L. P. Foster and Lizzie Whitling

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Husband L. P. Foster ¹

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           Born: 10 May 1849 - Venango Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Foster (      -1851) 2
         Mother: Mahala Nicely Byers (      -1853) 2

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       Marriage: 5 Sep 1883 3

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   Other Spouse: Jessie Brown (      -1881) 3 - 3 Sep 1872 4

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Wife Lizzie Whitling ³

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1 M Charles W. Foster ³

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2 M James B. Foster ³

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General Notes: Husband - L. P. Foster

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At the death of his father, he was taken by his grandfather, Byers, who then lived in Venango County, PA, but who later lived in Fairview Township, Mercer County. He stayed with his grandparents until 1870, and was educated in the New Lebanon Academy, Sheakleyville schools and Jamestown Seminary. He then, in 1870, went to Sandy Lake and engaged in the livery business with J. W. Byers, continued for three years, and then sold the business to the Barnes Brothers. He then entered into the dry goods business with Devore & Stevenson, and continued nearly three years. He erected a fine bank building, and July 1, 1876, opened a private bank under the firm name of Brown & Foster. Mr. J. F. Brown, of this firm, died in November, 1876, and was in the bank but once. Mr. Foster continued to operate the bank for seven years, and finally concluded to close up the busi­ness; he notified his depositors, paid them their money and withdrew his stock. He then bought one-third interest in the dry goods store of Paden, Patton & Co., of Greenville, and lived there for two years, when he with­drew, went back to Sandy Lake, and engaged in stock breeding, being in full partnership with R. R. Wright in the same.
He was a member of the A. F. M., K. of H., A. O. U. W. and K. & L. of H. He and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Democrat. [HMC 1888, 1054]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1054.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 692.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1055.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1055.