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FOSTER George Jerome

FOSTER George Jerome

Male 1859 - 1951  (91 years)

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  • Name FOSTER George Jerome 
    Birth 25 May 1859  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • He "was born in in Hire township May 25, 1859, the son of Floyd and Maria Charter Foster."
    CENSUS 27 Jun 1860  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Occupation: farmer
      Value of real estate: $1500
      Value of personal estate: $570
    1860 US Census: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 282    		 1860 US Census: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 282
    CENSUS 29 Jun 1870  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Attending school
    1870 US Cenus: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 13    		 1870 US Cenus: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 13
    CENSUS 2 Jun 1880  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Occupation: farmer
    1880 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 160, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 3    		 1880 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 160, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 3
    CENSUS 22 Jun 1900  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Occupation: farmer, own account
      Can read and write
      Own farm, free of mortgage
    1900 US Census: E.D. No. 57, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 10B    		 1900 US Census: E.D. No. 57, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 10B
    CENSUS 18 Apr 1910  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Occupation: general farm, own account
      Can read and write
      Own farm, free of mortgage
    1910 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 50, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 2B    		 1910 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 50, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 2B
    EVENT 23 Mar 1914  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    George Foster tax collector 1914    		 George Foster tax collector 1914
    George Foster served as Hire Township tax collector for a least a few years in the 1910s. This is but one example from the Star-Gazette of his service during this time.
    EVENT 30 Mar 1916  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    George Foster for constable 1916    		 George Foster for constable 1916
    Ballot showing George Foster running for Hire Township constable. He was elected and served as constable for several years in the late 1910s and early 1920s
    CENSUS 8 Jan 1920  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Own home, free of mortgage
      Can read and write
      Occupation: farmer, general farm, employer
    1920 US Census: E.D. No. 52, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 3A    		 1920 US Census: E.D. No. 52, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 3A
    EVENT 16 Jan 1920  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mrs George Foster badly hurt 1920    		 Mrs George Foster badly hurt 1920
    "Mr. Foster were milking and just as Mrs. Foster was rising from her milking stool the long bored cow that Mr Foster had been milking made a dash for the one Mrs. Foster had just finished. 'The cow jumped and knocked her a distance of ten or twelve leet and be fell heavily, a frozen lump on the ground striking her hip and breaking it. Mr. Foster called his neighbor Wm. Moon and together they took her to the house and Dr. Provine was called, and on examination the hip bone was found to be broken. She rested pretty well till late that night and had a sinking spell that indicated heart trouble and the doctor was again called. In the morning the ambulance was sent for and she was taken to Macomb."
    EVENT 7 Aug 1922  Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Court fight over the estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster 1922    		 Court fight over the estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster 1922
    Apparently a big row over the estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster wherein grandson Bert Martin (so of daughter Louisa Foster Martin, from Rithwun's first wife Lydia Watson) and daughter Susan C. Shryack (from second wife Mariah Charter) sue the rest of Ruthwins's heirs "for partition and for other relief." There are several people listed in this notice as heirs who do not appear to have a direct martial/famial link to Ruthwin Foster; e.g. Edith and Revy M. Martin, Lydia E. Stuckey, Harold Simonson, Charles O. Logan and and Emma Houtchens. Note clear why some of the Fosters who should be heirs are not listed.
    CENSUS 1930  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Owns farm
      Can read and write
      Occupation: farmer, retired, own account
      Not a veteran
    1930 US Census: E. D. No. 55-14, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 4A    		 1930 US Census: E. D. No. 55-14, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 4A
    CENSUS 2 Apr 1940  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Own home, value $1500, on farm
      Highest grade of education: 8
      Where living 1 Apr 1935: same house
      Occupation: farmer, unable to work
    1940 US Census: E.D. No. 55-13, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 1A    		 1940 US Census: E.D. No. 55-13, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, sht 1A
    EVENT 15 Feb 1943  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Mr and Mrs George Foster fete 63rd wedding anniversary 1943    		 Mr and Mrs George Foster fete 63rd wedding anniversary 1943
    "Life-long Blandinsville friends still may be found offering their congratulations and best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher, farm residents of the southeast of here, who on Monday, February 15, 1943 quietly marked the advent of their 63rd happy year of marital happiness."
    EVENT 25 May 1946  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    George Foster's 87th birthday 1946    		 George Foster's 87th birthday 1946
    "Once or twice each day he walks into town to visit with his friends. Always with him is "Old Hickory" his cane, which he will glibly tell you he rides to town. He attributes his longevity partly to this exercise which he feels has allowed him thus far to live healthy to a ripe old age."
    EVENT 16 Mar 1951  St. Francis Hospital, Macomb, McDonough Co. IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    George Foster taken to St Francis 1951    		 George Foster taken to St Francis 1951
    "George Foster was taken to the St. Francis hospital in Macomb Saturday, where he underwent surgery for hernia. He stood the operation in good shape in spite of his advanced age of 92 years. He is now able to sit up."
    EVENT 29 Mar 1951  Colchester, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    George Foster recuperating 1951    		 George Foster recuperating 1951
    "George Foster, who underwent surgery at St. Francis hospital in Macomb last week, is staying with his brother, Ralph, at Colchester for a short time while recuperating."
    Death 9 Apr 1951  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "George J. Foster...died at his home southeast of town Monday night, at the age of 91 years 11 months and 15 days. He had undergone surgery for hernia about three weeks ago."
    • "Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at. the Baptist church in Blandinsville, the Rev. A. I. Osborne officiating. Interment was in the Foster cemetery south of town (Blandinsville South Cemetery) under the direction of the Roberts funeral home of Macomb."
    Obituary: George J. Foster 1951    		 Obituary: George J. Foster 1951
    Burial 11 Apr 1951  South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 18] 
    Headstone: George J Foster    		 Headstone: George J Foster
    Card of thanks - George Foster funeral 1951    		 Card of thanks - George Foster funeral 1951
    "Words cannot express our appreciation and thanks to all our friends and neighbors for the kindness and expressions of sympathy shown us during the sickness and death of our father. Mrs. Edith Wisherd; Alta and Nannie Foster."
    Person ID I716  Main
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2023 

