Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Foster, George M. 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com September 27, 2007, 6:18 pm Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881) George M. Foster, farmer, Rob Roy, eldest of two sons, by John L. and Catherine (Nave) Foster, was born April 24, 1853. His grandfather, James Foster, emigrated to this township from Franklin county, Ohio, in 1827. Mr. Foster was married November 3, 1875, to Eliza Jane Burbridge, daughter of Morgan Burbridge, a pioneer settler of western Indiana. She was born October 21, 1854, in Tippecanoe county. They are the parents of three children: Wilmer, born August 18, 1876; William Robert, February 21, 1878, and John Lee, February 8, 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a republican. Additional Comments: Shawnee Township HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY, GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES. BY H. W. BECKWITH, OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS. 1881. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/bios/foster1077gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb