Bennie's story is tragic. He was born March 15, 1889, near Peabody, Kansas, the last of six children of Frank and Elmira Fost. He graduated from the eighth grade in May 1904, either at Grandview School in the country, or the big stone school in Peabody. That fall the newspaper reported he was "sick with typhoid fever." By the end of September he had recovered enough to begin his freshman year of high school.
His medical difficulties persisted however. In September 1907 his father took him to spend the winter with Bennie's brother, Job Fost, at Oakland, California, hoping the climate would improve his health. A year later the Gazette reported he was sick at Oakland, again with typhoid fever. He actually suffered from consumption, a malady that afflicted other family members as well.
In January 1909 Bennie tried the climate of the Pecos Valley of New Mexico. His brother-in-law, Dr. E.H. Johnson, owned property there. Then by March of that year he had moved to Balmorhea, Texas, where he lived in a tent. His health was reported to be improving.
Bennie however, died the following year. He had returned home to Peabody and was living with the family of his sister, Carrie and Odie Skinner and their three children, Merle, Harold, and Garnett. On June 27, 1910, unable to get his breath, he was seized with a bout of hemmorhaging and choked to death in front of the children, who were nine, five, and two. They remembered that day the rest of their lives. They dearly loved their Uncle Bennie and he loved them. He was 21 when he died.
His medical difficulties persisted however. In September 1907 his father took him to spend the winter with Bennie's brother, Job Fost, at Oakland, California, hoping the climate would improve his health. A year later the Gazette reported he was sick at Oakland, again with typhoid fever. He actually suffered from consumption, a malady that afflicted other family members as well.
In January 1909 Bennie tried the climate of the Pecos Valley of New Mexico. His brother-in-law, Dr. E.H. Johnson, owned property there. Then by March of that year he had moved to Balmorhea, Texas, where he lived in a tent. His health was reported to be improving.
Bennie however, died the following year. He had returned home to Peabody and was living with the family of his sister, Carrie and Odie Skinner and their three children, Merle, Harold, and Garnett. On June 27, 1910, unable to get his breath, he was seized with a bout of hemmorhaging and choked to death in front of the children, who were nine, five, and two. They remembered that day the rest of their lives. They dearly loved their Uncle Bennie and he loved them. He was 21 when he died.
Bennie's story is tragic. He was born March 15, 1889, near Peabody, Kansas, the last of six children of Frank and Elmira Fost. He graduated from the eighth grade in May 1904, either at Grandview School in the country, or the big stone school in Peabody. That fall the newspaper reported he was "sick with typhoid fever." By the end of September he had recovered enough to begin his freshman year of high school.
His medical difficulties persisted however. In September 1907 his father took him to spend the winter with Bennie's brother, Job Fost, at Oakland, California, hoping the climate would improve his health. A year later the Gazette reported he was sick at Oakland, again with typhoid fever. He actually suffered from consumption, a malady that afflicted other family members as well.
In January 1909 Bennie tried the climate of the Pecos Valley of New Mexico. His brother-in-law, Dr. E.H. Johnson, owned property there. Then by March of that year he had moved to Balmorhea, Texas, where he lived in a tent. His health was reported to be improving.
Bennie however, died the following year. He had returned home to Peabody and was living with the family of his sister, Carrie and Odie Skinner and their three children, Merle, Harold, and Garnett. On June 27, 1910, unable to get his breath, he was seized with a bout of hemmorhaging and choked to death in front of the children, who were nine, five, and two. They remembered that day the rest of their lives. They dearly loved their Uncle Bennie and he loved them. He was 21 when he died.
His medical difficulties persisted however. In September 1907 his father took him to spend the winter with Bennie's brother, Job Fost, at Oakland, California, hoping the climate would improve his health. A year later the Gazette reported he was sick at Oakland, again with typhoid fever. He actually suffered from consumption, a malady that afflicted other family members as well.
In January 1909 Bennie tried the climate of the Pecos Valley of New Mexico. His brother-in-law, Dr. E.H. Johnson, owned property there. Then by March of that year he had moved to Balmorhea, Texas, where he lived in a tent. His health was reported to be improving.
Bennie however, died the following year. He had returned home to Peabody and was living with the family of his sister, Carrie and Odie Skinner and their three children, Merle, Harold, and Garnett. On June 27, 1910, unable to get his breath, he was seized with a bout of hemmorhaging and choked to death in front of the children, who were nine, five, and two. They remembered that day the rest of their lives. They dearly loved their Uncle Bennie and he loved them. He was 21 when he died.
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