A. Patrilineal Poston Surname Line
John Poston (1), immigrant-line ancestor in Chester County, Pennsylvania John Poston (2), son of John and Martha Poston; husband of Margaret Baldridge John Poston (3), early South Carolina generation John "Jack" Poston (4) Alfred Poston (5) John Henry Poston (6), born February 13, 1855; married Louella Poston October 3, 1882 Lawrence Chalmers Poston (7), born 1886 Harold Chalmers Poston, Sr. (8), born 1919; married Ruth West Harold Chalmers Poston, Jr. (9)
B. Founder-Linked Line Connecting the Modern Family to Andrew Poston
John Poston (1) John Poston (2) Anthony Poston (3), remembered in family tradition as Antney Hugh Poston (4), born 1791; father of Andrew Poston Hugh Poston (5), born March 17, 1835; younger brother of Andrew Poston Louella Poston, born June 14, 1860; daughter of Hugh Poston of 1835 Lawrence Chalmers Poston, son of John Henry Poston and Louella Poston Harold Chalmers Poston, Sr. Harold Chalmers Poston, Jr. Andrew Poston, born September 3, 1829 and dead October 19, 1916, was the brother of Hugh Poston of 1835, Louella Poston's father. Through Louella, the modern family stands within the same close bloodline that produced the namesake figure for Poston, South Carolina.