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				H. A. FOSTER, 
				farmer, Parkersburg, was born in Scott township, Montgomery 
				county, Indiana, Jan. 19, 1838, and is the son of James and 
				Mary Britts, who came from Kentucky to this county in 1826.  
				The father died in 1861, and the mother resides at the old 
				homestead.  The subject of this sketch has been twice 
				married: first in 1860 to Miss D. Bridges, who was born 
				in this county in 1842.  Her death occurred in 1866, caused 
				by their house being torn down by a storm, at the same time 
				killing two children, Thomas J. and Mary A.  
				He married again, in 1869, Matilda E. Allen, also a 
				native of the  county.  She was born in 1843. He has 
				three children by first wife: Edgar W. and the two 
				already mentioned; and by present wife four: Ira D., Sarah 
				F., Bertie L. and Nellie M. 
				Source:  History of Montgomery 
				County, Indiana - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 354  |