Obituary: New York Times. 6 Mar 1944.MRS. JAMES H. POST
Daughter of Pastor Dies 6 Years to Day After Husband
Mrs. Louisa Wells Post died yesterday at her home, 88 Remsen Street,
Brooklyn, six years to the day after the death of her husband, James H.
Post, sugar refiner and philanthropist, who was president if the National
Sugar Refining company of New Jersey and first president of the Federation
of Protestant Welfare Agencies. They were married in 1887, two years
before Mr. Post became a partner in the firm of B. H. Howell Son & Co.,
molasses and sugar dealers, which he had entered as an office boy.
Mrs. Post was a daughter of the Rev. John D. Wells, for fifty years
pastor of the South Third Street Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. She had
long been interested in Presbyterian missions and had served as
corresponding secretary of the Brooklyn Y.M.C.A.
She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Philip A. Hubert of Summit, N.J.; Mrs.
Thomas I. Morrow and Miss Jessie W. Post of Brooklyn. Mr. Post died in the
Remsen Street house at the age of 78.
