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James Foster

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James Foster Veteran

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
23 Oct 1897 (aged 71–72)
Eddyville, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Bridgeport, Monroe County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Death of James Foster.

DIED.—James Foster, at his home in Eddyville, Oct 23,1897, of typhoid pneumonia, aged 72 years.

Uncle Jimmy, as he was familiarly called, came to Eddyville in the early part of the fifties and was well known throughout this entire community. He enlisted in the Seventh Iowa cavalry and was a brave and courageous soldier, and an industrious and hard working man, until incapacitated by ill health, which was brought about by exposure during the war. He leaves a family of nine children. The remains were interred at the Bridgeport cemetery.


(From the Eddyville Tribune, Eddyville, Iowa, Thursday, June 14, 1945)



WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA DEATH 1893~1902 has him as dying August 22, 1897 pg 130 born IND

Aged 68; born abt, 1829 IND.
Co. B 7th Iowa Cavalry Civil War

Civil War Veteran
Co B 7th Iowa Cavalry

Foster, James.
Age 38
Residence Eddyville,IA
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted March 1, 1863.
Mustered March 11, 1863.
Mustered out May 17, 1865, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Death of James Foster.

DIED.—James Foster, at his home in Eddyville, Oct 23,1897, of typhoid pneumonia, aged 72 years.

Uncle Jimmy, as he was familiarly called, came to Eddyville in the early part of the fifties and was well known throughout this entire community. He enlisted in the Seventh Iowa cavalry and was a brave and courageous soldier, and an industrious and hard working man, until incapacitated by ill health, which was brought about by exposure during the war. He leaves a family of nine children. The remains were interred at the Bridgeport cemetery.


(From the Eddyville Tribune, Eddyville, Iowa, Thursday, June 14, 1945)



WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA DEATH 1893~1902 has him as dying August 22, 1897 pg 130 born IND

Aged 68; born abt, 1829 IND.
Co. B 7th Iowa Cavalry Civil War

Civil War Veteran
Co B 7th Iowa Cavalry

Foster, James.
Age 38
Residence Eddyville,IA
Nativity Ohio.
Enlisted March 1, 1863.
Mustered March 11, 1863.
Mustered out May 17, 1865, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.



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