Harold Edward Foster, Sr.

Harold Edward Foster, Sr.

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  • Name Harold Edward Foster 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 23 Apr 1926  Mist, Ashley, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1930  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Prairie twp, ED 2-21, p 6A, dwelling/family 125/127, b. Arkansas, f.b. Arkansas, m.b. Arkansas; enumerated 14-15 Apr 1930 by Frank E. Denton. 
    1930 Census, Ashley County, Arkansas, Prairie Township, Sheet 6A [stamped 203]
    1930 Census, Ashley County, Arkansas, Prairie Township, Sheet 6A [stamped 203]
    121/123 Brooks, Claude O.......47...head
    ______, Becky F................44...wife
    ______, H. S...................21...son
    ______, Leroy..................17...son
    ______, Raymon.................15...son
    ______, George.................12...son
    ______, Claude O............... 4...son
    123/125 Perkins, Ernest B......22...head
    _______, Essie.................16...wife
    _______, Dorothy E.............3/12...daughter
    125/127 Foster, Jesse H........47...head
    ______, Jennie C...............43...wife
    ______, Morrell F..............17...son
    ______, Clifton D..............13...son
    ______, Cynthia M.............. 9...daughter
    ______, Harrol E...............3 11/12...son
    Religion 1930  Mount Pleasant community, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Attended the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with parents until he enlisted in the Army during WWII. 
    Bible of Harold Edward Foster
    Bible of Harold Edward Foster
    Dad was given this bible at Christmas 1940 by his father. He carried it with him when he was in the Army overseas fighting during World War II. It gave him comfort and saw him safely home.
    Census 1940  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Prairie twp, ED 2-23, p 6B, visit 110, attended school to 7th grade, reads and writes, taken 24-25 Apr 1940 by Frank E. Denson. 
    1940 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Prairie Township, Sheet 6B
    1940 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Prairie Township, Sheet 6B
    106 Howie, Calvin....33...head....farmer
    _____, Erma..........26...wife
    _____, Edward........10...son
    _____, Caroline...... 5...daughter
    107 Howie, Seab......39...head....farmer
    _____, Moholee.......24...wife
    _____, Mary A........ 5...daughter
    _____, Lois Marie.... 4...daughter
    _____, Lula.......... 1...daughter
    110 Foster, Jessie...54...head....farmer
    _____, Jennie........53...wife
    _____, Harold........14...son
    _____, Clifton.......22...son
    Physical Description 1944 
    Light red hair, fair skin, blue eyes, 5'10" in height, 150 pounds. 
    Draft, Registration Card 1944  Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Draft Registration, World War II
    Draft Registration, World War II
    Serial Card Number: 421
    Order Number: 12611
    Name: Harold Edward Foster
    Address: Rt. 4, Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas
    Date & Place of Birth: 23 Ape 1926, Hamburg, Arkansas
    Age: 18
    Person who will always know your address: Mrs. Jess Foster, Rt. 4, Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas
    Employer: Student [High School]
    Signed by: Harold E. Foster
    Military 1944–1945  Germany, European Theatre Find all individuals with events at this location 
    World War II 
    • PFC Harold Edward Foster, son of Mrs. Jesse Foster of Portland, Arkansas, was born at Hamburg, Arkansas, April 23, 1926. Educated in the Portland Public Schools, he entered military service on July 31, 1944. After completing his basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, he was sent to the European theater, landing at Le Havre, France. Overseas more than 14 months, Private Foster, saw action in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes campaigns and won the European Theater Ribbon with three Battle Stars, the Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, Victory Ribbon and American Theater Ribbon. He spent seven months with the Army of Occupation of Germany. [After Germany surrendered, he was sent to Radio Operation and Wiring School in January 1945 in preparation to be shipped to fight in the Pacific against the Japanese. But Japan surrendered before they could be transferred.] He was returned to this country and was honorably discharged at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, March 11, 1946. His wife is the former Leona Elizabeth Sansing. They have one child. [Source: Fighting Men of Arkansas and A History of World War II (Little Rock: The Arkansas Historical Institute, 1946), 617.]

