William Stripling Foster

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BIRTH:

PARENTS: Listed as heir in Henry Foster, Jr.'s Will.

MARRIAGE: Date and place from family recollection.

CHILDREN: List from 1850 census

ADOPTION: Wm. Stripling Foster and Mary Stagg Foster adopted Mary Elizabeth Chandler and Addie Chandler after their mother died in childbirth.

CENSUS: 1850 Census, Putnam Co., IN lists Henry Foster, age 58 Jane Foster, age 47 Wm, age 19 Eliz, age 18 James, age 13 Susan, age 11 Catherine, age 9 Evelene, age 7 James C. Ashby, age 25; and Mary Ashby, age 22 (daughter of Henry Foster - according to Henry's Will - and wife of James C. Ashby).

CENSUS: 1860 - KS, Jefferson Co., Oskaloosa Twp. (9 Aug 1860) 463 Foster, Wm., 27, m, farmer, Ind Mary, 26, f, KY Staggs, Squire, 34, m, farmer, KY

464 Staggs, Wm., 58, m, farmer, KY Margaret, 50, f, Ireland Franklin, 20, m, Ind Ada, 17, f, MO

1870 - KS, Douglas Co., Palmyra 384 Foster, William, 37, m, w, farmer, IN Mary, 36, f, w, keeping house, KY Eva, 4, f, w, KS

1880 KS, Douglas Co., Palmyra 14 Foster, Wm. S., w, m, 47, farmer, IN, KY, KY Mary B., w, f, 46, wife, KY, KY, KY Addie [Chandler], w, f, 18, dau, KS Mary E. [Chandler], w, f, 16, dau, KS Bertie, w, m, 8, son, KS

1885 KS State Census, Douglas Co., Palmyra Foster, W. S., 52, m, w, farmer, IN, IN Mary B., 51, f, w, KY, IN Sarah Adda, 23, f, w, KS Mary E., 21, f, w, teacher, KS

1890 - not avail

1895 KS State Census, Douglas Co., Willow Springs 66 Foster, W. S., 61, m, w, IN, IN, farmer M. B., 60, f, w, KY, MO S. A., 32, f, w, KS, KS B., 22, m, w, KS, KS

1900 - KS, Douglas Co., Willow Springs 131 Foster, William S., head, w, m, Mar, 1833, 67, IN, IN, IN Mary B. wife, w, f, Mar, 1834, 66, KY, KY, KY Addie S., adopted dau, w, f, Sep, 1861, 38, single, KS, MO, MO Wm and Mary have been married for 41 yrs, no children of their own.

132 Foster, Bert, head, w, m, May, 1872, 28, KS, UNK, UNK Eliza, wife, w, f, Sep, 1874, 25, KS, Ger, Holland Bert and Eliza have been married for 3 yrs, no children yet.

1905 KS State Census, Douglas Co., Willow Springs 181 Foster, Bert F., 32, m, w Ellen, 30, f, w Doris E., 9 mos., f, w 182 Foster, William S., 72, m, w Mary, 71, f, w Annie, 43, f, w

1910 -

DIED: "Foster, William S., male, white, d. 27 April 1914, Baldwin, age 81, cause - cancer of the face. Md. American, Dr. W.A. Uhl [?], undertaker Friffin + Stewart, Vol I, 139."

WILLIAM S. FOSTER

The Baldwin Ledger, 1 May 1914

Mr. William Foster was born March 27, 1833, in Putman [Putnam?] County, Indiana. He lived on the home farm until he was twenty-three years of age, when he came to Kansas. His journey from Jefferson City, Mo., to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, he made on foot. He located at Leavenworth where he engaged in the carpenter trade. On April 14, 1858, he married Miss Mary B. Stagg. Early in the year 1859, the young people settled on a claim near Oskaloosa, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Foster were both converted in 1860, and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

In 1861, in response to President Lincoln's call for volunteers, Mr. Foster joined the Company of Home Guards, of Oskaloosa, under Captain McClellen.

At the close of the Civil War he purchased a farm near Baldwin City, where he resided for several years. In 1867, he moved to Baldwin City for his permanent residence. He united with the Methodist Church. He was elected as a trustee and was appointed as a member of the building committee, under whose supervision the first church building was erected in 1868. Considering the limitations of those pioneer days, the scant population and the meager finances, the erection of "the old stone church" was a Herculean undertaking. The faith of Mr. Foster and other pioneers became the firm foundation upon which has been built the ever increasing power of Methodism in Baldwin City. Mr. Foster was also a devoted friend to Baker University in the early days and rendered valuable assistance in the erection of Science Hall.

Mr. and Mrs. Foster being childless, adopted four children — Gertrude Foster, who died in childhood, in 1868; Miss Addie Foster [Sarah Adeline Chandler], and Mr. Burt Foster, of Baldwin City. Mrs. Mary E. Foster [Mary Elizabeth Chandler], wife of the Rev. H. B. Foster, pastor Arlington Church, Kansas City, Mo.

After a protracted illness, Mr. Foster passed to his eternal rest, Sunday, April 26, 1914.

The Service was conducted by Dr. R. B. Kester. The Rev. S. Lampman paid a tribute as a friend of many years. Dr. S. S. Murphy preached an appropriate sermon. Interment in the West Baldwin Cemetery. – R.B.K.

BURIAL: Has a tombstone in Prairie City Cemetery, Baldwin City, Douglas Co., KS, but it's illegible as of March 2000. Find A Grave Memorial # 88859132 (photo)

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Cemetery Marker William Stripling Foster's gravestone Baldwin City, Douglas Co., KS Foster, Wm. Stripling gravestone 3 Y Y

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Cemetery Record William Stripling Foster, cemetery records Park Cemetery Records, Carthage, MO Foster, Wm. Stripling, cemetery records 3 Y

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Cemetery Marker William Stripling Foster's gravestone Baldwin City, Douglas Co., KS Foster, Wm. Stripling gravestone 3 Y Y

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Census 1850 Census, Monroe Township, Putnam Co., IN 1850 Census, Monroe Township, Putnam Co., IN 3 Y

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