George Fletcher Foster
1859 - 1949 (89 years)-
Name George Fletcher Foster Born 8 May 1859 Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Occupation farmer Census 1900 Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri Census 1910 Locust Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri Died 17 Apr 1949 Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri [2, 3, 4] - Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1949/1949_00011374.PDF
Buried 18 Apr 1949 Elmwood Cemetery, Linneus, Linn County, Missouri [2, 3, 4] Person ID I1876 Hedges Last Modified 28 Jun 2024
Family Mary Ann "Mollie" Knifong, b. 20 May 1869, Sullivan County, Missouri , d. 18 Apr 1939, Livingston County, Missouri (Age 69 years) Married 8 Feb 1888 [2, 4, 5] Children 1. Edna Ann Foster, b. 16 Jan 1895, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 16 Jun 1969, Denver, Colorado (Age 74 years)2. Flo Isabell Foster, b. 31 Dec 1888, Browning, Linn County, Missouri , d. 4 Nov 1968, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri (Age 79 years)Last Modified 14 Jan 2024 Family ID F106 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 8 May 1859 - Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina 
Census - 1900 - Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri 
Census - 1910 - Locust Creek Township, Linn County, Missouri 
Died - 17 Apr 1949 - Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri 
Buried - 18 Apr 1949 - Elmwood Cemetery, Linneus, Linn County, Missouri = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Linneus Rites from George F. Foster
Cousin of Composer Stephen Foster, He Was Nearly 90 Years Old.
George F. Foster, 89, father of Mrs. G.B. Doolin and Louis Foster, and a cousin of Stephen Foster, composter of American folk songs, died at the A.O.O. hospital in Kirksville Sunday morning at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Foster had been a patient at the hospital since January 24.
George Fletcher Foster, a son of the late Stephen and Mary Ann Roney Foster, was born at Burlington, N.C., May 8, 1859. He received his education there and around 1875 he moved to Texas. In 1886 he moved to Linn County, Mo., where he farmed many years. February 8, 1888, he married Miss Mary Ann Knifong at Browning and she preceded him in death on April 20, 1939. Since 1944 Mr. Foster had lived in Chillicothe. He was a member of the Methodist church.
Memorial services will be held from the Linneus Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with interment being made in family lot in the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Linneus.
Surviving Mr. Foster are four sons, Lee Foster of Purdin, Maurice Foster of Purdin, W.J. Foster of Linneus and Louis Foster of Chillicothe; five daughters, Mrs. G.B. Doolin of Chillicothe, Mrs. Curt Bagley of Purdin, Mrs. Olga Trippeer of Kansas City, Mrs. Keith Myers of Kirksville, and Mrs. F.H. Newell of Macomb, Ill; 17 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. One son, three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
The body of Mr. Foster was removed from the Norman funeral home to the residence of Mrs. Doolin, 720 Vine street, where the body will lie in state until noon Tuesday.
The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Chillicothe, Missouri. Monday, 18 April 1949.
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