John W. & Eunice Foster

FOSTER, HOUGHTON

Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 1/6/2014 at 12:46:05

JOHN W. FOSTER, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Epworth; born in Maine Feb. 6, 1830; removed to Massachusetts in 1850, and from there to Dubuque Co. in 1854; has a beautiful farm in good cultivation, consisting of 120 acres of timber land in Iowa Township. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Republican party; has held school and township offices, and gains an enviable name for integrity and business capacity. Having located here when their finances were a minus quantity, Mr. Foster and his good wife deserve infinite credit for achieving success in the face of difficulties. The first five years here were spent upon a rented farm, but wisely directed industry has made for them a comfortable home, within easy reach of superior social, educational and religious privileges. His wife, nee Miss Eunice Houghton, of Massachusetts, to whom he was married in 1852, has been a worthy helpmate in all the years since; their only child- Charles Henry- is a bright, active youth, with every promise of a noble manhood. “The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm