PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF OKLAHOMA 1901
GEORGE D. FOSTER, an enterprising farmer of Banner township, Kingfisher county, resides upon a well-improved homestead in section 25. He is well entitled to the prosperity which he now enjoys, for with fortitude and determination he endured the years of pioneer struggling, and by his own energy amassed a competence.
Born in Butler county, Iowa, in 1866, George D. Foster is a son of Wallace and Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, natives of Orange county, Vt. The latter, who is a lady of remarkable force of character and excellent education, comes from fine old New England stock, some of her ancestors dating back there to the time of the Mayflower. Her parents, David W. and Clarissa (Tarbell) Cowdery, natives of the same county as herself, spent their entire lives in that locality. He was a very successful business man, dealing chiefly in cattle and horses, and during the Civil war purchased horses for the government. He also was president of a bank and was prominent in political circles, his opinion having great weight with his own (the Democratic) party. His long and useful life came to a close in 1891, when he was in his eighty-first year. His parents were Elihu and Hannah (Fifield) Cowdery, the latter a daughter of a wealthy farmer of New Hampshire. Elihu Cowdery, who was quite a society man in his youth, and who attended numerous balls, chose a pretty schoolteacher for his wife. He lived to be almost four-score years old and she died at about sixty. Elihu Cowdery was the youngest son of Dr. and Ruth (Wickham) Cowdery, natives of Massachusetts. The former ran away from home when he was a lad, and enlisted in the colonial army during the Revolution. He formed the acquaintance of Colonel Wickham, and subsequently married the officer's daughter. The doctor enjoyed a large and paying practice, both in the Bay state and in Vermont, where he finally located. Mrs. Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, as previously mentioned, possesses fine native talents and culture. She completed her higher education in Randolph Academy and in South Royalton, qualifying herself for a career as a teacher. Prior to her marriage, in 1856, she had demonstrated her peculiar fitness for the task of instructing the young, and of late years she has returned to her early calling to some extent, and to the satisfaction of the public. For nearly three decades her lot was cast with the inhabitants of Butler county, Iowa, and in 1885 she removed, with her family, to Sumner county, Kans., whence they later came to Oklahoma.
George D. Foster received excellent educational opportunities in Iowa, and, guided by his mother's example and wide experience, he quite naturally adopted the same vocation, teaching. In 1885 and for some years succeeding that, both taught schools in the vicinity of Mayfield, Kans., and in Comanche county, same state. In April, 1889, when the territory of Oklahoma was thrown open to white settlers, they made the race into this region, coming from the western boundary line. Accompanying them were Jonathan Morgan and daughter, and each of the four located claims. They crossed Cimarron river west and north of Kingfisher creek, thus covering a distance of fifteen miles. The claims which they selected and reached at one-thirty in the afternoon, have been each and all developed in a business-like manner, doing credit to the owners. Mrs. Foster was once alone in her 10x12 log cabin for three weeks, though there were no doors or windows in her tiny home for protection.
George D. Foster brought seven cows and three ponies from Kansas, but, aside from this stock, had little means. Industry and perseverance, however, are the most important factors in success, and many improvements were at once instituted by him. He planted an orchard and vineyard, and has made a specialty of raising wheat, for which his land is well adapted. Today he owns five hundred acres of desirable land. and keeps from seventy-five to one hundred head of cattle, besides horses and hogs. For several years he taught school during the winter term, thus acquiring funds for needed improvements on his property. He is a highly esteemed citizen and was a charter member and secretary of the Farmers' Alliance. Politically, he is independent. In all of his pioneer labors he has found an able helpmate in his wife—formerly Miss Cansadie Morgan—the young lady mentioned above. They were married nine years ago, and have two promising sons, Don and Fred.
GEORGE D. FOSTER, an enterprising farmer of Banner township, Kingfisher county, resides upon a well-improved homestead in section 25. He is well entitled to the prosperity which he now enjoys, for with fortitude and determination he endured the years of pioneer struggling, and by his own energy amassed a competence.
Born in Butler county, Iowa, in 1866, George D. Foster is a son of Wallace and Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, natives of Orange county, Vt. The latter, who is a lady of remarkable force of character and excellent education, comes from fine old New England stock, some of her ancestors dating back there to the time of the Mayflower. Her parents, David W. and Clarissa (Tarbell) Cowdery, natives of the same county as herself, spent their entire lives in that locality. He was a very successful business man, dealing chiefly in cattle and horses, and during the Civil war purchased horses for the government. He also was president of a bank and was prominent in political circles, his opinion having great weight with his own (the Democratic) party. His long and useful life came to a close in 1891, when he was in his eighty-first year. His parents were Elihu and Hannah (Fifield) Cowdery, the latter a daughter of a wealthy farmer of New Hampshire. Elihu Cowdery, who was quite a society man in his youth, and who attended numerous balls, chose a pretty schoolteacher for his wife. He lived to be almost four-score years old and she died at about sixty. Elihu Cowdery was the youngest son of Dr. and Ruth (Wickham) Cowdery, natives of Massachusetts. The former ran away from home when he was a lad, and enlisted in the colonial army during the Revolution. He formed the acquaintance of Colonel Wickham, and subsequently married the officer's daughter. The doctor enjoyed a large and paying practice, both in the Bay state and in Vermont, where he finally located. Mrs. Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, as previously mentioned, possesses fine native talents and culture. She completed her higher education in Randolph Academy and in South Royalton, qualifying herself for a career as a teacher. Prior to her marriage, in 1856, she had demonstrated her peculiar fitness for the task of instructing the young, and of late years she has returned to her early calling to some extent, and to the satisfaction of the public. For nearly three decades her lot was cast with the inhabitants of Butler county, Iowa, and in 1885 she removed, with her family, to Sumner county, Kans., whence they later came to Oklahoma.