      SERIAL NO: 38731112
      NAME: FOSTER HAROLD E
      PLACE OF ENLISTMENT: CP JOSEPH T ROBINSON LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS
      DATE OF ENLISTMENT: 1 Aug 1944
      PLACE OF BIRTH: ARKANSAS
      DATE OF BIRTH: 1926
      Private No branch assignment Selectees (Enlisted Men)
    Harold Foster, Honorable Discharge [DD214]
    Harold Foster, Honorable Discharge [DD214]
    Harold Foster, 38 731 112, PFC, US Army, Co C, 331st Regiment; Inducted: 1 Aug 1944, Camp Robinson, Arkansas; Military Occupational Specialty: Radio Operator 776; Military Qualifications: Rifle Exp, 15 Sep 1944, Combat Infantryman Badge. Battles: Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe. Wounds Received in Action: Germany, 19 Mar 1945. Decorations & Citations: Purple Heart, Victory Ribbon, European African Middle Easter Theater Ribbon w/ 3 Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, 2 Overseas Bar. Service Schools Attended: Radio Operators School at Griesbach, Germany. Service outside Continental US & Return: 3 Jan 1945 - ETO - 15 Jan 1945, 26 Feb 1946 - USA - 7 Mar 1946.
    Purple Heart awarded to Harold E. Foster
    Purple Heart awarded to Harold E. Foster
    This is the purple heart that Dad was awarded in Germany for wounds during World War II. Dad told me that he received his wound when a German plane came strafing through the camp while he was walking towards the chow line. He jumped over a hedge and was tagged with shrapnel on his hand. He spent two weeks in the infirmary and then was sent back into duty with his hand bandaged. After his death, his purple heart was given to Matthew Aaron Serio, his grandson.
    Military 1946  World War II Find all individuals with events at this location 
    We saw so much, and we were so weary, there wasn’t much cheering.” Dad rode a troop ship back to New York, took a train back to Jefferson Barracks, and then a bus back home to Portland. He thought he would be sent to the Pacific front, but his furlough was extended, and the war ended before he could be deployed. 
    USAT <i>Thomas H Barry</i>
    USAT Thomas H Barry
    My Dad, Harold E. Foster was transported home from Europe on the USAT Thomas H. Barry which was a steel-hulled, twin-screw passenger and cargo ship, launched on 15 May 1930 as Oriente by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. for the New York and Cuba Mail and Steamship Company's Ward Line. It was acquired by the War Department in June 1941 for use as an Army transport. On 29 Sep 1941, the Acting Chief of Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, sent a memorandum to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, listing a number of Army transports, including Thomas H. Barry, that were to be "eventually taken over by the Navy." The Thomas H. Barry was later designated AP-45. However, the transport was never taken over by the Navy and remained under Army control through the end of World War II.
    Education 1946–1948  Monticello, Drew Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arkansas A & M College 
    Census 1950  Clarendon, Monroe Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ward 2, ED 48-10, p 2, Dwelling/family 3B, not in a city or on a place of 3 or more acres, head age 23, works 40 hrs week as an assistant county supervisor for the federal government, [250, 936, 2] b. Arkansas; enumerated 1 Apr 1950 by Randolph, Elmo Gladhill. 
    Education Sep 1948–Feb 1950  Fayetteville, Washington Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    University of Arkansas, B. S. 
    Social Security Number Bef 1951  Issued in Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    429-50-5556 
    Residence Feb 1950–Jan 1952  Clarendon, Monroe Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper 31 Jul 1952  Baxter Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baxter County was officially declared a disaster area Monday by the United States Department of Agriculture, making the farmers of the area eligible for special loans for feed, seed, and fertilizer. Harold Foster, [an] official of the Administration of this county, will have charge of loans here. It has been estimated that the average disaster loan will be about %500. Interest rates on such loans has been set at three percent...The number of Arkansas counties applying for the classification reached 27 by the first of the week and a survey made of the drouth situation by the Arkansas Agricultural Mobilization Committee revealed that the disastrous effects were statewide..." corn is gone, beans are well on their way out, and cotton is either standing still or beginning to slip back fast."...J. V. Highfill, state supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration, emphasized that the agency did not want to make loans for feed only, but preferred to make loans for fall and winter crops since these provide more economical feed for livestock. 
