San Joaquin County
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GEORGE A. FOSTER
GEORGE A. FOSTER, a farmer of
Elliott Township, was born in New Brunswick, near Towner Hill, December 30, 1848,
the son of Edwin and Abigail (Scott) Foster, both natives of New Brunswick; the
former was born in Providence, January 8, 1807, and died April 20, 1877, at
nine o’clock P.M. at his home in San Joaquin County; the mother was born
in Fredricktown. Edwin came to California in 1852 and remained in San Francisco
until his family joined him one year later, when they at once moved to San
Joaquin County, where they kept the Benedict Ferry, on the Mokelumne river,
until 1854, when they homesteaded a quarter section of land in Elliott
Township, which has been in the family ever since.
The subject of this sketch, George A.,
came with his mother to California in January, 1853. He lived with his parents
until he was thirty years of age, when his father died. He now lives on a part
of the old homestead, which contains 170 acres of land, three miles west from
Lockeford; he also owns eighty acres a fourth of a mile from where he resides.
He raises grain and stock principally, and some fruit for his own use. He has a
nice home and the land is well improved.
He was married to Matilda Martin, who was
born March 15, 1851, in Illinois, a daughter of Hiram and Lucretia Martin; the
former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Ohio, both now living in
Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have one child, Albert M., born September 15,
1887.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County,
California, Page 490. Lewis Pub. Co.
Chicago, Illinois 1890.
© 2009 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
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