    Father FOSTER Ruthwin Floyd,   b. 31 Jul 1835, Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1922, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother CHARTER Mariah Adeline,   b. 7 Dec 1836   d. 19 Aug 1879, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 11 Aug 1858  McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Certificate No. 1090
    Family ID F268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family CREASEY, Mariah Adeline,   b. 8 Jan 1854, Green Co., Ky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1944, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1880  McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • License No. 00000649
    • "He was married on Feb. 15, 1880 to Maria Creasy, who preceded him in death."
    Children 
     1. FOSTER, Chlora May,   b. 17 Feb 1883, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1926, Prentice, Morgan Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Birth]
     2. FOSTER, Cora Edith,   b. 28 Sep 1884, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 May 1965, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., WI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
     3. FOSTER, Nancy Mariah,   b. 16 Apr 1887, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1971, Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
     4. FOSTER, John Robert,   b. 24 Mar 1889, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1934, Assiniboin, Saskatchewan, CN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)  [Birth]
     5. FOSTER, Alta,   b. 23 Sept 1892, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1960, Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F359  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 May 1859 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 27 Jun 1860 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 29 Jun 1870 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Feb 1880 - McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 2 Jun 1880 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 22 Jun 1900 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 18 Apr 1910 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 23 Mar 1914 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 30 Mar 1916 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 8 Jan 1920 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 16 Jan 1920 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 7 Aug 1922 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 1930 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 2 Apr 1940 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 15 Feb 1943 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 25 May 1946 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 16 Mar 1951 - St. Francis Hospital, Macomb, McDonough Co. IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 29 Mar 1951 - Colchester, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Apr 1951 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Apr 1951 - South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    R. F. and Mariah Charter Foster w/ son George Jerome Foster    		R. F. and Mariah Charter Foster w/ son George Jerome Foster
    From the photos of Alice Foster Minton, courtesy of Jay Minton Jr.
    George Foster family ca 1894    		George Foster family ca 1894
    Left to right: John Robert, George Jerome, Clora May, Alta, Mariah Adaline Creasey, Nancy Mariah, and Cora Edith Foster
    Alta, Nannie, and George Foster    		Alta, Nannie, and George Foster
    Is this George Foster's home from the family photo ca 1894? Censuses show that Nannie and Alta lived with their father til his death in 1951, and there is no evidence that George ever moved from his original farm. The interior looks very old and outdated, the cast iron stove ancient for a picture that, judging by George's age in the photo, must have been taken only a few years prior his death in 1951. The cane George is holding is presumably "Old Hickory," the cane mentioned in his obituary that he used to walk in to town every day.
    George Foster family    		George Foster family
    (back) Cora and Chlora
    (middle) George, Alta, Mariah
    (front) John Robert, Nancy
    George Foster Family    		George Foster Family
    (from left) John Robert, Clora, George, Cora, Mariah, Alta and Nancy Foster
    George Foster    		George Foster
    George and Mariah Creasey Foster 1940s    		George and Mariah Creasey Foster 1940s

