William S. Foster
William S. Foster, son of John and Elizabeth Foster, was born in 1822, and raised a farmer. In 1847 he married Mary, daughter of William and Ann Smith (she was born in 1826). Their children are Elizabeth, William S., Ann R, Mary B., Maria P., Robert D., Alice G., Frances E., and John R.
William S. Foster, deceased, was born in England October 29, 1815. He emigrated to America in 1843, and located in Clarke County, Ohio. In September, 1847, he married Miss Mary Smith, then of Champaign County, Ohio, but a native of England, where she was born July 28, 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Foster settled in Champaign County, remained until 1864, when they came to Shelby County, purchased and settled on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, one mile northeast of Montra, in sections 7 and 8, Jackson Township, on which Mr. Foster died September 8, 1873, leaving his wife and eight children, viz., Elizabeth I., William S., Anna K., Mary B., Maria P., Alice J., Frances E., and John R., to mourn the loss of a husband and father. Mrs. Foster remained on the farm until February, 1874, when she moved to Montra, where she now resides. Two of the children, Mary B. and Maria P., are now dead. Mr. Foster made farming his principal vocation through life.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883