Francis Thomas Fost was born July 17, 1836 in Bedford County (now Fulton County) Pennsylvania, in or around Warfordsburg which is on the Pennsylvania-Maryland state line. Francis, aka F.T. or Frank, was 24 when the Civil War broke out. In July 1861 he enlisted as a private in a unit that became Co. A, 3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry.
He was on active duty for 22 months. His unit saw service at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. F.T. was wounded in the hand on May 3 at Chancellorsville. He spent the rest of the war in military hospitals. After he was shot it was several days before he received medical treatment. He told relatives later that maggots got into his wound and kept the dead flesh cleaned out and that's what kept gangrene from setting in, thus saving his life.
After the war, in the fall of 1871, he moved west, to Harvey County, Kansas, where he took a Civil War land claim. He married Elmira Fisher, Oct. 22, 1874. They had six children between 1876 and 1889, Harriet "Hattie," Job, Carrie, Lucretia, Andrew, and Benjamin. All but Job are buried in Prairie Lawn.
The family lived on farms in Harvey and Marion counties before moving into Peabody. After he quit farming he carried mail on a rural route for a time. Elmira died Nov. 4, 1904. F.T. lived until April 11, 1927, dying at age 90.
He was on active duty for 22 months. His unit saw service at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. F.T. was wounded in the hand on May 3 at Chancellorsville. He spent the rest of the war in military hospitals. After he was shot it was several days before he received medical treatment. He told relatives later that maggots got into his wound and kept the dead flesh cleaned out and that's what kept gangrene from setting in, thus saving his life.
After the war, in the fall of 1871, he moved west, to Harvey County, Kansas, where he took a Civil War land claim. He married Elmira Fisher, Oct. 22, 1874. They had six children between 1876 and 1889, Harriet "Hattie," Job, Carrie, Lucretia, Andrew, and Benjamin. All but Job are buried in Prairie Lawn.
The family lived on farms in Harvey and Marion counties before moving into Peabody. After he quit farming he carried mail on a rural route for a time. Elmira died Nov. 4, 1904. F.T. lived until April 11, 1927, dying at age 90.
Francis Thomas Fost was born July 17, 1836 in Bedford County (now Fulton County) Pennsylvania, in or around Warfordsburg which is on the Pennsylvania-Maryland state line. Francis, aka F.T. or Frank, was 24 when the Civil War broke out. In July 1861 he enlisted as a private in a unit that became Co. A, 3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry.
He was on active duty for 22 months. His unit saw service at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. F.T. was wounded in the hand on May 3 at Chancellorsville. He spent the rest of the war in military hospitals. After he was shot it was several days before he received medical treatment. He told relatives later that maggots got into his wound and kept the dead flesh cleaned out and that's what kept gangrene from setting in, thus saving his life.
After the war, in the fall of 1871, he moved west, to Harvey County, Kansas, where he took a Civil War land claim. He married Elmira Fisher, Oct. 22, 1874. They had six children between 1876 and 1889, Harriet "Hattie," Job, Carrie, Lucretia, Andrew, and Benjamin. All but Job are buried in Prairie Lawn.
The family lived on farms in Harvey and Marion counties before moving into Peabody. After he quit farming he carried mail on a rural route for a time. Elmira died Nov. 4, 1904. F.T. lived until April 11, 1927, dying at age 90.
He was on active duty for 22 months. His unit saw service at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. F.T. was wounded in the hand on May 3 at Chancellorsville. He spent the rest of the war in military hospitals. After he was shot it was several days before he received medical treatment. He told relatives later that maggots got into his wound and kept the dead flesh cleaned out and that's what kept gangrene from setting in, thus saving his life.
After the war, in the fall of 1871, he moved west, to Harvey County, Kansas, where he took a Civil War land claim. He married Elmira Fisher, Oct. 22, 1874. They had six children between 1876 and 1889, Harriet "Hattie," Job, Carrie, Lucretia, Andrew, and Benjamin. All but Job are buried in Prairie Lawn.
The family lived on farms in Harvey and Marion counties before moving into Peabody. After he quit farming he carried mail on a rural route for a time. Elmira died Nov. 4, 1904. F.T. lived until April 11, 1927, dying at age 90.
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