Lizzie Disbrow was born in South Carolina, the 2nd of 3 known surviving children (all girls) born to Capt. William Wallace Disbrow of Matawan, Monmouth Co, NJ and his (1st) wife Margaret Watts of Charleston, SC. Her father was a sea captain and ran cargo from the ports of the Raritan Bay to the southern ports, including Charleston.
Her mother died when she was a small child, and she was raised in Matawan by her father and stepmother, Carrie Ashton Butler of Spartanburg, SC, who her father met and married on one of his southern excursions.
On 23 Dec 1876, she married (1st) to Benjamin Lippincott Williams of New York City and the couple would have two known children, both of whom died young. Her husband sufferred from a pulmonary disease, likely tuberculosis, and died in Gainesville, FL in 1881, where he had gone to try to improve his health in a warmer climate.
After her husband's death, Lizzie returned to Matawan where she opened a primary school on Park Avenue. In 1886, the 28-year widow married (2nd) to Rev. Frederick Henderson Post (1860-1942), one-time rector of the Episcopal Churches in neighboring Keyport and Perth Amboy, and relocated with him when he was assigned to the Episcopal Diocese in Los Angeles. The marriage produced no known children.
The couple built a home in what today is known as Topango State Park in a canyon that bears his name. According to park information, there are still remnants in the park from the home's stone masonry retaining walls, cement piers, and other artifacts.
Her 2nd husband survived her 32 years, passing Oct 15, 1942 at age 82, at the Protestant Episcopal Home for the Aged in San Gabriel, and was the oldest clergyman in the diocese.
Her mother died when she was a small child, and she was raised in Matawan by her father and stepmother, Carrie Ashton Butler of Spartanburg, SC, who her father met and married on one of his southern excursions.
On 23 Dec 1876, she married (1st) to Benjamin Lippincott Williams of New York City and the couple would have two known children, both of whom died young. Her husband sufferred from a pulmonary disease, likely tuberculosis, and died in Gainesville, FL in 1881, where he had gone to try to improve his health in a warmer climate.
After her husband's death, Lizzie returned to Matawan where she opened a primary school on Park Avenue. In 1886, the 28-year widow married (2nd) to Rev. Frederick Henderson Post (1860-1942), one-time rector of the Episcopal Churches in neighboring Keyport and Perth Amboy, and relocated with him when he was assigned to the Episcopal Diocese in Los Angeles. The marriage produced no known children.
The couple built a home in what today is known as Topango State Park in a canyon that bears his name. According to park information, there are still remnants in the park from the home's stone masonry retaining walls, cement piers, and other artifacts.
Her 2nd husband survived her 32 years, passing Oct 15, 1942 at age 82, at the Protestant Episcopal Home for the Aged in San Gabriel, and was the oldest clergyman in the diocese.
Lizzie Disbrow was born in South Carolina, the 2nd of 3 known surviving children (all girls) born to Capt. William Wallace Disbrow of Matawan, Monmouth Co, NJ and his (1st) wife Margaret Watts of Charleston, SC. Her father was a sea captain and ran cargo from the ports of the Raritan Bay to the southern ports, including Charleston.
Her mother died when she was a small child, and she was raised in Matawan by her father and stepmother, Carrie Ashton Butler of Spartanburg, SC, who her father met and married on one of his southern excursions.
On 23 Dec 1876, she married (1st) to Benjamin Lippincott Williams of New York City and the couple would have two known children, both of whom died young. Her husband sufferred from a pulmonary disease, likely tuberculosis, and died in Gainesville, FL in 1881, where he had gone to try to improve his health in a warmer climate.
After her husband's death, Lizzie returned to Matawan where she opened a primary school on Park Avenue. In 1886, the 28-year widow married (2nd) to Rev. Frederick Henderson Post (1860-1942), one-time rector of the Episcopal Churches in neighboring Keyport and Perth Amboy, and relocated with him when he was assigned to the Episcopal Diocese in Los Angeles. The marriage produced no known children.
The couple built a home in what today is known as Topango State Park in a canyon that bears his name. According to park information, there are still remnants in the park from the home's stone masonry retaining walls, cement piers, and other artifacts.
Her 2nd husband survived her 32 years, passing Oct 15, 1942 at age 82, at the Protestant Episcopal Home for the Aged in San Gabriel, and was the oldest clergyman in the diocese.
Her mother died when she was a small child, and she was raised in Matawan by her father and stepmother, Carrie Ashton Butler of Spartanburg, SC, who her father met and married on one of his southern excursions.
On 23 Dec 1876, she married (1st) to Benjamin Lippincott Williams of New York City and the couple would have two known children, both of whom died young. Her husband sufferred from a pulmonary disease, likely tuberculosis, and died in Gainesville, FL in 1881, where he had gone to try to improve his health in a warmer climate.
After her husband's death, Lizzie returned to Matawan where she opened a primary school on Park Avenue. In 1886, the 28-year widow married (2nd) to Rev. Frederick Henderson Post (1860-1942), one-time rector of the Episcopal Churches in neighboring Keyport and Perth Amboy, and relocated with him when he was assigned to the Episcopal Diocese in Los Angeles. The marriage produced no known children.
The couple built a home in what today is known as Topango State Park in a canyon that bears his name. According to park information, there are still remnants in the park from the home's stone masonry retaining walls, cement piers, and other artifacts.
Her 2nd husband survived her 32 years, passing Oct 15, 1942 at age 82, at the Protestant Episcopal Home for the Aged in San Gabriel, and was the oldest clergyman in the diocese.
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