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- Flavius M. Foster, Seedlings of William Foster (Poulsbo, Wash., 1977), p. 118:
Elizabeth, 5th child of John & Dorcas (Foster) Cox, was born and grew to adulthood in McLean Co., Illinois. Here too she met and married her cousin, William Leonard Foster, pg. 30. In 1872, they moved to Montgomery Co., Kansas, and took up land near their cousin, William H. Foster, pg. 63. William & Elizabeth's farm was a few miles south of Elk City, Ks., and many of their descendants still live in that area. William & Elizabeth Foster are buried in the Rutland Cemetery, south of Elk City, Kansas.
With the arrival of Elizabeth and William Foster, the children of Harrison & Anna M. Foster now had the eastern third of Kansas pretty well covered. On the north side, the children of Harrison Jr., and Dorcas, in the middle counties, it was Aaron and his family, and in the south, it was children of Dorcas and her sister, Pheebe. And mingled with the families of the other Foster children, was their sister, Polly's children, and children of the 2nd Foster family.
Homesteading in a raw, new land was never easy, but William H. chose rich, well watered land and prospered.
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1895 Kansas State Census, Rutland Township, Montgomery County, Kansas, p. 19:
Foster E, 54, F, W, Illinois;
Foster John, 33, M, W, Illinois;
Foster N, 22, M, W, Kansas;
Foster Francis, 17, M, W, Kansas.
1900 US Census (9 June), Rutland Township, Montgomery County, Kansas, p. 278:
dwelling 101, family 101;
Foster Elizabeth, head, white, female, Feb 1841, 59, widowed, mother of 9 (4 now living), born Illinois, father Kentucky, mother Missouri, farmer, can read & write, speaks English, rents farm;
- John W., son, white, male, March 1862, 38, single, Illinois, Kentucky, Illinois, farmer, can read & write, speaks English;
- Nathan E., son, white, male, Feb 1872, 28, widowed, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, farm laborer, unemployed 8 months of the past year, can read & write, speaks English;
- Lora M., gdaughter, white, female, Feb 1900, 3/12, single, Kansas, Kansas, Illinois;
family 102;
Francis M., head, white, male, Nov 1877, 22, married 2 yrs, Kansas, Kentucky, Illinois, day laborer, unemployed 9 months of the past year, can read & write, speaks English;
- Allie I., wife, white, female, Apr 1876, 24, married 2 yrs, mother of 2 (2 living), Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read & write, speaks English;
- Myrtle, daughter, white, female, Oct 1899, 8/12, single, Kansas, Kansas, Illinois.
1910 US Census (20 April), Independence, Ward 2, Montgomery County, Kansas:
309 Short Street, dwelling 181, family 186;
Foster John W., head, male, white, 48, single, born Illinois, father Virginia, mother Illinois, speaks English, engineer (ice factory), can read and write, house owned free of mortgage;
- Elizabeth, mother, female, white, 69, widowed, Illinois, Ohio, Ohio, English, can read and write;
- Lora M., neice, female, white, 10, single, Kansas, Virginia, Illinois, English, can read and write, attended school within the year.
1920 US Census (5 Jan.), Independence, Ward 2, Montgomery County, Kansas:
308 Short Street, dwelling 93, family 116;
Foster John W., head, home owned free of mortgage, male, white, 58, single, can read and write, born Illinois, father Missouri, mother Illinois, speaks English, laborer (planning mill), wage earner;
- Elizabeth, mother, female, white, 78, widowed, can read and write, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, English, no occupation;
- Lola, neice, female, white, 20, single, did not attend school within the year, can read and write, Kansas, Kansas, Illinois, English, collector, mag. co., wage earner.
[Ed Sircoulomb family lived at 300 Short Street.]
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1841 - 1923 (82 years)
