Foster, William bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 436, Astoria Township
William Foster, farmer, sec. 18; P. O., Vermont; is a native of Noble Co., O., where he was born Aug. 25, 1843. He was 8 years of age when his parents settled in Fulton Co., where young Foster passed his youth among pioneer associates, many of whom are now substantial farmers. Aug. 8, 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 84th Ill. Inf., under command of Col. Waters. Proceeding to the front from Quincy he participated in the most noted battles of the great war, as Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, etc. The regiment remained under fire, during Sherman's march to the sea, for 105 days. Some months after the fight at Nashville, Mr. F. was honorably discharged, and returned to his old home and has since followed farming. Oct. 11, 1866, he was married to Miss Frances, daughter of Jacob Derry. The children born of this marriage are Clara B. and Minnie R.
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