In 1882, Foster married Martha H. Salvage. They had 2 children: Ralph Cleveland Harter and Clara Ethel Ellen Harter.
Martha Savage, ran off with Isaac Harter, deserting her husband and (2) children. Sometime before 1904, they were officially divorced.
Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1870; Census Place: Round Prairie, Jefferson, Iowa; Roll: M593_399; Page: 208A.
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Round Prairie, Jefferson, Iowa; Roll: T624_408; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0055; FHL microfilm: 1374421.
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1920; Census Place: Moline Ward 3, Rock Island, Illinois; Roll: T625_401; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 103.
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Cedar, Van Buren, Iowa; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340420.
Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Year: 1940; Census Place: Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01208; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 89-20.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75645964/foster-h-harter: accessed ), memorial page for Foster H Harter (19 Dec 1862–22 Mar 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75645964, citing Hickory Grove Cemetery, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by anonymous 2 (contributor 47329519).
Byron E. Harter, A Harter Journal: The Family of Jn. Geo. and Eva Harter (Self published, 1982), page 46. Source: Frank Cecil King files, summarized by Leon Harter in 1975.
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