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George Alexander Foster

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George Alexander Foster Veteran

Birth
Henry County, Kentucky, USA
Death
29 Nov 1884 (aged 55)
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0466226, Longitude: -86.9074336
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Company K
154th Indiana Infantry
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George Foster, who has been confined to his bed with consumption for the past four weeks, died at his home on Spring street last Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. He was 55 years of age, and having been in bad health and unable to work for some time, was in destitute circumstances and would have suffered but for the care of friends and McPherson Post, G.A.R. He served in the 154th Ind. Vols., and had applied for a pension. He had been divorced from his wife, but a few days previous to his death remarried her that he might leave the pension to her. The funeral was held at the residence on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S.B. Town officiating. Saturday Evening Journal, December 6, 1884
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George Foster married Cynthia Stepenson
September 4, 1873 and November 24, 1884

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Company K
154th Indiana Infantry
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George Foster, who has been confined to his bed with consumption for the past four weeks, died at his home on Spring street last Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. He was 55 years of age, and having been in bad health and unable to work for some time, was in destitute circumstances and would have suffered but for the care of friends and McPherson Post, G.A.R. He served in the 154th Ind. Vols., and had applied for a pension. He had been divorced from his wife, but a few days previous to his death remarried her that he might leave the pension to her. The funeral was held at the residence on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. S.B. Town officiating. Saturday Evening Journal, December 6, 1884
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George Foster married Cynthia Stepenson
September 4, 1873 and November 24, 1884

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