George D. Foster received excellent educational opportunities in Iowa, and, guided by his mother's example and wide experience, he quite naturally adopted the same vocation, teaching. In 1885 and for some years succeeding that, both taught schools in the vicinity of Mayfield, Kans., and in Comanche county, same state. In April, 1889, when the territory of Oklahoma was thrown open to white settlers, they made the race into this region, coming from the western boundary line. Accompanying them were Jonathan Morgan and daughter, and each of the four located claims. They crossed Cimarron river west and north of Kingfisher creek, thus covering a distance of fifteen miles. The claims which they selected and reached at one-thirty in the afternoon, have been each and all developed in a business-like manner, doing credit to the owners. Mrs. Foster was once alone in her 10x12 log cabin for three weeks, though there were no doors or windows in her tiny home for protection.
George D. Foster brought seven cows and three ponies from Kansas, but, aside from this stock, had little means. Industry and perseverance, however, are the most important factors in success, and many improvements were at once instituted by him. He planted an orchard and vineyard, and has made a specialty of raising wheat, for which his land is well adapted. Today he owns five hundred acres of desirable land. and keeps from seventy-five to one hundred head of cattle, besides horses and hogs. For several years he taught school during the winter term, thus acquiring funds for needed improvements on his property. He is a highly esteemed citizen and was a charter member and secretary of the Farmers' Alliance. Politically, he is independent. In all of his pioneer labors he has found an able helpmate in his wife—formerly Miss Cansadie Morgan—the young lady mentioned above. They were married nine years ago, and have two promising sons, Don and Fred.
PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF OKLAHOMA 1901
GEORGE D. FOSTER, an enterprising farmer of Banner township, Kingfisher county, resides upon a well-improved homestead in section 25. He is well entitled to the prosperity which he now enjoys, for with fortitude and determination he endured the years of pioneer struggling, and by his own energy amassed a competence.
Born in Butler county, Iowa, in 1866, George D. Foster is a son of Wallace and Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, natives of Orange county, Vt. The latter, who is a lady of remarkable force of character and excellent education, comes from fine old New England stock, some of her ancestors dating back there to the time of the Mayflower. Her parents, David W. and Clarissa (Tarbell) Cowdery, natives of the same county as herself, spent their entire lives in that locality. He was a very successful business man, dealing chiefly in cattle and horses, and during the Civil war purchased horses for the government. He also was president of a bank and was prominent in political circles, his opinion having great weight with his own (the Democratic) party. His long and useful life came to a close in 1891, when he was in his eighty-first year. His parents were Elihu and Hannah (Fifield) Cowdery, the latter a daughter of a wealthy farmer of New Hampshire. Elihu Cowdery, who was quite a society man in his youth, and who attended numerous balls, chose a pretty schoolteacher for his wife. He lived to be almost four-score years old and she died at about sixty. Elihu Cowdery was the youngest son of Dr. and Ruth (Wickham) Cowdery, natives of Massachusetts. The former ran away from home when he was a lad, and enlisted in the colonial army during the Revolution. He formed the acquaintance of Colonel Wickham, and subsequently married the officer's daughter. The doctor enjoyed a large and paying practice, both in the Bay state and in Vermont, where he finally located. Mrs. Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, as previously mentioned, possesses fine native talents and culture. She completed her higher education in Randolph Academy and in South Royalton, qualifying herself for a career as a teacher. Prior to her marriage, in 1856, she had demonstrated her peculiar fitness for the task of instructing the young, and of late years she has returned to her early calling to some extent, and to the satisfaction of the public. For nearly three decades her lot was cast with the inhabitants of Butler county, Iowa, and in 1885 she removed, with her family, to Sumner county, Kans., whence they later came to Oklahoma.
