. Compendium of history and biography of Linn County, Missouri. iveness, making it one of the choice countryhomes of his township, and one of high rank among all there are in thecounty. On February 6,1878, Mr. Selleck was united in wedlock with MissMary J. Rosier, a daughter of John Rosier, who came to this countyfrom Illinois in 1881, but moved to that state in his early manhood fromMaryland. He died in Linn county in 1884, aged eighty-four and Mrs. Selleck have had two children, one of whom has died andthe other, their son Harry, is living at home with his parents. Mr. Selleck has
. Compendium of history and biography of Linn County, Missouri. iveness, making it one of the choice countryhomes of his township, and one of high rank among all there are in thecounty. On February 6,1878, Mr. Selleck was united in wedlock with MissMary J. Rosier, a daughter of John Rosier, who came to this countyfrom Illinois in 1881, but moved to that state in his early manhood fromMaryland. He died in Linn county in 1884, aged eighty-four and Mrs. Selleck have had two children, one of whom has died andthe other, their son Harry, is living at home with his parents. Mr. Selleck has followed general farming from the dawn of hismanhood, and for a number of years has also engaged extensively infeeding live stock for the markets. In political relations he is a Demo-crat, and as such has served as a member of the township board. Fra-ternally he belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of theMaccabees and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is well andfavorably known in all parts of Linn and Chariton counties and highlyesteemed in JEROME C. POST HISTORY OF LINN COUXTY JEROME C. POST The memory of this pioneer merchant and energetic promoter ofimprovements in Brookfield is enshrined in the hearts of the people ofLinn county, among whom he lived and was in business twenty-sevenyears, and to whom he gave a fine example of sterling and upright man-liness and commanding business enterprise, as well as great publicspirit in developing the village of Brookfield, as it was when he becamea resident of it, to the dignity and consequence of a city of considerablecommercial influence, importance and celebrity throughout the state ofMissouri. Mr. Post was born in the village of Gwinsburg, near Cleveland,Ohio, on March 4, 1838, and was the son and only child of Simon andLydia (Markle) Post, who died within a few weeks of each other andleft him an orphan when he was but eighteen months old. He wasadopted by his uncle, Charles Post, with whom he lived until the la
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