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WILLIAM FOSTER, farmer, and stock-raiser, section 12, post-office Carthage, was born in Park county, Ind., Sept. 23, 1835. At the age of eighteen, he immigrated with his parents to southwest Missouri, and settled where he now lives in Jasper county. His parents were natives of South Carolina; settled in Park county, Ind., at an early day; both died and are buried in Jasper county. His father, Robert Foster, died in 1865 at the age of seventy-three; his mother died Oct. 10, 1882, aged seventy-six. Our subject occupies the old homestead. Not being subject to military duty he remained in the county during the Rebellion, and therefore had to endure all the hardships and privations incident to those trying times: their horses, mules, wagons, grain, bedding, etc., were taken from them. At the close of the war, though much reduced in circumstances, he made a new start. His parents being old and decrepit, and his brothers being driven off by the war, he was obliged to provide for them; he proved a dutiful son, working for their maintenance and comfort under many difficulties and often dangers. He was married Feb. 17, 1870, to Miss Susan Fisher, also a native of Indiana, daughter of Jesse Fisher, a resident of Jasper county. They have two children: Minnie Estella and Mintie Belle. His farm consists of 127 acres, seventy acres under cultivation, well situated, on Jenkins Creek, and admirably adapted to stock-raising. Mr. Foster is a quiet, unassuming man and an industrious citizen; is getting a good start in life, and is in fair circumstances.