Foster, Frank H.
(1834-1901)




Birth: July 20, 1834, Preble County, OH
Death: June 3, 1901
Parents: John G. and Sarah (Singer) Foster
Spouse: Mary E. Willis, married November 12, 1857
Second Spouse: Racheal Shumaker
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Other Occupations: newspaper editor, drugstore, sewing machine agent, f
Individual Number: 230


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1868 F. H. Foster Combined career photographer; Studio owner Pierceton, Kosciusko County, IN Front Street























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Parents: John G. and Sarah (Singer) Foster
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OriginalNotes: Find A Grave 35762417
Pvt. Francis H. Foster, birth unknown, died June 3, 1901, buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Pierceton, Indiana

Foster Family Tree maintained by lfoster196 [retrieved November 16, 2020 https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/47230414/person/6874585518/facts]
Francis Henry Foster, b. July 20, 1834 in Preble County, Ohio to John G. Foster and Sarah Singer; married Mary E. Willis on November 12, 1857 in North Manchester, Indiana; served in Co. B, Indiana 47th Infantry Regiment in Civil War; wife Mary died in 1865 in North Manchester; married Rachel Shumaker on September 27, 1868 in Pierceton, Kosciusko County, Indiana

CHILDREN: 3 sons and 4 daughters born to the Fosters, 2 sons and 3 daughters, plus 4 grandchildren alive in 1899 at time of mother's death; son Francis William Foster b. in Pierceton June 27, 1874, d. July 19, 1899 (from obit in The Pierceton Record July 27, 1899)

The Pierceton Record, June [8?] 1899 obituary of Mrs. Racheal Foster giving information about marriage, no. of children, etc.  She was member of Presbyterian Church.

Pierceton Independent (Pierceton, Indiana), Vol 1, No. 1, Jan. 8, 1879:
Foster & Bro. Publishers
[Mentions nothing about photographer, but has many ads for Foster & Bro. Drug Store, agents for the Williams Singer Sewing Machine, drugs, medicines, soaps, moldings & frames, books, stationery, wall & window paper, jewelry, notions, etc, Morocco bound albums, manufacturers of frames of all kinds]
Jan. 15, 1879: mentions that Frank Foster is an old newspaper man.
Feb. 12, 1879, p. 5: F. H. Foster is foreman of Alert Fire Co. # 1; mention of Foster Hall
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Address1: Front Street
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City: Pierceton
State: IN
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County: Kosciusko
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KnownDates: 1868
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1868 H. C. Chandler & Co's business directory and shipper's guide for the state of Indiana, Pierceton, Photographer: Foster, F. H., Front Street (an H. H. Foster is listed on Front Street under Drugs and Medicines)

[Front Street later was First Street]
OriginalWorkerType: Combined career photographer;Studio owner
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