She and her siblings were left orphans after her parents died within a few weeks of each other in 1865. She and her brothers Willie and Charles were minors. Ancestry.com probates & wills shows they were appointed a guardian named Mr. Home. In 1866, her father's brother, James Foster, took her from the guardian's care on his journey west.
She and her siblings were left orphans after her parents died within a few weeks of each other in 1865. She and her brothers Willie and Charles were minors. Ancestry.com probates & wills shows they were appointed a guardian named Mr. Home. In 1866, her father's brother, James Foster, took her from the guardian's care on his journey west.
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