When Hirum M Foster was born on 10 January 1831, in New York, United States, his father, Elias W Foster, was 26 and his mother, Sarah S Brooks, was 25. He married Eunice R. Moore on 1 January 1855. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Wharton Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Jackson Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 1 February 1902, in Clay Township, Greene, Missouri, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Kershner Cemetery, Clay Township, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Greene, Missouri, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
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