George D. Foster received excellent educational opportunities in Iowa, and, guided by his mother's example and wide experience, he quite naturally adopted the same vocation, teaching. In 1885 and for some years succeeding that, both taught schools in the vicinity of Mayfield, Kans., and in Comanche county, same state. In April, 1889, when the territory of Oklahoma was thrown open to white settlers, they made the race into this region, coming from the western boundary line. Accompanying them were Jonathan Morgan and daughter, and each of the four located claims. They crossed Cimarron river west and north of Kingfisher creek, thus covering a distance of fifteen miles. The claims which they selected and reached at one-thirty in the afternoon, have been each and all developed in a business-like manner, doing credit to the owners. Mrs. Foster was once alone in her 10x12 log cabin for three weeks, though there were no doors or windows in her tiny home for protection.
George D. Foster brought seven cows and three ponies from Kansas, but, aside from this stock, had little means. Industry and perseverance, however, are the most important factors in success, and many improvements were at once instituted by him. He planted an orchard and vineyard, and has made a specialty of raising wheat, for which his land is well adapted. Today he owns five hundred acres of desirable land. and keeps from seventy-five to one hundred head of cattle, besides horses and hogs. For several years he taught school during the winter term, thus acquiring funds for needed improvements on his property. He is a highly esteemed citizen and was a charter member and secretary of the Farmers' Alliance. Politically, he is independent. In all of his pioneer labors he has found an able helpmate in his wife—formerly Miss Cansadie Morgan—the young lady mentioned above. They were married nine years ago, and have two promising sons, Don and Fred.
GEORGE D. FOSTER, an enterprising farmer of Banner township, Kingfisher county, resides upon a well-improved homestead in section 25. He is well entitled to the prosperity which he now enjoys, for with fortitude and determination he endured the years of pioneer struggling, and by his own energy amassed a competence.
Born in Butler county, Iowa, in 1866, George D. Foster is a son of Wallace and Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, natives of Orange county, Vt. The latter, who is a lady of remarkable force of character and excellent education, comes from fine old New England stock, some of her ancestors dating back there to the time of the Mayflower. Her parents, David W. and Clarissa (Tarbell) Cowdery, natives of the same county as herself, spent their entire lives in that locality. He was a very successful business man, dealing chiefly in cattle and horses, and during the Civil war purchased horses for the government. He also was president of a bank and was prominent in political circles, his opinion having great weight with his own (the Democratic) party. His long and useful life came to a close in 1891, when he was in his eighty-first year. His parents were Elihu and Hannah (Fifield) Cowdery, the latter a daughter of a wealthy farmer of New Hampshire. Elihu Cowdery, who was quite a society man in his youth, and who attended numerous balls, chose a pretty schoolteacher for his wife. He lived to be almost four-score years old and she died at about sixty. Elihu Cowdery was the youngest son of Dr. and Ruth (Wickham) Cowdery, natives of Massachusetts. The former ran away from home when he was a lad, and enlisted in the colonial army during the Revolution. He formed the acquaintance of Colonel Wickham, and subsequently married the officer's daughter. The doctor enjoyed a large and paying practice, both in the Bay state and in Vermont, where he finally located. Mrs. Ruth S. (Cowdery) Foster, as previously mentioned, possesses fine native talents and culture. She completed her higher education in Randolph Academy and in South Royalton, qualifying herself for a career as a teacher. Prior to her marriage, in 1856, she had demonstrated her peculiar fitness for the task of instructing the young, and of late years she has returned to her early calling to some extent, and to the satisfaction of the public. For nearly three decades her lot was cast with the inhabitants of Butler county, Iowa, and in 1885 she removed, with her family, to Sumner county, Kans., whence they later came to Oklahoma.
George D. Foster received excellent educational opportunities in Iowa, and, guided by his mother's example and wide experience, he quite naturally adopted the same vocation, teaching. In 1885 and for some years succeeding that, both taught schools in the vicinity of Mayfield, Kans., and in Comanche county, same state. In April, 1889, when the territory of Oklahoma was thrown open to white settlers, they made the race into this region, coming from the western boundary line. Accompanying them were Jonathan Morgan and daughter, and each of the four located claims. They crossed Cimarron river west and north of Kingfisher creek, thus covering a distance of fifteen miles. The claims which they selected and reached at one-thirty in the afternoon, have been each and all developed in a business-like manner, doing credit to the owners. Mrs. Foster was once alone in her 10x12 log cabin for three weeks, though there were no doors or windows in her tiny home for protection.
George D. Foster brought seven cows and three ponies from Kansas, but, aside from this stock, had little means. Industry and perseverance, however, are the most important factors in success, and many improvements were at once instituted by him. He planted an orchard and vineyard, and has made a specialty of raising wheat, for which his land is well adapted. Today he owns five hundred acres of desirable land. and keeps from seventy-five to one hundred head of cattle, besides horses and hogs. For several years he taught school during the winter term, thus acquiring funds for needed improvements on his property. He is a highly esteemed citizen and was a charter member and secretary of the Farmers' Alliance. Politically, he is independent. In all of his pioneer labors he has found an able helpmate in his wife—formerly Miss Cansadie Morgan—the young lady mentioned above. They were married nine years ago, and have two promising sons, Don and Fred.
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