    • The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, July 31, 1952, p 1.
    Newspaper 22 May 1958  Yellville, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FOR SALE -- Shetland pony, 34 months old, bay. Bridle, saddle, martingale complete. Harold Foster, Box 95, Yellville, Ark. 
    • The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, May 22, 1958, p 7.
    Newspaper 15 Aug 1963  Mountain Home, Baxter Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    County Gets FHA Okay for Drouth Loans. The Farmers Home Administration at Washington last week declared Baxter County farmers eligible for emergency loans due to drouth conditions, according to Senator J. W. Fulbright. Several other counties in this area have been declared eligible. Farmers may receive low-interest loans under the program. Harold Foster of Yellville is in charge of the FHA program in this area. The Baxter County Disaster Committee has not asked for a drouth disaster rating for the county, according to Owen F. Cooper, ASC office manager. Such a rating would make farmers eligible to receive government surplus grains for livestock feed at 75 percent of the price support rate. 
    • The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, August 15, 1963, p 4.
    Newspaper 5 Sep 1963  Mountain Home, Baxter Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ask Disaster Designation for Baxter County. Meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Baxter County Disaster Committee voted to request that the county be declared a drouth disaster area. Approval of the recommendation would make Baxter County farmers and stockmen eligible to receive government grain at 75 percent of the government price support rate. The request must be approved by the State Disaster Committee, then sent to Washington for final approval by the Secretary of Agriculture. Owen F. Cooper, ASCS county office manager, is executive secretary of the Baxter County Disaster Committee. Other members are Frank Cox, chairman of the ASC County Committee, Thurman Wood, county agent, and Harold Foster, FHA representative in this area. 
    • The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, September 5, 1963, p 5.
    Residence Jan 1952–Aug 1969  Yellville, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Religion 1950-1970  Yellville, Marion Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Member of the United Methodist Church. Was Sunday School Superintendent for many years. 
    Newspaper 8 Jul 1970  Hempstead Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    New FHA Program Aids Builders. Builders in Hempstead County and vicinity may put up more homes for rural families because of a new program of the Farmers Home Administration, County Supervisor Harold Foster announced today. Under the plan, Foster said, FHA, the rural credit agency of the Department of Agriculture, can issue a conditional commitment agreeing to finance new or substantially rehabilitated homes for as many as 15 families at a time. Previously, he noted, home financing could be assured only as individual families applied and were approved. With the conditional commitment, builders can proceed with the construction of up to 15 homes in an area, with reasonable assurance that financing will be available to qualified purchasers. The conditional commitment does not reserve funds for a loan nor does it provide for construction financing, Foster pointed out, "but with the growth of the rural housing individual loan program from $486 million in fiscal 1969 to $821 million this year, and with more than $1.4 billion projected from 1971, expansion of rural housing opportunities is assured. 
    • Hope Star, Hope, Arkansas, July 8, 1970, p 7.
    Newspaper 29 Jul 1970  Hope, Hempstead Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Rural Housing Loans Available. Persons living in inadequate houses in the country or in towns smaller than 5,500 or where commercial credit is not available should investigate the Farmers Home Administration Rural Housing Loan Program. Harold Foster at the Hempstead county office of the Farmers Home Administration in the Federal Building, Hope will answer any questions. 
    • Hope Star, Hope, Arkansas, July 29, 1970, p 1.
