Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Foster J. McADOO, Capt.
History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 674, 675
Polk County Biographies Section

    Capt. Foster J. McAdoo, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel
at Bolivar, Mo., is the son of Rev. Levi P. and Ellen (Harper)
McAdoo, both natives of Huntington, Tenn., the former of 
Scotch-Irish descent, and the latter of German.  The parents
were married in Tennessee, and remained until 1831, when they
moved to Greene County, Mo.  The father was a Cumberland 
Presbyterian minister, though he followed merchandising for 
several years.  About 1845 he moved to Laclede County, and, 
when the war broke out, he enlisted, and served as hospital 
steward in the six months' service.  In 1862 he enrolled Company I,
Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and was elected captain, but 
resigned in June, 1863.  He then returned home, and lived a quiet
life until about 1875, when he received his final summons.  
The mother is still living, and is about seventy-five years of age.  
She is also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  
He was a member of the Masonic order, was a Whig in politics, 
but afterward became a Republican.  Their family consisted of 
ten children, eight now living, three sons and five daughters.  
Capt. Foster J. McAdoo was the fifth child in order of birth, 
and first saw the light of day in Greene County, Mo., March 18, 
1841.  He assisted his father on the farm and attended the old 
subscription schools.  In 1861 he enlisted in the Home Guards, 
and was chosen first lieutenant.  In September of the same year 
he was captured near Tuscumbia by the Confederate forces, kept 
a short time, and was then paroled.  In the spring of 1862 he 
entered the quartermaster's department as clerk under Capt. 
Bentley Owens, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, 
Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, being mustered in as second 
lieutenant, and soon after rose to the rank of first lieutenant. 
In the spring of 1864 he was made captain of his company, and 
led the company at the battle of Prairie Grove, Van Buren, Ark., 
and at Wilson's Creek, Mo.   He was also at Brownville and Bayou 
Meto, Ark., and was never taken prisoner, nor was he reported on 
the sick list but three times.  He was discharged at St. Louis in 
August, 1865, and returned to Laclede County, where he held the 
offices of sheriff and collector for five years.  While sheriff 
he captured the notorious robber, Bud Taylor, but had to kill him 
in so doing.  January 16, 1862, he married Miss Mary E. McMenus, 
a native of Laclede County, Mo., and eight children were born to 
this union, six now living, three sons and three daughters.  In 
1878 Capt. McAdoo moved to Dallas County, and, in 1888, to Polk 
County, where he farmed and dealt in stock until May of the same 
year, when he began keeping hotel.  He is a strong supporter of 
schools and all enterprises pertaining to the good of the county, 
and both he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
Church.  He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the G.A.R.
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