Oliver Perry Foster (1813 - 1897)

Born 23 Sep 1813 in Dixfield, Oxford Maine

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Died 3 Jul 1897 at age 83 in Fosterburg, Madison Co, Illinois

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Biography

Oliver Perry Foster was born 23 Sep 1813 in Dixfield, Oxford Maine. ^[1]

He moved to Illinois with his parents in 1819. He married Lucinda Hunt 19 Jul 1837. He and Lucinda had 7 children - 4 sons and 3 daughters. At his death, 3 Jul 1897, he also had 24 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, one brother and two sisters. ^[2]

The plat for the village of Fosterburg was filed for record, in the county clerk's office October 12, 1857, by Oliver P. Foster, a son of Oliver Foster, after whom the village and town were named. In the same year, Alonzo Foster, another son of Oliver Foster, moved to the eastern part of the county and in 1860 laid out the town of New Douglas.

Fosterburg is a little village situated in the southwest quarter of section 14, and was laid out by Oliver P. Foster, the proprietor. The plat was recorded in the office of the county clerk, Oct. 12, 1857. It was first called "Foster," but when application for a post office was made in 1858, it was found that there was another office of the same name, and the "burg" was attached...This neat village contains several very good residences and business buildings. The principal street has good plank sidewalks, and is kept up in nice style. The place is a great convenience to the citizens of the township. It contains three brick churches,--the German Baptist, in 1863, and the German Methodist, erected in 1864. The district school-house located in Fosterburg, is a brick structure, one story high, with a frame addition. It employs two teachers. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 3 Feb 2018),Oliver Perry Foster , memorial number 15907919
2. ↑ "Oliver P. Foster," The Obit, Alton Evening Telegraph, 8 July 1897, online archives.
3. ↑ "History of Madison County, Illinois with Biographical Sketches of many Prominent Men and Pioneers." (Edwardsville, Illinois: W.R. & Co. Brink, 1882.), p. 527-8, 530.
4. ↑ W. T. Norton, "Centennial History of Madison Co, Ill and Its People 1812 - 1912" 2 Volumes (Chicago, Illinois:The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), Vol. 1:512-3