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FOSTER Ruthwin Floyd

FOSTER Ruthwin Floyd

Male 1835 - 1922  (86 years)

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  • Name FOSTER Ruthwin Floyd 
    Birth 31 Jul 1835  Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "Deceased was born in Michigan in 1837..."
    CENSUS 23 Jul 1850  Fawn River Township, St. Joseph Co., MI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Attending school
    1850 US Census: Fawn River Township, St. Joseph Co., MI    		 1850 US Census: Fawn River Township, St. Joseph Co., MI
    CENSUS 27 Jun 1860  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Occupation: farmer
      Value of real estate: $1500
      Value of personal estate: $570
    1860 US Census: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 282    		 1860 US Census: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 282
    MILI Jul 1863  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Age 27, farmer, married
      Lists Ruthwin's first name incorrectly as Rutherbine. Assume this is a misreading from original draft documents this register was copied from.
      Also incorrectly lists his place of birth as Ohio. Should be Michigan.
    Civil War Draft Registration: July 1863, p 190    		 Civil War Draft Registration: July 1863, p 190
    EVENT 23 Jul 1868  Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Chancery notice Catherine Foster 1868    		 Chancery notice Catherine Foster 1868
    "To John N. Foster, You are hereby notified that Catharine Foster has filed her bill in Chancery, in the Circuit Court of the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, against you and Baslar B. Foster, R. Floyd Foster, John Fisher, Diantha J. Fisher, William J. Farris, Leantha D. Farris, and William Kennedy, and that a summons has issued in said cause against you and said other defendants, returnable on the first day of the October term, A, D. 1868, of said Court to be holden at the Court House, in the city of Macomb, in said county, on be first Monday of October, A. D. 1868." This action presumably related to the will/probate of her husband George Foster's estate. She perhaps did not get the bequest she anticipated.
    CENSUS 29 Jun 1870  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Occupation: Farmer
      Value of real estate: $16,000
      Value of personal estate: $2000
    1870 US Cenus: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 13    		 1870 US Cenus: Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 13
    CENSUS 2 Jun 1880  Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Widowed, Farmer (7 days after this census was enumerated, Floyd marries Margaret Elizabeth Davis in Kirksville MO)
      Living w/ Floyd and his children, (first name not readable) Huffman, female, age 45, listed as servant, housekeeper
    1880 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 160, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 3    		 1880 U.S. Census: E.D. No. 160, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 3
    CENSUS 25 Jun 1900  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Occupation: landlord
      Owns home, free of mortgage
    1900 US Census: E. D. No. 50, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, sht 17    		 1900 US Census: E. D. No. 50, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, sht 17
    CENSUS 18 Apr 1910  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Occupation: Own income, self employed
      Can read and write
      Own home, free of mortgage
    1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, sht 3B    		 1910 US Census: E. D. No. 42, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, sht 3B
    CENSUS 31 Jan 1920  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Own house, free of mortgage
      Occupation: none
    1920 US Census: E. D. No. 44, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, sht 4A    		 1920 US Census: E. D. No. 44, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL, sht 4A
    EVENT 2 Feb 1922  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Floyd Foster very sick 1922    		 Floyd Foster very sick 1922
    Floyd Foster "is very sick in his home in the west end of town. He has been in poor health for several years and for a year or two has been confined to the house. Last week be was so ill that his many friends were alarmed, but he is resting easier now..." Apparently not. Floyd dies the same day this notice was printed.
    Death 2 Feb 1922  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Death Certificate reads:
      Time of death: 12:20 pm
