Frank L FosterAge: 69 years1860–1930
- Name
- Frank L Foster
- Given names
- Frank L
- Surname
- Foster
 Birth | October 23, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Nellie Pineleaf Shelton — View this family August 12, 1908 (Age 47 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 19, 1920 (Age 59 years) |
 Death of a wife | Nellie Pineleaf Shelton July 21, 1927 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | February 22, 1930 (Age 69 years) |
| Family with Nellie Pineleaf Shelton |
| himself |
Frank L Foster Birth: October 23, 1860 — Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, United States Death: February 22, 1930 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Nellie Pineleaf Shelton Birth: December 29, 1872 33 25 — Illinois, United States Death: July 21, 1927 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: August 12, 1908 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| James Marshall Inks + Nellie Pineleaf Shelton |
| wife’s husband |
James Marshall Inks Birth: January 3, 1853 — Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, United States Death: November 29, 1926 — Red Oak, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Nellie Pineleaf Shelton Birth: December 29, 1872 33 25 — Illinois, United States Death: July 21, 1927 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 17, 1890 — |
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18 months step-daughter |
Florence Ada Inks Birth: July 18, 1891 38 18 — Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: September 26, 1976 — Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Frank Foster - Household
Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Frank L Foster - Household
239 Fifth Street Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri
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