Madison County Military

Veteran's Name: Foresman, James		Father: Samuel Foresman
Residence:		Father's nativity:
Occupation: Railroad		Mother: Renecca Oakes (S/B Rebecca)
Date of birth: 01 Aug 1846		Mother's nativity:
Place of birth: Trumbull County, Ohio		Wife: Mary E. Travis
Date of death: 17 Jan 1932		2nd wife:
Place of death: Winterset, Madison, Iowa		3rd wife:
Place of burial: Winterset Cemetery
Cause of death:		Children Mrs. Vina Hartsook Lavina R. (Frank) Hartsook, Winterset Mrs. Beatrice (Albert P.) Speers Mrs. Gertrude (Ren D.) Warner Mott, Robert

War record
Rank: Private	Company: E		Regiment: 47th
State: Iowa		Organization: Infantry
Enlistment date: 04 May 1864
Enlistment age: 16		Residence: Madison County, Iowa
Mustered out:
Discharged:
Transfers:
GAR membership
Post name: Pitzer		Date joined: 19 May 1893
Post No.: 55 (197)		Age at joining:
Place: Winterset		Transfers:

Sources: Roster Iowa Soldiers, Ex. Soldiers living Ia. 1886: Forsman- Peru./ Post 55 Desc. Book #197; Winterset Reporter Jan 25, 1912, p3 col. 1

Notes: Father of Mrs. Frank Hartsook, Winterset, Iowa. Brother of Samuel, Robert, Joseph (latter died at Iowa Soldier's Home, Marshalltown).