Bio of George Henry Fosgate,1852-1895
Here is a brief biography of George Henry Fosgate.This comes from "A Biographical Sketch of the Fosgate Family" by Cynthia Fosgate-Swan.
George Henry Fosgate,son of George and Lucenia Martin Fosgate,was born on May 19,1852 in Port Gibson,Ontario Co.NY.He was a farmer,as well as being a fine violinist.
George H.Fosgate married Elizabeth Carnes,of Livingston Co.IL in 1877.They had six children:
1.Lila Lucenia,b.1879,Lee Co.Il.She married Howard West on May 2,1900 in Calhoun Co.Iowa and then moved to Kidder Co.North Dakota.
2.Mabel Elizabeth,b.Jan.10,1883 in Detriot,KA
She married Samuel Dean on June 29,1904 in Calhoun Co.Iowa and moved to Kidder Co.North Dakota,where she lived next to her sister,Lila.
3.Frank Leslie,b.Mar.30,1885 in Topeka,KA.
Frank died on Jan 14 1896 in Farnhamville,Calhoun Co.Iowa.
4.George Henry Jr.,b.Apr.17,1887 in Topeka,KA
George died on July 18,1898 in Farnhamville,Iowa.
5.Edwin Allen,b.Nov.28,1889 in Farnhamville,Calhoun Co.Iowa
6.Laura May,b.Aug.15,1892 in Farnhamville,Calhoun Co.Iowa
George Henry Fosgate died on Mar.17,1895 after being kicked by a horse while preparing to take his family to a revival meeting at the Congregational Church in Farnhamville.His wife Elizabeth (Lizzie)managed to keep the farm for several years after his death.
"A Biographical Sketch of the Fosgate Family"is unpublished.It is part of a much larger work that Cynthia Fosgate-Swan wrote between 1888 and 1911.This particular branch of Fosgates descends from Ezekiel Fosgate,b.1744 and Hannah Harrington.
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Marcia Ryan