abt 1919
Dr James Henry Foster with Minnie Warren Foster in lap, and James 'Jim' Henry Foster Jr.
abt 1920
Minnie E (Warren) Foster, Dr. James Henry Foster,
James 'Jim' Henry Foster Jr left front, Minnie Warren Foster right front.
Fam. Photos From the Martin B Foster Genealogy and Pictures courtesy of M B Foster Jr.
James H. Foster was born in Yell County, Arkansas in 1858 to Russell C. & Parmeela C. (Parker) Foster. Russell was
born in South Carolina in 1828 and Parmeela was a native of Arkansas (born in 1832). Young James' grandfather, who was also named
James, lived in South Carolina and was of Irish descent.
The third of nine children, James attended what were then called "common" schools in Yell County, Arkansas. Upon graduation,
he attend one year of his studies at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Beginning in 1882, James began in earnest his study
of medicine at Memphis Hospital Medical College in the winter of 1884 and graduate from there in 1889. Medicine did not occupy his time fully,
as young James met and married Willie Parker in 1882, but she died in 1884. He later married Christine Irene Van Hesberg
in Memphis. They had three children: Miles, Wilna, and Faye. Dr. Foster joined the Sebastian County Medical Society in 1880.
He was a member of the Episcopal Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge #398 F & AM.
Dr. James H. Foster was known as a medical doctor and good surgeon in the Fort Smith and Witcherville areas.
He died on May 23, 1923 in Fort Smith, Arkansas and is buried in Forest Park Cemetery in Fort Smith.
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