Windsor

FOSTER, Gilman T.

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 195

Gilman T. FOSTER, Weston, farmer, was born [about 1860] in Weston [Windsor 
County, Vermont], son of J. M. and Mary M. (LEONARD) FOSTER. [The family of 
Jerry M. FOSTER is enumerated in the 1880 Census of Weston, Windsor County, 
Vermont: Jerry M., farmer, forty-six, born in Vermont, about 1834 from his 
census age, to a father born in Vermont and mother born in New Hampshire; his 
wife, Martha M., forty-one, born about 1839 in Vermont to parents also born 
there; son Gilman T., farmer and teamster, twenty, single, born about 1860 in 
Vermont; son Edward J., age seventeen?; mother-in-law, Robey A. PEARSONS, 
seventy-seven, born in Vermont about 1803 to parents both born in Rhode 
Island; and Burtie A. FLANDERS, fifteen, not related to Jerry M. FOSTER, who 
works on the farm, born in Vermont about 1865 to parents born in Vermont.] 
Mr. [Gilman T.] FOSTER has always followed farming. Republican; represented 
Weston in the Legislature 1910; was town lister seventeen years, road 
commissioner six years, and school director three years. Methodist. Is past 
grand of Fraternity Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1887 he 
[Gilman T. FOSTER] married [Miss?] Susan A. TURNER, of Weston; they have four 
children: Barney A., Percy A., Herbert G., and Florence E. [The family of 
Atwood W. FOSTER, lumber manufacturer, is also enumerated in the 1880 census 
of Weston. The age of Atwood W. FOSTER (forty-eight), his place of birth 
(Vermont), birthplace of his parents (Vermont), proximity of his residence to 
that of Jerry M. FOSTER, and the presence in his household of a Miranda C. 
FLANDERS all suggest that Atwwod W. and Jerry M. FOSTER were related. The 
family of Warren S. FOSTER was also enumerated in 1880 in Weston. Bracketed 
material included by submitter, who is not researching this surname, to 
support or clarify information given in the biography and to raise questions.]

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