    Documents
    George Foster public sale 1925    		George Foster public sale 1925
    Auction advertisement posted for sale of dairy cows and etc at the George Foster farm
    Financial aid request for South Cemetery 1933    		Financial aid request for South Cemetery 1933
    Plea by George Foster who was apparently Trustee for the Blandinsville South Cemetery for financial aid to maintain the cemetery. Similar notices were posted at least annually in the 1930s in the Star-Gazette. "We have had the South Side Cemetery mowed and cleaned up and are a little short of money to pay for it. We ask everybody who has a lot to help us with a donation of fifty cents to be left with R. R. Pearson at the bank. If all will respond promptly we will have enough for the summer and will not bother you again till the fall cleaning."
    Report on clean-up of South Cemetery 1938    		Report on clean-up of South Cemetery 1938
    "Blandinsville's South Cemetery which last week at this time was a wilderness of weeds and brambles, is this week clean and trim. The transformation was brought about last Suturday when 40 men answered the call of Trustees Evan Williams, B. B. Martin and Blake Jones, Equipped with scythes, grubbing hoes, pitch forks and sickles, all 40 of them lit in on the mass of tangled overgrowth and laid it low. It was a big job. The cemetery was grown high not only with weeds but with tall grass that a scythe would scarcely cut. It required a lot of patient hacking, as well as a lot of hard labor. But it was all cut down, and trucks were kept busy all the afternoon in hauling away the the trash and hay. The amount of it was almost unbelievable."
    Throats slit at Foster farm 1940    		Throats slit at Foster farm 1940
    "George Foster went out to his hen house Monday morning and found 15 of his finest young chickens lying dead on the floor with their throats slit open. It was the work of minks."
    Scared all three of them 1930    		Scared all three of them 1930
    A very dramatic recounting of George Foster and L. F. Shanholzer attempting to light at stove at L. E. vanArsdale's farm to do some butchering. "The stove rattled..." and screams issued from within. Shanholzer "...with heavy poker in hand boldly threw open the door. An Immense cat that had crawled in there to keep warm flew out the door with wild eyes and singed hair..."
    George Foster burned 1924    		George Foster burned 1924
    While helping L. E vanArsdale with some butchering, "George Foster carried a jar of lard past the fire (perhaps from the same stove in the 1930 incident posted below.) A great wind blew the flames against his pants and in a minute his knees were aflame. He couldn't drop tbe
    jar and if be let it down carefully the flames would set it on fire. Lute (Luther) said he got the lard down and went at those knees with both hands like a wild Indian of the Pawnee tribe."
    George Foster reminisces about the world when he was a boy 1916    		George Foster reminisces about the world when he was a boy 1916
    George Fisher and friends auto accident 1914    		George Fisher and friends auto accident 1914
    "They were coming along the home road about five miles east of Raritan about three o'clock in the morning and were laughing and talking to together when somehow Mr. Moon who was driving twisted the front wheel of his car too far or too abruptly and the thing reared up on its front leg and turned a double summersault and scattered the delegation all around the southern part of Point Pleasant township. Mr. Moon who had his ribs stove in was be only one seriously hurt. George Foster lay unconscious for quite a while Otto Gibbs and John Gillam escaped with contusions, bruises, strains, abrasions, concussions and a loss of breath add epidermis. The machine was wrecked."

  • Sources 
    1. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 12 Apr 1951, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S601] 1860 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 27 Jun 1860, p 282 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S600] 1870 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 29 Jun 1870, p 13 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S587] 1880 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 2 Jun 1880, E. D. No. 160, p 3 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S580] 1900 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 22 Jun 1900, E. D. No. 57, p 10B (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S91] Census: 1910 U.S. - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL , (Ancestry,com), 18 Apr 1910, Series: T624 Roll: 305 Page: 123B (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 26 Mar 1914, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 30 Mar 1916, p 8 (Reliability: 2).

    9. [S532] 1920 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 8 Jan 1920, E. D. No. 52, sht 3A (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 22 Jan 1920, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S613] News articles: Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL , (Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL ), 15 Aug 1922, p 2 (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S533] 1930 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 1930, sht 4A (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S560] 1940 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 2 Apr 1940, E. D. No 55-13, sht 1A (Reliability: 2).

    14. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 18 Feb 1943, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    15. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 30 May 1946, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    16. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 22 Mar 1951, p 5 (Reliability: 2).

    17. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 29 Mar 1951, p 5 (Reliability: 2).

    18. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 19 Apr 1951, p 6 (Reliability: 2).


 

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