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CAPT. WILLIAM C. POSTAL. Among those men who have commenced at the bottom round of the ladder of fortune and by dint of natural ability and perseverance have worked their way up to the top, we find William C. Postal. To such men the country is indebted for the excellent example set the youth of the land, as well as the good results they have accomplished in the communities where they have resided. Our subject is one of the prominent business men of Chester, where he carries on a thriving business as a coal merchant, dealing in all kinds of hard and soft coal.

Mr. Postal’s birth occurred in Buffalo, N. Y., October 4, 1825, and he is a son of William and Lima (Carter) Postal. The father, who is also a native of the Empire State, was the son of William Postal, Sr. He was a prominent builder and lumber dealer in New York, and on his removal to St. Louis, Mo., in 1831, there made his home until 1838, at which time he moved to Jefferson City, that state. In 1842, however, he went with his family to St. Joseph, and four years later returned to St. Louis, making it his home until 1863. He was a strict Union man during the war, and in the above year went to Memphis, Tenn., where he died.

Mr. Postal was variously employed until 1884, when he became identified with the business interests of Chester, where he has since been engaged as one of its leading coal merchants. His marriage with Miss Celia B. Dyer was celebrated in 1850. Mrs. Postal was the daughter of William H. Dyer, and was a native of Missouri. There were born to them four children, of whom only one is now living, a daughter, Annie, who married Horace Baker, an employe of the Illinois Central Railroad.

Mr. Postal is a strong Democrat in politics, and by his honest and straightforward manner has won the confidence of the people. He has attained success slowly but surely, and fully merits the position accorded him throughout the community in which he resides.