BIOGRAPHIES:  Gilbert A. FOSTER, Fairchild, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Gilbert A. Foster, merchant, Fairchild, Eau Claire county, was born
in Brown county, near Green Bay, Wis., June 6, 1861.  He is the
eldest in a family of seven children of N. C. and Esther (Stearn)
Foster, natives of New York and Ohio.  He was reared to manhood in
Fort Howard, and received a business education which fitted him for
mercantile life.  He came to Fairchild with his father in the fall of
1877, and assisted him in his store.  In 1861 he assumed charge and
in 1885 was taken into partnership with his father, the style of the
firm being N. C. Foster & Son, general merchants.  They carry the
largest stock of general merchandise in the Chippewa Valley, and do a
business of $100,000 per year; their trade is chiefly retail.  Mr.
Foster is treasurer and director of the Sault Ste. Marie and
Southwestern railroad.

October 1, 1884, he married Miss Clara E., daughter of C. C. and
Margaret (Mayher) Bradley, natives of Ohio and New York.  C. C.
Bradley was born November 29, 1832, and his wife August 12, 1833.
They were married October 20, 1853, and have five children:  William;
Nellie, wife of F. H. Lawrence, of Oshkosh, Wis.; Frank; Clara and
Christopher.  Mrs. Foster was born November 5, 1861.  To Mr. and Mrs.
Foster have been born three children:  Lee, Herbert and Bruce.  They
are members of the I. O. G. T. Politically he is a republican.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the
Chippewa Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 616-617.


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