      Place: Blandinsville McDonough Co., IL
      Cause: Anemia (retention of urine due to obstruction); contributing factor: carcinoma of prostate (prostate cancer). Certificate states that Floyd was operated on on Feb 1. He died shortly after but whether as direct result of the above or complications from surgery is not clear.
      Occupation: Retired
      Informant: B. B. Martin, Blandinsville, IL
    • "Deceased had been poorly for a number of years hut not seriously so until the past ten days."
    • "Funeral services for the late Floyd Foster, who died at his home in Blandinsville Thursday noon at the age of 84 years, 6 months and 1 day, were held at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon from the Baptist church at Blandinsville, conducted by Rev. Chas. Van Dettum of Bushnell and Rev. D. E. Clayton of Blandinsville. Interment was in the Barclay cemetery." (Actually interned at South Cemetery, Blandinsville. Have never heard of South Cemetery referred to as Barclay Cemetery.)
    Death Certificate: Foster, R. Floyd - 1922    		 Death Certificate: Foster, R. Floyd - 1922
    Obituary: Floyd Foster 1922    		 Obituary: Floyd Foster 1922
    Burial 4 Feb 1922  South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Death Certificate states burial at Foster Cemetery, Blandinsville, IL. Actually South Cemetery, Blandinsville. Have never heard of it referred to as Foster Cemetery.
    Headstone: R. Floyd and Elizabeth Davis Foster    		 Headstone: R. Floyd and Elizabeth Davis Foster
    WILL 2 Mar 1922  Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Floyd Foster will 1922    		 Floyd Foster will 1922
    "The late Floyd Foster left a will, the leading provisions of which are as follows: He leaves to his widow, Mrs. Margaret Foster the home place in town and the farm 3 and one half miles south-east of town during her lifetime. At her death the town home will be sold and divided among the heirs, while the Ralph Foster place will be divided between Ralph Foster and his full sister, Mrs. Nellie Wilson. The remainder of the estate is to be divided equally between the eight children by bis former marriages. The value of the estate was approximate $130,000." (which sound like too large and amount. I suspect the number was supposed to read $13,000 at most. Even that amount would be quite large for a man who was principally just a farmer.)
    EVENT 22 Jun 1922  Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Floyd Foster probate notice 1922    		 Floyd Foster probate notice 1922
    "Public notice is hereby given that the undersigned Executor of the Estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster, late of mi McDonough County, Illinois, deceas will, on Monday, the 7th day August next, at 10 o'clock a. m., attend before the County Court of said County, to be holden at Macomb, on said day for the purpose of settling and adjusting all claims against the Estate of said Deceased, when and where all persons having claims against the said Estate are notified and requested to present the same in writing for adjustment. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Macomb, Illinois, June 1, 1922. RALPH C. FOSTER, Executor." (This exact notice ran at least twice in the month of June; this copy the most easily read. Bert Martin and Susan C. Shryack contest per the following.
    EVENT 7 Aug 1922  Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Court fight over the estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster 1922    		 Court fight over the estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster 1922
    Apparently a big row over the estate of Ruthwin Floyd Foster wherein grandson Bert Martin (so of daughter Louisa Foster Martin, from Rithwun's first wife Lydia Watson) and daughter Susan C. Shryack (from second wife Mariah Charter) sue the rest of Ruthwins's heirs "for partition and for other relief." There are several people listed in this notice as heirs who do not appear to have a direct martial/famial link to Ruthwin Foster; e.g. Edith and Revy M. Martin, Lydia E. Stuckey, Harold Simonson, Charles O. Logan and and Emma Houtchens. Note clear why some of the Fosters who should be heirs are not listed.
    EVENT 5 May 1934  Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Final settlement of Ruthwin Floyd Foster estate 1934    		 Final settlement of Ruthwin Floyd Foster estate 1934
    According to this notice probate of Floyd Foster's estate begun in Jun 1922 did not reach final settlement until 5 May 1934.
    Person ID I89  Main
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2023 

