Leander Foster
SOURCE: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889
Contributed by Michael Brown
18 Oct 1998
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SEBASTIAN CO
Leander Foster, farmer and stock raiser of Hartford Township, Sebastian Co.,
Ark., is a son of George W. and Frances L. (Bishop) Foster, and was born in
North Carolina in 1844. His parents were born in North Carolina in 1818, and
he was subsequently removed by them from his native State to Georgia, thence to
Missouri in 1855, and two years later came to Sebastian County, Ark., where
his parents were engaged in farming and stock raising. He is one of seven
surviving members of a family of eleven children, whose names are as follows:
Elizabeth (Tucker), Martha (Bradley), Amanda (Tucker), Frances L. (Harris),
Leander, George and Columbus. Leander Foster spent his early life in Arkansas,
Kansas and Missouri, and in March, 1867, was married to Jane Wells, who was
born in Platte County, Mo., in 1850, and a daughter of James and Ashby
(Shirley) Wells. Mr. Wells and wife became the parents of twelve children,
eight of whom are living: Charles, Joseph, Sanford, Ann (Robertson), Polly
(McClintock), Julia (Brown) and Jane (Mrs. Foster). Leander Foster and wife
became the parents of eleven children, only the following of whom are living:
James, Sherman, Clarence, Walter A., Sidney, Horace G. and Ada. Charles and
three infants are deceased. After residing a short time in Missouri Mr. Foster
returned to Arkansas in 1869, and bought his present farm of 200 acres in 1872.
He has 170 acres under cultivation, and a commodious and convenient frame
residence. In 1863 he enlisted in Company I, Second Cavalry Regiment, United
States Army, was in a number of engagements, and received his discharge in
1864. He is a Mason and Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for
U. S. Grant.