. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. House ofRepresentatives several terms, and of the State Senate1899-1900. THOMAS POST, Lawyer, was born in Lenox,Massachusetts, August i6, 1834, son ofEldad and Nancy (Ford) Post. His paternal ances-try were originally from England, and through hismother he is of English and Dutch descent. Hiscollegiate preparations were pursued at the LenoxAcademy and having graduated from WilliamsCollege with the Class of 1858, h
. Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees. House ofRepresentatives several terms, and of the State Senate1899-1900. THOMAS POST, Lawyer, was born in Lenox,Massachusetts, August i6, 1834, son ofEldad and Nancy (Ford) Post. His paternal ances-try were originally from England, and through hismother he is of English and Dutch descent. Hiscollegiate preparations were pursued at the LenoxAcademy and having graduated from WilliamsCollege with the Class of 1858, he began his legalstudies in the office of George J. Tucker, Lenox,continued them with Messrs. Colt & Pingree, ofPittsfield, Massachusetts, and completed them atthe Harvard Law School. He was subsequentlyadmitted to the Berkshire County Bar, and since hisadmission has practised in his native town. was ajipointed Postmaster at by Presi- UNIFERSiriES AND THEIR SONS 127 dent Lincoln in 1864 and continued in office untilthe second year of President Clevelands first ad-ministration (1886) ; was a member of the Massa-chusetts House of Representatives for the years. THOMAS POST 1S63, 1866, 1882, 1887 and 1897; served in theState Senate during the sessions of 1899, and wasre-elected for the session of 1900. Politically he isa Republican. He is also a member of the MasonicOrder and of the Lenox and Yokun Clubs. OnMarch 22, 1882, he married Elizabeth A. Porter. ROBY, Eben Willard Harvard 1877 Columbia in Boston, Mass., 1856; graduated ; Columbia Law School, 1880: admitted to theBar the same year; continued his studies in a NewYork law office ; has practised in that city from 1885 tothe present time. EBEN ROBY, Counsellor-at-Law,was born in Boston, Ma sachusetts, July15, 1S56, son of Ebenezer and Ann Augusta (Niles)Roby. He is a member of the Roby family ofWayland, Massachusetts, which has been identifiedwith that to\vn for two hundr
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