Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP. 591
TTedey T. fiste~, born in SIaine, March 31, 1844, is the son of
Alfred xncl Fanny (Wiggins) Foster, both natives of thttt state. In
1853 the falllily came to Bratiford. The father engaged in fitrming,
on 1:~iitls wllicll lie punacll:~setl, in connection witll hls trade of shoelnalcer,
ant1 so continued nntil liis tleath in ISTI. Of their five children,
there are lirlug : CIi:l~ales 8.. carpenter, of Bureau cot~nty ; Stephen, of
Osceol;~ ; Wesley T., of J3~a.dfortl; and hTatllnn, a, farmer of this township.
Wesley 'i'. mav be said to have been 13aisetl ant1 educated in
Sti~rB count,^. In l~the entered in the r'ihth Illinois Cavalry, regnlisted
in 1Sti4 ant1 served Hftr-one n~onths, until nlnsteiaetl out as sergeant
in Decei~ll~c~*, lS(i5. Ietarr~iu~ to I:~i~tlf~~tl he engaged at the
carpenter's trade, nut1 11;~s ileen so enstget1 t1o1vi-n to the present time.
In 1 Scifi lie n~:~rlaietl Miss Sitri~I1, di~~lgl~ ter of Si~lll~el ~LII~ Ann E. Sl~tw
--the fol*nle~ :I nati re of Englantl-the latte~ of itllode Isli~ntl-who
settled in I llinois ill 15-44, \\rilelac tlreir tlit8ughte~ \lT;i,s born. Ill politics
MI*. Foster is Rept~blicitn. . I-Ie has held the office o-t' village ttrustee for
eight yeillas, ant1 collector. For one ge;na. In ~elig.i(~ns aff ail s he supports
tlre l'rotestant El)iscol)al cli~wch, of url~ich Iiis \\TI fe is a, inell~ber, and in
societv mattelas is a ine~~lber of the Blue Lotlge anti Grant1 Ariny Republic
Post.
Otis G'tc~(79~e)a tlied Febru;~~>y 22, ISSO, aged 72 years.
CYh,lc~lrs $7 IA~712iJto~7. etlltor Br.ccdfbrtJ hrclel~e~icZe~z.t, mas born in
1
Arl~~strong cotunty, I'enn:, 31irib\7 16, IS$. 13s great grnnclfather left
I~elaintl at tlie ilge of sist8eeii re:ws. nut1 cnlllle tlo Sew Jersey before
CJ
tllc Ilevolat ionmay war. IZe rai'setl a'colillx~ly of scouts ant1 &rvecl as
captJain tlnring tlie entit~e \V;LI* of the re~~olotion. IIis granclfatlier was
I~or~r in New Jersev in the year 17S7, \rlle~le aljout the year 1809 he
~llar~aietl iL Miss ~iliis. IIis father. was bo1.n in Esses coni~t~-, PI'. J., in
the vear 1811. lIis gri~ntlft~ther moved fro111 New Jersey to Armstrorig
corun ty , PIL., 1 I his Fi~luily, and tl~enoc to Marsllall county,
Ills., in IS%, wlrere 11e tliecl in IS7fi. Mr. ij. I.'. Il;nniltou's father
ini~rrietl Miss Snrnli Callen, of Ar~nsti-ong conntv, Pa., in 1 S3A. Movecl
with llis Fi~ll~ily to 3[alas11:lll col~nty, Ill., in 1 S ~H, but retarnecl to his
Penns~lraniir i~ollle in tlre spring of 1S49. In 1837 Ire and liis famil
y inacle :I, pe~lnallent sottleinent i~t Sparli~ntl, N:~rsball county, Ill.,
:kc1 tllere his \\rife tlietl th;it year. (J. F. EIainilton \\.as eclucatetl in
Pennsv1r;~nia. On coming to Illinois lle engagetl in scl~tsol teaching,
;mtl in 1StB cnteretl the anuy, as relatetl in the militizlay ch;t,l)ter ant1 nl
the iristolay of 1)eWolf Post, KO. 371, C+laalld ATI~IV Rep~~blic. After
receiving 'llollorable t1isch;~rg-e he resuinetl scI1oo1 tehcl~ili~ :bt SparIi~ntl,
Ill., xnl)&cl1~en tly \ms in 1,usiness there. (Ittine to Wvoming in 1880,
ancl here w;l.s engagetl irl the hoot ;lJntl sl~oe t mtle for fifteen vews. In
1885 he establisl~etl iL boot and shoe stow a,t I:r;~tlfo~tl, ark1 in June,
1583, fountletl the i,,~!cy~e~t~k~~/f, of whicl~ Iic is o\vner ant1 editor. In
1858 he nianaietl Miss i\nl~a. dnugliter of 3Iarti11 ;~ntl blttrgaret IIarlilon,
of Sp,rlantl, ~Iai~sllall corm tv. 111. Mr. 1I;~lnlon c:ljr lie f 1 .01~ CTe~aii~an y
. to Lacon. 3lnrshall countv, Ill., in lS55, ant1 to Sparlat~d in ISST. To
this marriage ten ch iltlren nTelae 1,orn. of who111 nine are living ; three
are married. namely : C. II., iv11o marrietl Xiss Etlith, daug,hter of the
\sirlorn ClarGe, of Er;ttlford ; George E. marrietl Miss Della Aldrich,