F. A. Foster Index and Notes

An Iowa Family

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Index of information on the Foster Family of Cherokee County Iowa

Notes about the F. A. Foster Journal

F. A. Foster, (Frank) my great grandfather, moved with his father, Charles H. Foster to Cedar Township, Cherokee County Iowa in the 1870's. He married Mary Cody (Mollie) in 1876. This document was typed up from a 16 year old photocopy of his 122 year old journal. The original is with the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa. I do not know if he kept other years, or if he stopped keeping a journal. This is the only one that survives.

Because of the age of the document and the age and quality of the photocopy there are errors, especially in proper names and numbers. I have used census records and some land records to correct names where possible, but have left the spelling of names as he wrote them--sometimes he would spell a last name in various ways. I have place a few comments in the document in italics and placed question marks where I could not make out the words.

The original document was in a notebook with lined paper, a scanned sample is included in this site. Each page was numbered; even numbers in the upper left hand corner and odd numbered pages in the upper right. I have added a line between the page breaks to help indicate those pages in the mail document. As I learn more about the Foster family and their neighbors I will be adding additional comments and links in the document. I will also be posting Frank's financial statements for each year in the journal.

I hope by putting this up on the WEB that others can learn and share in the information from this document. There is a rough index of names in the document that other researchers can use to find family members. I would appreciate comments or suggestions about this project.

Terry Kneen
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Springfield, Oregon 97477

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