    Father FOSTER George,   b. 7 Apr 1802, Botetourt Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1868, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother SHEPARD Mary,   b. Abt 1804, Botetourt Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1855, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 20 Jan 1825  [17] 
    Notes 
    • From History of McDonough Co., 1885: George Foster, father of R. T., (should read R.F.--ed.) was a native of Virginia, born in Botetourt county. His wife, Mary Shepherd, was a native of the same place, and their marriage occurred January 20,1825. His death occurred January 26, 1868, and hers in 1855; they are 'buried at New Hope cemetery (now called Blandinsville South Cemetery--ed.). [18]
    • ...George Foster, a native of Virginia; he settled in Hire township, coming from Michigan here, and died at his home January 26,1868, having lost his wife in 1855, and both lie in Good Hope cemetery (Should read New Hope, also called Blandinsville South Cemetery--ed). [19]
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 WATSON Lydia,   b. 8 Sep 1829, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1857, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1855  McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • Certificate No. 567
    Notes 
    • From History of McDonough Co., 1885: R. F. Foster, one of those genial men one loves to meet, is a native of Michigan, born in St. Joseph county, July 31, 1835, and lived at home until his marriage, June 24, 1855. Lydia Watson, a native of Indiana, became his wife at that time, and two children--Mary J., wife of John Lockett, Knox county, Missouri, and Louisa, wife of Reuben Martin, were born to them. [21]
    Children 
     1. FOSTER Mary Jane,   b. 17 Dec 1855, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jun 1937, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    +2. FOSTER Louisa,   b. Aft 29 Jun 1855  [Birth]
    Family ID F62  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2023 

