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Author: L. A. Fritsche

GEORGE FOSTER.

     George Foster, a well-known and progressive farmer of Prairieville
township, this county, proprietor of a well-kept farm of one hundred and sixty
acres lying about two miles from the pleasant village of Evan, and who also is
largely interested in various other enterprises, among which is the Evan
Creamery Company, of which he is the president, and the Farmers' Land Company,
of Sleepy Eye, of which he is the secretary and manager; as well as being the
agent for two or three excellent makes of automobiles, is a native son of Brown
county and is regarded as one of the most active and energetic men in the
western part of the county. He was born on a pioneer farm in Prairieville
township, not far from his present home, November 13, 1871, son of Thomas and
Christina (Knudson) Foster, the former a native of England and the latter of
Denmark, long well-known and influential residents of this county.

     Thomas Foster was twelve years old when his parents emigrated from England
to Canada and he grew to manhood in the Dominion. When about twenty years old he
came over the border and for some time was engaged in the lumber woods in
Michigan. In 1863 he came to Minnesota and settled in Brown county. He presently
married a daughter of one of the pioneer families in this county, bought a
quarter of a section of land in Prairieville township and there established his
home, early becoming recognized as one of the most substantial settlers of that
community. He was here during the troublous times attending the Indian uprising
and did his part in the defensive operations of that period. In 1910 he retired
from the active labors of the farm and moved to Evan, where he is now living in
quiet comfort, enjoying the rewards of a well-spent life. To him and his wife
ten children were born, of whom eight are still living, Joseph, George, Mary,
Anna, John, Thomas, Emma and James.

     George Foster was reared on the home farm in Prairieville township and
received his education in the district school in the neighborhood of his home.
At the age of sixteen he went to Minneapolis, where he entered one of the great
engine works there and learned thoroughly the business of manufacturing both
steam and gas engines, presently becoming one of the foremen in the plant
employing sixteen hundred men. Later he served as a traveling expert salesman
and collector for this same firm and after ten years of such service returned to
Brown county and bought a quarter of a section of land in section 4,
Prairieville township. In the meantime he had married and upon his return to
this county, in 1903, established his home on that farm and there has lived ever
since. His place is well improved and he and his family are very pleasantly and
comfortably situated. Mr. Foster does not confine his operations wholly to
farming. He is secretary and manager of the Farmers' Land Company, of Sleepy
Eye, a concern which for the past ten years has averaged a sale of ten farms a
year throughout this section of the state. He also is president of the Evan
Creamery Company, a position he has occupied since 1910r and in addition to'
these activities acts as the local agent for the sale of Maxwell and Chalmers
automobiles. He also takes a proper interest in local civic affairs and for some
years has served as director of his school district.

     In 1898 George Foster was united in marriage to Mary Knudson, who also was
born in Brown county, daughter of Hans J. and Mary Knudson, pioneer settlers of
this county, who came there in 1863, and to this union five children have been
born, Hannah, James. Mabel, Jeanne and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Foster are members of
the Presbyterian church at Evan and take an earnest interest in the various
social and cultural activities of their home community. Mr. Foster is a member
of the Modern Woodmen of America and takes a warm interest in the affairs of
that organization. He is an "independent" voter.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

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