    Newspaper 26 Oct 1971  Hempstead Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FHA Operating Loan Funds Available. Harold Foster, County Supervisor, Hempstead announced today that funds are available to farmers for making adjustments and improvements in their farm and home operations necessary for successful farming, to buy livestock, equipment, pay operating expenses, and refinance debts. Each operating loan is tailored to the individual borrower's needs. The FArmers Home Administration supervisory personnel assists the borrower in analyzing his resources plus those obtained by loans for the best use. Loans are made through the county offices of the Farmers Home Administration serving rural areas of the United States. All loans are accompanied by technical assistance in farm and financial management. The interest rate is six and three-eighths percent per year on the unpaid principal. Each loan is scheduled for repayment within a period consistent with the borrower's annual ability to repay. Funds advanced for operating expenses are repaid when the crops, livestock, or livestock products produced during the year are sold. Funds loaned for productive livestock and for farm equipment may be scheduled for repayment over periods from one to seven years. Eligibility of applicants for FHA loans is determined by the County FHA Committee which consists of three local persons that are familiar with FHA loan requirements and local farming and credit conditions in the county. Mr. Foster stated that anyone interested in this type credit assistance in Hempstead County may make application through his office located in the Federal Building, Hope, Arkansas. The office is open from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
    • Hope Star, Hope, Arkansas, October 26, 1971, p 5.
    Newspaper 22 Dec 1971  Hope, Hempstead Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Kiwanian Larry Patterson presented Harold Foster, County Supervisor of Farmers Home Administration, as the guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting of Hope Kiwanis Club. Mr. Foster outlines something of the history of the agency with which he is connected, stating that [the] Farmers Home Administration operates under the Agriculture Department and is funded by the Federal government. The Farmers Home Administration is not a primary lending institution, if credit is available elsewhere, but is a supplement to other credit agencies. If and when a family which has secured funds through the FHA gets to the place they will be accepted by a regular lending institution, they are "graduated" from FHA. In Hempstead County in 1971, seven family groups have graduated to other lending institutions. There are actually three divisions or service branches under which FHA operates, the Farm Service Branch; the Community Service Branch; and the Rural Housing Branch; with an Emergency Service Branch assisting the three divisions as necessary demands. In the Rural Housing Branch, which includes incorporated towns of 10,000 or less population, one task is to fit the house to the family size to the income of the family is considering a loan. In Hempstead County in a six months period of 1971 fifty-six families have committed themselves to loans totaling $711,250 through the Farmers Home Administration. This means that fifty-six houses were built; income tax will be paid on the labor of construction crews for fifty-six dwellings; as well as other benefits that will accrue to the county and to the individuals involved. Jack Lowe, Chairman of the Membership Development Committee of Hope Kiwanis Club formally inducted four new members into the Hope Club. The new inductees are Bryan Cunningham, Kenneth Powell, Thomas E. Jackson, and Carl Hamilton. On [the] invitation of the club, Mrs. Hamilton accompanied her husband for his induction. The other wives, having previous commitments, we're unable to attend. 
    • Hope Star, Hope, Arkansas, December 22, 1971, p 6.
    Residence Aug 1969–Jul 1972  Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Newspaper 14 Jul 1972  Forrest City, St. Francis Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Promotion to District Supervisor, Farmers Home Administration
    Promotion to District Supervisor, Farmers Home Administration
    Harold E. Foster, a county supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration in Hempstead County, has been promoted to district supervisor, as announced by Robert L. Hankins, state director. Foster will be headquartered in Forrest City and serve St. Francis, Cross, Poinsett, Crittenden, Jackson, and Mississippi Counties. He began his new duties on July 10 [1972].
    Residence Jul 1972–Jun 1974  Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Jun 1974–Aug 1980  Jonesboro, Craighead Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Aug 1980–26 Dec 1981  Little Rock, Pulaski Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arkansas State office, Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture, USA. 
    Memorial Tombstone 1992  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Simeon Castleberry Foster Memorial
    Simeon Castleberry Foster Memorial
    Application for Standard Government Monument, VA Form 40-1330, was requested by Simeon's grandson, Harold E. Foster, on July 11, 1992. The stone was delivered to Mabelvale, Arkansas. Harold drove the stone down to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Ashley County, Arkansas, and met his brother, Morrell Fred Foster, the sexton of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery. They placed their grandfather's memorial tombstone in the Foster family section of the cemetery.
    Overview of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Ashley Co, Arkansas
    Overview of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Ashley Co, Arkansas
    This view of the cemetery shows the location of the Foster family's tombstones in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Simeon Foster's memorial stone is in the center.
