the office of the late Colonel S. W. Summers. After another season of school teaching as principal of the Chillicothe schools, he entered the law department of the State University for the fall and winter terms of 1879. Poor health and financial circumstances combined to compel him to retire in March. 1880. After graduating with the class of 1882, he borrowed enough money of a friend to get home and in August of the same year opened up an office at Humeston with a borrowed code of 1873, for a library and one hundred dollars of borrowed money with which to pay board bills while waiting for clients. In 1891 he moved to Corydon, forming a partnership with E. L. Hart, which was terminated by Mr. Hart's death March 30, 1900. Mr. Poston has always been a democrat and in 1886 was a candidate of his party for the office of county attorney and received his party vote, but was defeated. In 1894 he was again nominated by the same party for that office and was elected without opposition, serving two years. He is a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias, is a Mason and a member of St. John's Commandery K. T. No. 21 of Centerville, A self-made man in every respect, Mr. Poston is today an example of what a man with an ambition to succeed may attain if he is willing to work and wait. He was married October 22, 1882, to Clara A. Williams of Warren County, Iowa. They have one child, Eugene E,, born October 6, 1883.
The following biography is from, "Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa, leaders in business, politics and the professions; together with an original and authentic history of the state, by ex-Lieutenant-Governor B. F. Gue" -
RUFUS C POSTON a prominent attorney of Corydon, was born on a farm near Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa, February 21, 1855, His father, Nimrod Poston, a farmer, came from Virginia in 1827, settling first in Athens County, Ohio, and later coming to Iowa, located in Wapello county in 1847. He died at the residence of a daughter in Davis County, Iowa, in 1898. He was a member of the Fifth General Assembly and an active supporter of the bill making Des Moines the permanent capital of the state. His mother, Catherine (Gilliland) Poston, was a native of Ohio. She died at Chillicothe, Iowa, in 1868. Grandfather Poston and Grandfather Gilliland were soldiers in the War of 1812. The latter was in the regiment of Colonel Lewis Cass, and was made a prisoner at Detroit, Michigan, when that place was surrendered to the British by General Hull. The present Mr. Poston's great-grandfather on the paternal side was a captain of a company under the celebrated General Morgan (Morgan's Riflemen), of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Poston attended country schools irregularly until he was thirteen years old. His mother died at that time, and he had to leave home and begin to earn his own living as a farm hand. His health had never been good in the Des Moines Valley, so he took advantage of an opportunity to obtain employment in Lucas county herding cattle. The change was beneficial. About this time he got possession of part of a volume of "Chambers' Information for the People"' and a biography of Benjamin Franklin, and as books were scarce at that time, he read these over and over. This created in him a desire for a better education than could be obtained in the country schools, and to this end he began to bend every energy. On January 4, 1874, he entered a private school, conducted by Prof. ]. P. Simpson in the basement of the old Presbyterian church of Chariton. He remained there eight months ana successfully passed an examination and obtained a teacher's certificate. He began his first school in a log school house in the southwest corner of Lucas county, where he had formerly attended as a pupil. He thus alternately taught school and worked on a farm until the spring of 1877, when lie entered the private school of Mrs, M. A. Peck in Uttumwa, He remained there about eight months. He had for some time entertained the idea of studying law, and while there read law at night in the office of the late Colonel S. W. Summers. After another season of school teaching as principal of the Chillicothe schools, he entered the law department of the State University for the fall and winter terms of 1879. Poor health and financial circumstances combined to compel him to retire in March. 1880. After graduating with the class of 1882, he borrowed enough money of a friend to get home and in August of the same year opened up an office at Humeston with a borrowed code of 1873, for a library and one hundred dollars of borrowed money with which to pay board bills while waiting for clients. In 1891 he moved to Corydon, forming a partnership with E. L. Hart, which was terminated by Mr. Hart's death March 30, 1900. Mr. Poston has always been a democrat and in 1886 was a candidate of his party for the office of county attorney and received his party vote, but was defeated. In 1894 he was again nominated by the same party for that office and was elected without opposition, serving two years. He is a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias, is a Mason and a member of St. John's Commandery K. T. No. 21 of Centerville, A self-made man in every respect, Mr. Poston is today an example of what a man with an ambition to succeed may attain if he is willing to work and wait. He was married October 22, 1882, to Clara A. Williams of Warren County, Iowa. They have one child, Eugene E,, born October 6, 1883.
Husband of Clara A. (Williams) Poston (1866-1948). Son of Hon. Nimrod Poston and Catherine (Gilliland) Poston.