    Family 2 CHARTER Mariah Adeline,   b. 7 Dec 1836   d. 19 Aug 1879, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 11 Aug 1858  McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Certificate No. 1090
    Children 
    +1. FOSTER George Jerome,   b. 25 May 1859, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1951, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Birth]
     2. FOSTER Theodore F.,   b. Aft 1858  [Birth]
     3. FOSTER Thomas L.,   b. Aft 1859  [Birth]
    +4. FOSTER Harrison Alva,   b. 3 Apr 1862, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1942, Raritan Township, Henderson Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
     5. FOSTER Susan Catherine,   b. 1864   d. 24 Jun 1938, Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     6. FOSTER, Florence,   b. 1 Feb 1874, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1877, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [Birth]
     7. FOSTER Charles Edward,   b. 10 Jun 1869, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1942, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
     8. FOSTER, Alfred C.,   b. 1871, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1939, Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
     9. FOSTER, Alice,   b. 8 Aug 1878, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1943, Morgan Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     10. FOSTER, Infant,   b. 16 Aug 1879, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1879, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2023 

    Family 3 DAVIS Margaret Elizabeth,   b. 28 Mar 1842, Thorntown, Boone Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1928, Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jun 1880  Kirksville, Adair Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    • Marriage license states:
      R. Floyd Foster, resident of McDonough Co., IL
      Miss M. E. Davis, resident of Kirksville, Adair Co., MO
      Wed by: J. J. Bentley, Paster M. S. Church
      Witnessed by: Mrs. D. Nighwander and Miss Jennie Burton
    Marriage Record: R. Floyd Foster and M. E. (Margaret) Davis 1880    		 Marriage Record: R. Floyd Foster and M. E. (Margaret) Davis 1880
    Children 
     1. FOSTER, Ralph C.,   b. May 1881  [Birth]
     2. FOSTER, Nellie,   b. Oct 1882  [Birth]
    Family ID F269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Jul 1835 - Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., MI Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 23 Jul 1850 - Fawn River Township, St. Joseph Co., MI Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jun 1855 - McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Aug 1858 - McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 27 Jun 1860 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMILI - Jul 1863 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 23 Jul 1868 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 29 Jun 1870 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 2 Jun 1880 - Hire Township, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Jun 1880 - Kirksville, Adair Co., MO Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 25 Jun 1900 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 18 Apr 1910 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCENSUS - 31 Jan 1920 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 2 Feb 1922 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Feb 1922 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 4 Feb 1922 - South Cemetery, Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWILL - 2 Mar 1922 - Blandinsville, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 22 Jun 1922 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 7 Aug 1922 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEVENT - 5 May 1934 - Macomb, McDonough Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Photos
    R. F. and Mariah Charter Foster w/ son George Jerome Foster    		R. F. and Mariah Charter Foster w/ son George Jerome Foster
    From the photos of Alice Foster Minton, courtesy of Jay Minton Jr.
    Ruthwin Floyd and Elizabeth Davis Foster    		Ruthwin Floyd and Elizabeth Davis Foster
    From the photos of Alice Foster Minton, courtesy of Jay Minton Jr.
    Ruthwin Floyd Foster    		Ruthwin Floyd Foster
    Companion to photo of Floyd with 3rd wife Elizabeth Davis Foster.
    From the photos of Alice Foster Minton, courtesy of Jay Minton Jr.
    R. F. Foster and Shyracks    		R. F. Foster and Shyracks
    Back of picture reads "Ross Shyrak, Grandpap Floyd Foster, Milton Shyrak."
    32 Blandinsville Men    		32 Blandinsville Men
    "Several weeks ago Oakley Huston brought us a large framed copy of this picture portraying 32 Blandinsville men. A short time later Frank Metcalf provided us a smaller picture with the men identified...Back row, left to right: Charles Blandin, Floyd Foster, Nathan Dorothy, Byers Hensley, W. W. Gillahan and Nance. Next row: James Mustain, W. Vest, Newton Gordon, John Duncan, C. R. Sells, A. B. Roberts and Brack Burton. Third row: John Charter, Richard Bond, Samuel Gaumer, John Carmack, C. W. Carrol, T. H. Williams, William Shryack, L. B. Mourning, James Hainline and James Ray. Front Row Hiram Hasting, Benjamin Bushnell, Crosby Duncan, George Thomas, John Hardisty, James McGrath, S. J. Grigsby and William Grigsby."

  • Sources 
    1. [S472] Illinois Death Certificates, (State of Illinois, Dept. of Public Health, Division of Vital Statistics), 3 Feb 1922, Certificate No. 7352 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S613] News articles: Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL , (Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL ), 4 Feb 1922, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S28] 1850 US Census, Michigan , (Ancestry.com), 23 Jul 1850 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S601] 1860 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 27 Jun 1860, p 282 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S455] Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), US Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865. , (Ancestry.com), Jul 1863, p 190 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S599] News articles: Macomb Journal, Macomb IL, (Macomb Journal, Macomb IL), 31 Jul 1868, p 2 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S600] 1870 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 29 Jun 1870, p 13 (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S587] 1880 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 2 Jun 1880, E. D. No. 160, p 3 (Reliability: 2).

    9. [S580] 1900 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 25 Jun 1900, sht 17 (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S579] 1910 US Census, Illinois , (Ancestry.com), 18 Apr 1910, E. D. No 42, sht 3B (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S532] 1920 US Census, Illinois, (Ancestry.com), 31 Jan 1920, E. D. No. 44, p 4A (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 2 Feb 1922, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    13. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 2 Mar 1922, p 1 (Reliability: 2).

    14. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 22 Jun 1922, p 3 (Reliability: 2).

    15. [S613] News articles: Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL , (Macomb Daily By-Stander, Macomb IL ), 15 Aug 1922, p 2 (Reliability: 2).

    16. [S623] News articles: Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL, (Blandinsville Star-Gazette, Blandinsville IL), 10 May 1934, p 8 (Reliability: 2).

    17. [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 1885, p. 632, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).

    18. [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 1885, 632, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).

    19. [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 1885, 636, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).

    20. [s67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 631, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).
      R. F. Foster...lived at home until his marriage, June 24, 1855. Lydia Watson, a native of Indiana, became his wife at that time...

    21. [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 1885, 631-632, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).

    22. [S67] History of McDonough County, Illinois - 1885, (Continental Historical Co., Springfield IL, 1885), 632, 977.342 H2. (Reliability: 2).
      Mr. Foster married Margaret E. Davis; this ceremony was performed in Missouri.

    23. [S365] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Ancestry.com), 9 Jun 1880, 172 (Reliability: 3).


 

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