William B Foster

Male21 September 1893–6 July 1913

Brief Life History of William B

When William B Foster was born on 21 September 1893, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Hiel Foster, was 32 and his mother, Harriet Samantha Sellers, was 27. He died on 6 July 1913, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 19, and was buried in Niota, McMinn, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hiel Foster
1861–1947
Harriet Samantha Sellers
1866–1905
Chrisley Elbert Foster
1883–1963
Ida D Foster
1885–1901
Henry Newton Foster
1886–1943
Maude M Foster
1888–1974
Effie Mae Foster
1890–1951
William B Foster
1893–1913
Jennie N Foster
1896–1965
Madge Samantha Foster
1901–1918
Walter Hubert Foster
1903–1971

Sources (2)

  • William Foster in household of John Foster, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William B. Foster, "Find A Grave Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (9)

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 3

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 5

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 7

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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