The following biography is from, "Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa, leaders in business, politics and the professions; together with an original and authentic history of the state, by ex-Lieutenant-Governor B. F. Gue" -
RUFUS C POSTON a prominent attorney of Corydon, was born on a farm near Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa, February 21, 1855, His father, Nimrod Poston, a farmer, came from Virginia in 1827, settling first in Athens County, Ohio, and later coming to Iowa, located in Wapello county in 1847. He died at the residence of a daughter in Davis County, Iowa, in 1898. He was a member of the Fifth General Assembly and an active supporter of the bill making Des Moines the permanent capital of the state. His mother, Catherine (Gilliland) Poston, was a native of Ohio. She died at Chillicothe, Iowa, in 1868. Grandfather Poston and Grandfather Gilliland were soldiers in the War of 1812. The latter was in the regiment of Colonel Lewis Cass, and was made a prisoner at Detroit, Michigan, when that place was surrendered to the British by General Hull. The present Mr. Poston's great-grandfather on the paternal side was a captain of a company under the celebrated General Morgan (Morgan's Riflemen), of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Poston attended country schools irregularly until he was thirteen years old. His mother died at that time, and he had to leave home and begin to earn his own living as a farm hand. His health had never been good in the Des Moines Valley, so he took advantage of an opportunity to obtain employment in Lucas county herding cattle. The change was beneficial. About this time he got possession of part of a volume of "Chambers' Information for the People"' and a biography of Benjamin Franklin, and as books were scarce at that time, he read these over and over. This created in him a desire for a better education than could be obtained in the country schools, and to this end he began to bend every energy. On January 4, 1874, he entered a private school, conducted by Prof. ]. P. Simpson in the basement of the old Presbyterian church of Chariton. He remained there eight months ana successfully passed an examination and obtained a teacher's certificate. He began his first school in a log school house in the southwest corner of Lucas county, where he had formerly attended as a pupil. He thus alternately taught school and worked on a farm until the spring of 1877, when lie entered the private school of Mrs, M. A. Peck in Uttumwa, He remained there about eight months. He had for some time entertained the idea of studying law, and while there read law at night in the office of the late Colonel S. W. Summers. After another season of school teaching as principal of the Chillicothe schools, he entered the law department of the State University for the fall and winter terms of 1879. Poor health and financial circumstances combined to compel him to retire in March. 1880. After graduating with the class of 1882, he borrowed enough money of a friend to get home and in August of the same year opened up an office at Humeston with a borrowed code of 1873, for a library and one hundred dollars of borrowed money with which to pay board bills while waiting for clients. In 1891 he moved to Corydon, forming a partnership with E. L. Hart, which was terminated by Mr. Hart's death March 30, 1900. Mr. Poston has always been a democrat and in 1886 was a candidate of his party for the office of county attorney and received his party vote, but was defeated. In 1894 he was again nominated by the same party for that office and was elected without opposition, serving two years. He is a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias, is a Mason and a member of St. John's Commandery K. T. No. 21 of Centerville, A self-made man in every respect, Mr. Poston is today an example of what a man with an ambition to succeed may attain if he is willing to work and wait. He was married October 22, 1882, to Clara A. Williams of Warren County, Iowa. They have one child, Eugene E,, born October 6, 1883.
The following biography is from, "Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa, leaders in business, politics and the professions; together with an original and authentic history of the state, by ex-Lieutenant-Governor B. F. Gue" -
RUFUS C POSTON a prominent attorney of Corydon, was born on a farm near Chillicothe, Wapello County, Iowa, February 21, 1855, His father, Nimrod Poston, a farmer, came from Virginia in 1827, settling first in Athens County, Ohio, and later coming to Iowa, located in Wapello county in 1847. He died at the residence of a daughter in Davis County, Iowa, in 1898. He was a member of the Fifth General Assembly and an active supporter of the bill making Des Moines the permanent capital of the state. His mother, Catherine (Gilliland) Poston, was a native of Ohio. She died at Chillicothe, Iowa, in 1868. Grandfather Poston and Grandfather Gilliland were soldiers in the War of 1812. The latter was in the regiment of Colonel Lewis Cass, and was made a prisoner at Detroit, Michigan, when that place was surrendered to the British by General Hull. The present Mr. Poston's great-grandfather on the paternal side was a captain of a company under the celebrated General Morgan (Morgan's Riflemen), of the Revolutionary war, Mr. Poston attended country schools irregularly until he was thirteen years old. His mother died at that time, and he had to leave home and begin to earn his own living as a farm hand. His health had never been good in the Des Moines Valley, so he took advantage of an opportunity to obtain employment in Lucas county herding cattle. The change was beneficial. About this time he got possession of part of a volume of "Chambers' Information for the People"' and a biography of Benjamin Franklin, and as books were scarce at that time, he read these over and over. This created in him a desire for a better education than could be obtained in the country schools, and to this end he began to bend every energy. On January 4, 1874, he entered a private school, conducted by Prof. ]. P. Simpson in the basement of the old Presbyterian church of Chariton. He remained there eight months ana successfully passed an examination and obtained a teacher's certificate. He began his first school in a log school house in the southwest corner of Lucas county, where he had formerly attended as a pupil. He thus alternately taught school and worked on a farm until the spring of 1877, when lie entered the private school of Mrs, M. A. Peck in Uttumwa, He remained there about eight months. He had for some time entertained the idea of studying law, and while there read law at night in the office of the late Colonel S. W. Summers. After another season of school teaching as principal of the Chillicothe schools, he entered the law department of the State University for the fall and winter terms of 1879. Poor health and financial circumstances combined to compel him to retire in March. 1880. After graduating with the class of 1882, he borrowed enough money of a friend to get home and in August of the same year opened up an office at Humeston with a borrowed code of 1873, for a library and one hundred dollars of borrowed money with which to pay board bills while waiting for clients. In 1891 he moved to Corydon, forming a partnership with E. L. Hart, which was terminated by Mr. Hart's death March 30, 1900. Mr. Poston has always been a democrat and in 1886 was a candidate of his party for the office of county attorney and received his party vote, but was defeated. In 1894 he was again nominated by the same party for that office and was elected without opposition, serving two years. He is a member of the local lodge of Knights of Pythias, is a Mason and a member of St. John's Commandery K. T. No. 21 of Centerville, A self-made man in every respect, Mr. Poston is today an example of what a man with an ambition to succeed may attain if he is willing to work and wait. He was married October 22, 1882, to Clara A. Williams of Warren County, Iowa. They have one child, Eugene E,, born October 6, 1883.
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