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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