    Residence Aug 1980–Jul 2011  Mabelvale, Pulaski Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Correspondence 8 Nov 2013 
    Letter to a great-granddaughter, Tristen Wallace. 
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Residence Jul 2011–Nov 2015  Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Living with oldest son, H. Edward Foster Jr. 
    Death 30 Nov 2015  Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Certificate # 2015027159 for Harold Edward Foster Sr.
    Death Certificate # 2015027159 for Harold Edward Foster Sr.
    Date of Death: 30 Nov 2015, 12:17 p.m. Widowed. Age at death: 89. Cause of Death: End Stage Renal Failure. DOB: 23 Apr 1926, Mist, Arkansas. Residence at death, Heather Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation, 400 W 23rd St, Hope, Hempstead, Arkansas. Father: Jesse Harrison Foster. Mother: Cynthia Jane White. Informant's Name: Fred Foster, son, 8 Arcadia Cir, Bryant, AR 72022. Buried at Pinecrest Memorial Park, Alexander, Arkansas.
    Burial 4 Dec 2015  Pinecrest Memorial Park, Saline Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Harold Edward Foster, Sr.
    Harold Edward Foster, Sr.
    Private First Class, US Army
    World War II
    Harold Edward & Leona Elizabeth (Sansing) Foster
    Harold Edward & Leona Elizabeth (Sansing) Foster
    Harold was the son of Jesse Harrison & Cynthia Jane (White) Foster. Elizabeth was the daughter of Louis Elvin & Mattie Frank (Smith) Sansing.
    Person ID I2  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Aug 2023 

    Father Jesse Harrison Foster,   b. 9 Apr 1881, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1942, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Cynthia Jane White,   b. 28 Mar 1887, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1964, El Dorado, Union Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 3 Aug 1904  Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Arkansas. Ashley County. Marriage Book K-230, 3 Aug 1904. Jesse Foster, 23, and Jennie White, 17, married by E. T. Mitchell, MG.
    Marriage License for Jesse Foster and Jennie White
    Marriage License for Jesse Foster and Jennie White
    Bond for Marriage License: Jesse Foster, principal, and Turner Butler, Security. Marriage License: Jesse Foster, 23, of Ashley County, AR, and Miss Jennie White, 17, of Ashley County, AR. Recorded by R. R. Radford, Clerk, 1 Aug 1904. Certificate of Marriage: E. T. Mitchell certified the marriage 4 Aug 1904. Credentials recorded in Book DD-122, Recorder's office in Ashley County, AR. Filed and recorded 24 Oct 1904, R. R. Radford, Clerk.
    Jesse Harrison & Cynthia Jane (White) Foster
    Jesse Harrison & Cynthia Jane (White) Foster
    Wedding photograph, dated August 3, 1904
    Marriage of Jesse H. Foster and Cynthia J. White
    Marriage of Jesse H. Foster and Cynthia J. White
    This certifies that Jesse H. Foster of Hamburg State of Ark. and Cynthe J. White of Hamburg State of Ark. were by me united in Holy Matrimony According to the Ordnance of God and the laws of the State of Ark. at Hamburg on the 3 day of August In the year of our Lord 1904. E. T. Mitchel. Witness: Mother & father, sis, Bro a Host of friends.
