Bio of Foster, Hon. Alonzo P. (b.1816) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Foster, Hon. Alonzo P., son of a Vermont farmer of Scotch descent, was
born in Orange, Orange county, Vermont, May 5, 1816. Lemuel Foster, his
father, died when the subject of the present sketch was but four years
old, and the cares incident to the rearing of a family of ten children
were devolved upon the mother, Cloe (Powers) Foster, a member of the
Leland family of this country, which has extant a genealogical record. The
mother was very much attached to the old Orange county farm and continued
to reside thereon until her death, keeping her large family together as
best she could. The education of young Foster would have been sadly
neglected had he not been studiously inclined, and taken, undirected, upon
himself the task of mastering not only the common branches of study, but
also those usually taught in high schools. He remained at home in charge
of the old farm for several years, and until after the death of both
mother and wife. He was married to Miss Harriet Thompson, of Orange
county, in 1844, by whom he had one child, the present Mrs. T. G. Bolton,
of Plainview. The death of his wife occurred in 1851, and his mother
departed this life in 1854. He next became manager for one year of the
Troy Conference Academy, of West Poultney, Vermont, over which his cousin,
Rev. Jason F. Watkins, presided. The following spring he came to
Minnesota, arriving on Greenwood prairie a few days after the Eddy party
came. He located on the S. E. 1/4 Sec. 11 in Plainview. Despite vigorous
efforts put forth to drive him from this claim, which was a portion of the
Half-breed Tract, he continued to hold it until enabled to perfect his
title. He disposed of this farm in 1864. In 1866 he gathered together a
considerable fund and removed to Winona, investing in real estate, which
afterward he platted as an addition to the city of Winona under the name
of Foster's addition. He re-established his home in Plainview in 1878, and
now owns a large farm on section 36, in Oakwood, besides the small place
in Foster's addition to Plainview village. He makes a specialty of Jersey
cattle and Norman-Percheron horses. Mr. Foster was a member of the state
legislature in 1857.
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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