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Harry Adden Foster1 (M)
b. 26 October 1874, d. 6 January 1969
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     Harry Adden Foster was Presbyterian.1 He was President of the Omaha Dental Society and former vice-president of the Omaha Welfare Board at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.2 He was born on 26 October 1874 at Zwingle, Jackson County, Iowa.1 He was the son of Samuel Scott Foster and Olive Frances Hodges.1 Harry Adden Foster was A member of Masonic Lodge No. 1 and Tangier Shrine after 1890.2 He was educated before 1898 at Chicago College of Dental Surgery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.2 He was Dentist after 1 May 1898.1 He married Grace Lillian Wotrous on 1 February 1904 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.1 Harry Adden Foster was A Republican state legislator in the House of Representatives between 1905 and 1931 at Nebraska.1,3 He was A Republican State Senator between 1943 and 1947 at Nebraska.2 He died on 6 January 1969 at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, at age 94.1,2,4 As of 6 January 1969, Harry Adden Foster lived at 4918 Grant Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.2 He was buried on 9 January 1969 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, Services at Hellman-Sholin Mortuary at 2 p.m., with Masonic Lodge No. 1 conducting services.1,2,4

Children of Harry Adden Foster and Grace Lillian Wotrous
Jane Foster 1
Mary Ellen Foster (living)1

Citations

  1. [S21] A. Jeanine Knight, "Jeanine Knight Research," e-mail to John Franklin Davis.
  2. [S32] Unknown Omaha Newspaper.
  3. [S32] Unknown Omaha Newspaper, This obituary, sent to Gertrude I. Davis by Gertrude (Foster) Johnson in June, 1969, contains a history of Harry Foster's involvement in Nebraska government. It gives Harry Foster's years in Nebraska Legislature's House of Representatives as between 1905 and 1931. It states that he served as a state senator from 1943 to 1947, after the one-house Legislature was created.
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  4. [S33] Letter, Olive Gertrude Foster to Ida Gertrude Shields, 25 Jan 1969.


           

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