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Birth	:	30 Jul 1823 Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Death	:	13 Sep 1907 Skamania County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Anfield Cemetery and Crematorium, Anfield, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, England
Coordinate	:	53.4354680, -2.9578100
Description	:	Sgt. Co. G1st MO ENGLAND Provided by JAMES WINDSOR NOTE: Fenner Foster was the son of Isaac Foster (c1790-) and Anne Sheffield of New York. Parents divorced when Fenner was young. Fenner lost track of his mother after the divorce. Isaac Foster later moved from Chautauqua Co. New York to Ohio about 1845, leaving his son Fenner with a caretaker in New York. Fenner visited his father in Ohio about 1850 but found the father had remarried and had a new family and there seemed to be no room for Fenner, so Fenner moved on to Wisconsin leaving his father in Ohio. From... Read More	Sgt. Co. G1st MO ENGLAND Provided by JAMES WINDSOR NOTE: Fenner Foster was the son of Isaac Foster (c1790-) and Anne Sheffield of New York. Parents divorced when Fenner was young. Fenner lost track of his mother after the divorce. Isaac Foster later moved from Chautauqua Co. New York to Ohio about 1845, leaving his son Fenner with a caretaker in New York. Fenner visited his father in Ohio about 1850 but found the father had remarried and had a new family and there seemed to be no room for Fenner, so Fenner moved on to Wisconsin leaving his father in Ohio. From Wisconsin Fenner Foster moved to Iowa. About 1888 Fenner moved to Skamania Co. Washington. --------------- Provider by JAMES WINDSOR THE MORNING OREGONIAN, Washougal Washington, 20 September 1907, DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST, Fenner Foster, of Washougal, “19 September 1907—Special— Fenner Foster, who died at his home, seven miles east of here, September 13, was born in Chautauqua County, New York, July 30, 1823. His early life was spent mainly in the forests of Wisconsin and on a whaling schooner. He was married in Waukasha. Wis., June 22, 1850, to Julia Babbit. Five children were born to this union, four of whom survive him. He enlisted as a volunteer and served four years in the Civil War. being promoted to Orderly Sergeant, and receiving an honorable discharge. His wife died soon after, and on November 18, 1866, he was married to Mrs. Rebeca Brown. In 1870 he came to Oregon and settled near Portland, removing later to White Salmon and again to Cape Horn. Here for many years he was prominent In neighborhood and county affairs. He leaves a wife, two daughters, two sons and a host of friends.” --------------- Autobiograph written by Fenner Foster about 1905. The spelling has not been corrected. Fenner Foster was son of Isaac Foster and Anne Sheffield. Isaac Foster was son of Fenner Foster of Massachusetts and Onondago Co. New York, who serged in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts. (page 1) To please my children and Grandchildren, I propose to commit to writing as much of the cronology of our family and of its history as I am acquainted with. To begin with, the first known of our ancestry. Three brothers whose names respectively were: Fenner, Heckaliak and John. They came to America from England before the Revolutionary War, and setled in that part of New England now the state of Maine, then called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. Have not the date but father once told me all three brothers took part in the Revolutionary War. Fenner, the one I was named for, moved to South Hill, Onadaga Co. N. Y. He was the father of seven boys and one girl. The girl married Live Rawley. I visited her in company with my cousin in 1848. Had sailed on the ship Maringa (with) Capt. Cole on a whaling voyage for nearly three years without knowing we were any relation. I visited my grandmother when I was 7 or 8 years old. She was then above ninety years of age and was about the size of my wife. (page 2) She could see without glasses and could get about the house as well as most women of fifty. Father told me she lived to be more than one hundred years old when she died on the old homestead. I know but little of my uncles one of them lived at Bath in Steubin Co. N. Y. about fifty years ago. Saw one of his sons, my cousin about that time in Penyan or Penyare the county seat of Yates Co. N. Y. There were several cousins of Fathers who me and my wife visited in 1856 or 57. Dodge and Portage Co. Wisconsin. Some were women and some were men, all with large families. Remember one of the girls married a Mr. Giraiel Giraril they put on so much style. I told him he reminded me of a sloop because her rigging cost more than her hull. Another of Father’s cousins was a merchant residing at Fox Lake don’t know what co. in Wisconsin I think it is in Columbia did not visit him. There was many of his cousins in the vicinity seemed to be all quite well off mostly merchants or traders to lazy to work much. (page 3) Now for my own family. Fathers name was Isaac Foster. Think he was the youngest son of Fenner. I think he was born in the province of Massachusetts which now is in the state of Maine. His first wifes family name was Plri (Polly? ) don’t know her Baptismal name – to them was born 7 daughters the eldest was Hulda she married a Joel Skinner. The last I know of him he lived in Michigan. The next were twins Olive and Esther. They married Brothers Chisanet or Chishnet moved to Ohio or Michigan know but little about them. Father visited them in 1856 they were then engaged in making tanning mills there was another pair of twins one of them was named Mary we called Polly the other was Jerusia have forgotten who Mary married but Jerusia waited as long as Jacob did for his Rachel and married a man by the name Jasan who died and left her rich without children in less than two years. She married again but lost track of her. (page 4) One of the girls whose name I have been forgotten died quite young the youngest Cloe married a man by the name of Ezekail Griswold. The raised quite a family there were