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leona Elizabeth Sansing,   b. 28 Sep 1927, Dermott, Chicot Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 2007, Little Rock, Pulaski Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1944  Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Arkansas. Desha County. Marriage Book F1-54, 18 Sep 1944. Harold Foster and Elizabeth Sansing. [Married in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co, Arkansas]
    Marriage License for Harold E. Foster and Leona Elizabeth Sansing
    Marriage License for Harold E. Foster and Leona Elizabeth Sansing
    Bond for Marriage License State of Arkansas; County of Desha. Know all Men by these Presents: That we, Harold Foster as principal, and Louie Sansing as security, are held and firmly bound unto the state of Arkansas…Desha County, in…sum of One Hundred Dollars…Signed this 15 Sep 1944…Harold Foster has this day applied to the Clerk of the County Court of Desha County, for a License authorizing the solemnization of the Rite of Matrimony between the said Harold Foster and Elizabeth Sansing. Marriage License State of Arkansas; County of Desha. To Any Person Authorized by Law to Solemnize Marriage—Greeting: You are hereby commanded to solemnize the Rite and publish the Bans of Matrimony between Harold Foster of Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas, aged 18 years, and Elizabeth Sansing of Portland, Ashley County, Arkansas, aged 17 years…Witness my hand and official seal, this 15 Sep 1944. N. D. Newton, County Clerk. W. J. McKown, DC. Certificate of Marriage State of Arkansas; County of Jefferson. I, E. Clifton Rule, do hereby certify that on the 18 Sep 1944, I did duly and according to law…solemnize the Rite and publish the Bans of Matrimony between the parties therein named. Witness my hand, this 19 Sep 1944. E. Clifton Rule MG [Minister of God]. Filed on page 54 of Book F-1 and duly recorded this 19 Sep 1944. N. D. Newton, County Clerk. W. J. McKown, DC.
    Marriage License for Harold Foster and Elizabeth Sansing
    Marriage License for Harold Foster and Elizabeth Sansing
    This coupon was detached by Desha Co, AR County Clerk, and forwarded to the State Register, Vital Statistics at the State Capital. Harold Foster of Ashley County, Arkansas, age 21 and Elizabeth Sansing of Portland, Ashley County, Arkansas, age 18, date of 15 Sep 1944 by W. J. McKewen, N. D. Newton, Deputy Clerk.
    Children 
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    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2019 

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    Link to Google MapsCensus - Prairie twp, ED 2-21, p 6A, dwelling/family 125/127, b. Arkansas, f.b. Arkansas, m.b. Arkansas; enumerated 14-15 Apr 1930 by Frank E. Denton. - 1930 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Prairie twp, ED 2-23, p 6B, visit 110, attended school to 7th grade, reads and writes, taken 24-25 Apr 1940 by Frank E. Denson. - 1940 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDraft, Registration Card - 1944 - Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - World War II - 1944–1945 - Germany, European Theatre Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Ward 2, ED 48-10, p 2, Dwelling/family 3B, not in a city or on a place of 3 or more acres, head age 23, works 40 hrs week as an assistant county supervisor for the federal government, [250, 936, 2] b. Arkansas; enumerated 1 Apr 1950 by Randolph, Elmo Gladhill. - 1950 - Clarendon, Monroe Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - University of Arkansas, B. S. - Sep 1948–Feb 1950 - Fayetteville, Washington Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Feb 1950–Jan 1952 - Clarendon, Monroe Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper - Baxter County was officially declared a disaster area Monday by the United States Department of Agriculture, making the farmers of the area eligible for special loans for feed, seed, and fertilizer. Harold Foster, [an] official of the Administration of this county, will have charge of loans here. It has been estimated that the average disaster loan will be about %500. Interest rates on such loans has been set at three percent...The number of Arkansas counties applying for the classification reached 27 by the first of the week and a survey made of the drouth situation by the Arkansas Agricultural Mobilization Committee revealed that the disastrous effects were statewide..." corn is gone, beans are well on their way out, and cotton is either standing still or beginning to slip back fast."...J. V. Highfill, state supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration, emphasized that the agency did not want to make loans for feed only, but preferred to make loans for fall and winter crops since these provide more economical feed for livestock. - 31 Jul 1952 - Baxter Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper - 14 Jul 1972 - Forrest City, St. Francis Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jul 1972–Jun 1974 - Forrest City, St. Francis, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMemorial Tombstone - 1992 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Synthia Mae (Foster) Hollis, Harold E. Foster Sr., Willie Lea (Foster) Lawrence, Morrell Fred Foster, and Essie Iola (Foster) Perkins
    Synthia Mae (Foster) Hollis, Harold E. Foster Sr., Willie Lea (Foster) Lawrence, Morrell Fred Foster, and Essie Iola (Foster) Perkins
    Children of Jesse Harrison & Cynthia Jane (White) Foster.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.