Musical career Joseph W. Postlewaite
city directory entry joseph w. postlewaite, 1859
city directory entry joseph w. postlewaite, 1864.
in 1860, missouri supposedly expelled free black residents. however, postlewaite may have remained in st. louis because of missouri s lax enforcement of these laws. there no st. louis city directories 1861-63, not possible verify information. postlewaite appear in city directory listings published before civil war , before end of war, in 1864 directory.
postlewaite spent time on road band , later revealed had established separate household woman , child.
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