two grown sons and 2 smaller boys one girl. They started from Wisconsin in the spring of 1863 the last heard from them was when they were about to start moving to Omaha they wrote to my wife and what train they were going to go on was then in the Army and when I come out tried to learn of them but failed and when we came to this country in 1872 inquired of every at all acquainted with the route across the Plains but have been (un)able to(find) anything of them. Father’s first wife died about the year 1821 and he married my mother about one year after. Her maiden name was Annie Sheffield she was of Scotch parentage was a widow had one son. Theodore was about 4 years older than me and he took the name of Foster – don’t know what his father’s name was. (page 5) Now comes the sad part of our family history. I was born in the county of Chautauqua N. Y. and lived there until about six years of age when we moved to Onondaga Co. There father formed a partnership with a man by the name of Taylor. They run a sawmill together. He had a daughter about my age and we took turns reading the newspapers of an evening each striving to stand best. We attended the same school and each strove to excel and the last the teacher gave me the first premium. She obtained the second, she burst into tears which so affected me I awkwardly offered her both which made the matter so much worse, she had to be carried home which set me to bawling like a hungry calf. This occurrence enables me to sincerely believe children are naturally soft hearted and tender and affectionate and only grow hard and unsympathetic by the surrounding in which they are brought up. (page 6) As we then lived in the village of Skanecetdy – attended school when there was a school (which was not continuous) as the patrons had to pay pro rata as the lawyers say and how people could not always afford to send their children. We moved into the town of Ownsea and about the age of nine years my parents separated have never seen my mother since. There was two children Myself – a sister about six named Delia which Father found places for. Sister went to a distant relation named Glass saw her occasionally afterwards. Brother Theodore (13 years?) went to learn the carriage makers trade by John Lyle or Lyer at Skanecetetas and Father took me to learn the tanners and curriers carriers trade with a man by the name of Hiram Earl. He was to send me to school winters but as he had a large family of his own he set me driving oxen instead. I froze both feet and as I could not walk he put me in the shop and the foreman cut out a pair of boots which he showed me how and I closed up. (page 7) And then he lasted (laced) them and showed me how and I pegged on the soles which was the first and last pair of boots I ever tried to make. They lasted me until out grown. Did not like the place or the people and the next spring went to live with a farmer by the name of Capt. Wm. Thomas where I remained until the spring after I was fourteen years of age. In the meantime Father married again this time a widow lady with quite a family. He came to see me after and when and after he married this woman, asked to go home with him and remain. Made them a visit, but did not feel as much at home there as at Capt. Thomas and as Father did not insist on my coming home, remained where I was. Delia went home but did not remain long but went back to her former place, in fact the family was large enough without either of us. Father about this time went to Ohio and I did not see or hear from him for a number of years. (page 8) I learned afterwards that his 3rd wife died and left him two small boys but have never seen them. After living with Capt. Thomas until after fourteen I wished to visit Father in Ohio. Speaking of this to Capt. Thomas in the spring he promised me as he was going to Ohio to visit his married daughter, he would take me along with and could make Father a good visit and return when he did and if I would do this and come back and stay with him until 21 years of age, he had agreed with Father to give me as good chance for education as his Boys had and when 21 would give me choice horse, saddle, bridle and good cloths and one hundred dollars in money. He promised to do this for me and as said could not learn more in common school he would send me to the Academy three continuous years might commence them or work until eighteen and then take my three years at school. By not accepting his offer I made the greatest mistake of my life because I could learn at that time anything from books. (page 9) Experience is a dear teacher but fools will learn in other (ways) school is taught by someone wiser than me. In leiw (lieu) of accepting Capt. Thomas offer left him. I went visit about one hundred miles and hired by the month for eight dollars a month to a farmer by the name of Riley Sprayen (Sprague) he employed another 2 years older than myself to which he payed ten dollars per month. Mr Sprayer done little work himself until harvest when he hired on other man to cradle grain. We put in ten acres of Oats 4 of corn about 2 of potatoes We two boys cultivated the potatoes and corn. Summer fallowed 75 acres plowed it all twice and more than half of it 3 times harvested the oates, cut and put in the barn ten acres of hay – 40 acres of wheat sown the fall before then we put in the 75 acres summer fallowed. Gathered the spring sown crop of potatoes, corn an in addition gathered a large crop of apples and made cider and threshed out all the wheat and oats. This we boys did by changing work with the Brothers. The only help we had was one man for 10 days in Harvest and this work was done in time for me to start for Ohio before navigation closed. (History ends here, appears later pages may have been lost, or the history stopped.) Contributor: James Windsor - [email protected]

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Fenner Foster death on 13 Sep 1907 in Skamania County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 53.4354680
Longitude: -2.9578100

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