WILLIAM FOREMAN - Biography

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This biography appears on page 661 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

WILLIAM FOREMAN, farmer; P. O. Rochester; born in Isle of Trent, County
of Kent, England, Sept. 22, 1839; son of John B. and Sarah Forman; the
father was killed at the battle of Itesaca, State of Georgia, May 25,
1865; he enlisted in the 22d Reffiment, Wis. V. I., in 1862, as a
private, at the age of 63 years was taken prisoner and thrown into Libby
Prison; was in many battles; William came to Racine with his father and
two brothers in 1848; they worked farms on shares for a number of years;
in 1873, William bought the farm he now lives on. He married Miss
Vilanta Flint, Jan. 1, 1860, daughter of Eben and Eliza Flint, of
Vermont; they have three children- William, Jr., born May 17, 1862;
Harrison, Sept. 10, 1863; Estelle, July 11, 1865. Family attend the
Methodist Church. Republican.