Alonzo P Foster (1816 - 1901)

Born 5 Jan 1816 in Dixiefield, Oxford, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline Crowder — married 30 Jul 1848 in Madison County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1901 at age 85 in New Douglas, Madison, Illinois

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Biography

Alonzo Foster, son of Oliver and Hanna Foster, was born in Maine and was three years of age when his father settled in Madison county. 1857, he moved to the eastern part of the county and in 1860 laid out the town of New Douglas. "When he located on section 16, in 1857, all the region around him was open prairie. He laid out the town of New Douglas, September 5, 1860, on the west part of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 16. The original town contained twenty acres. Foster and Owen laid out an addition afterward on the west side of the road, and other additions have since been laid out." ^{[1] [2]}

1860 Census, Madison Co, Illinois, lists household members as: Hannah 18, George 17, Mary E Marian 17, Thomas C Marian 15 Eddy N Foster 14, John W Foster 10, Tailor Foster 8, James M Foster 6, Orrowa Foster 3, FB Andrew (school teacher) 26. His occupation was farmer. ^[3]

Alonzo Foster's Obituary noted, "Alonzo Foster, aged 87, one of the oldest settlers in eastern Madison Co and who laid out and owned the town of New Douglas was buried Thursday. He was the father of Taylor Foster of East Alton.". ^[4]

Gravestone indicates he was a mason.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Madison County, Illinois, with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Edwardsville, Illinois: W.R. & Co. Brink, 1882), p 527-530.
2. ↑ [W.T. Norton], Centennial History of Madison Co, Ill and Its People 1812 - 1912, 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing company, 1912) 513.
3. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, Madison Illinois, population schedule, digital images, citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653.
4. ↑ "Alonzo Foster Obituary", Alton Telegraph, Alton Illinois; July 25, 1901, online archives.

• Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : 3 May 2016), entry for Alonzo Foster to Caroline Marion, 30 July 1848; citing FHL microfilm 1,306,457.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com :accesssed 11 Feb 2018), Alonzo Foster, memorial #150065869, citing New Douglas Cemetery, New Douglas, Madison County, Illinois, USA
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZ8B-46R (accessed Oct 31, 2018)
• United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85Z-9R6 : 12 April 2016), Alonzo Foster, Madison county, part of, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing family 76, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).