![]() ![]() Leila was given 4 million dollars, the ten-story Tavern Hotel, the Post building, the house in Santa Barbara, half ownership of the ranch, and other legal holdings in Texas. When her father died, the battle between Marjorie and Leila as to who will inherit the fortune of CW Post started.Īfter months of legal wrangling, the then-husband of Marjorie, Edward Close, located an original document written by CW Post stating that he was leaving the company for his beloved daughter, Marjorie.Īrmed with the powerful document, Marjorie’s lawyers settled out of court with Leila on December 15th. Leila Young Post was CW Post’s secretary when they got married. Legal Wrangling Between Marjorie and Her Stepmother Whatever and however she may have felt on the death of her father, one thing became apparent: she became a very wealthy young lady. Because on May 9th, 1914, Post committed suicide. In the second one, he submitted himself to a sanitarium.Ī few months after Post left the sanitarium, he published a book, “I am Well,” wherein he promoted “mind-cure.” The book propagated the idea that the human mind could heal disease, a widespread belief among some American intellectuals and businessmen. But, Marjorie continued to have a loving and nurturing relationship with her father.ĬW Post was often ailing, mentally and physically. When her mother died at 62, Marjorie stated that her mother died of a broken heart. She has never been on friendly terms with Leila, her stepmother. This was a blow to Marjorie, as she adored her mother. ![]() Post married Leila Young, his secretary, on November 7th of that year. Post and Ella Letitia Merriweather divorced in 1904 after living apart for several years, and C.W. Marjorie went to Mount Vernon Seminary (now George Washington University’s Mount Vernon Campus) because her father wanted her to be socially prepared.Ĭ.W. Post even told her how the Postum Company might grow by acquiring other successful food firms. Marjorie Merriweather Post had visited factories across America before she was twenty, learning how the machinery worked, learning the names of every Postum employee, and learning her father’s business philosophies.Ĭ.W. Post developed homes, resorts, and mountain camps. Marjorie learned to design, interior decoration, and entertain while C.W. Post made sure that his daughter was well-versed in history and culture. She accompanied her father on several of his journeys and adventures. Marjorie’s journey began as a young child, gluing cereal boxes in her father’s barn. Still, the family coffers filled when her father invented a coffee substitute (complete with a wild health claims ad campaign) and the first pre-packaged cereal (using the same marketing tactic). Marjorie grew up in a relatively middle-class family. A daughter of Charles William Post, the cereal magnate, and Ella Letitia Merriweather Post, a descendant of Stephen Post, the founder of Hartford. Marjorie Merriweather Post came from a family of business-minded people. Post was also known for her statuesque beauty, perfect complexion, and boundless energy, which the years scarcely diminished. Postum originated in a barn and became the widely held General Foods Corporation in 1929. She became the sole proprietor of Postum Ltd. Post married Ella Letitia Merriweather on November 4th, 1874, and Marjorie was their only child. He underwent surgery to remove his appendix in 1914, and while recovering, Post committed suicide on May 9th, 1914, in Santa Barbara, California, because of failing health and miserable home life.Ĭ.W. ![]() His broad and astute advertising campaigns propelled him to swift success in the food market, and he then switched his attention to opposing labor unions, a cause he fought until the end of his life. The latter worked several jobs while traveling around the country, including working as a forty-niner during the California gold rush. He inherited his restless, peripatetic character from his father, Charles Rollin Post. Caroline's poetry was published in various periodicals. Post's mother, may have nourished the ability for words that would make his commercials renowned. ![]()
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