- JOHN FOSTER, shoe manufacturer; was born in Kane Co., Ill.,
March 8, 1845; came to
- Wisconsin, June, 1870, locating at Beloit. Mr. FOSTER went
to school in Kane Co., Ill.; from there moved to Beloit, and
has since been engaged in the manufacture of shoes, which have
obtained a wide fame for their excellence. Mr. FOSTER is essentially
a self-made man, and his business has been a remarkable success.
He married, Dec. 3, 1872, Marcia DEARBORN, of Beloit. Mr. FOSTER
is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mrs. FOSTER of the Presbyterian
Church.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 746.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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