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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 |