Arthur was born in Jasper Co, Illinois, in 1881, the youngest son of William Foster and Henrietta Crail. His father died in Oregon in 1884 when Arthur was 3 years old. Like his father before him, Arthur developed a he had a yearning for Oregon. He made several trips back and forth before he finally was living there. On 21 Jun 1904 he married Lola Kirkham. Their children were: Arthur Francis (nicknamed "Frankie") Foster, William Russell Foster, Villa Ruth Foster, Esther Nell Foster, and Muriel Mae Foster.
Arthur's uncle Frank Foster had land in Tillamook County, Oregon. At some point in Oregon he married Esther E. Gist. They had no children. Estranged from his wife, Frank wrote a holographic will leaving his land to his nephew Arthur. The will was in Arthur's possession before Frank died. Due to the frequent trips Arthur made between Oregon and Illinois, he would leave the family's furniture stored in Uncle Frank's shed until Arthur's return to Oregon. Arthur left the will in the drawer of his desk that had been stored in the shed. Sometime before Arthur needed the will, it had disappeared, although the disappearance was not discovered until after Frank's death. Since no other will could be produced, Frank was considered to have died intestate. Frank's estate was eaten up by legal fees. Neither Esther nor Arthur received anything. Arthur had a severe case of Oregon Fever, caught "by proxy" from his father William Foster and William's mother and brothers and from his father's first cousin Sam Foster. Arthur grew up without a father. He still heard plenty about him from his older siblings over and over about his father's dreams to go to Oregon, then his father dying there within hours of reaching his goal in Tillamook County. Although Arthu had been schooled in Illinois, he did not have any experience in a trade. A farmer's life was all he had been exposed to. He did not have the disposition to become a farmer. Arthur starting dreaming about Oregon even as a pre-school tot. A robust young man, he was ruggedly "movie-star handsome" in his wedding portrait. He took so of is own photographs in Tillamook County about 1912, one of which is known to still exist. It is an exposure of a merchant ship beached on the sand in Oregon. His young son Frankie is seen playing by the side of the ship. Arthur made his first trip west about 1900. He had a photographic portrait made as a souvenir in a San Francisco photographer's studio, before he made his way north to visit with his uncles Tom, Frank and Job. Arthur and his wife made trips to Oregon together, and Arthur made one or two alone. In spite of finding money for the travels back and forth, once he was in Oregon or in Illinois, it was difficult for Arthur to find a job. At one point he spent a few days working as an unskilled laborer in a steel mill in East St. Louis. Back on the west coast, one autumn when Arthur and Lola were following the apple harvest in the great Northwest, when they got stranded in Wenatchee, Washington with no money. Then later, Arthur's health declined. He was diagnosed with pernicious anemia -- a condition that before 1926 had no known treatment, and always had a fatal end. The anemia left him with no energy, so he could not work even if he could have found work. By middle-age he had become gravely disabled from his serious chronic diseases and the usual complications of pernicious anemia: severe weight loss, no stomach acid to digest whatever food he could tolerate eating, severe calcium bone loss making his bones brittle and easy to break. He also developed a lesion on the spinal cord that caused paralysis of his lower limbs. Lola took a job at a local sanitarium, that provided room and board for a wage. Arthur lived with her, while their daughters stayed with relatives in Cloverdale and went to school. His son Frankie died in Illinois from an accident when he was 12 years old. His son Russell was grown by the time Arthur's his daughters were born. Arthur was much loved by kin in many branches of the family. Lola and their daughters returned to Illinois. In middle age he became gravely dsabled due to serious, chronic illnesses. He died in Cloverdale, Oregon. He is buried at the Oretown Cemetery in Tillamook County, next to his Uncle Frank, who is buried next to his own brother Tom, who is buried next to brother William Foster.
Arthur's uncle Frank Foster had land in Tillamook County, Oregon. At some point in Oregon he married Esther E. Gist. They had no children. Estranged from his wife, Frank wrote a holographic will leaving his land to his nephew Arthur. The will was in Arthur's possession before Frank died. Due to the frequent trips Arthur made between Oregon and Illinois, he would leave the family's furniture stored in Uncle Frank's shed until Arthur's return to Oregon. Arthur left the will in the drawer of his desk that had been stored in the shed. Sometime before Arthur needed the will, it had disappeared, although the disappearance was not discovered until after Frank's death. Since no other will could be produced, Frank was considered to have died intestate. Frank's estate was eaten up by legal fees. Neither Esther nor Arthur received anything. Arthur had a severe case of Oregon Fever, caught "by proxy" from his father William Foster and William's mother and brothers and from his father's first cousin Sam Foster. Arthur grew up without a father. He still heard plenty about him from his older siblings over and over about his father's dreams to go to Oregon, then his father dying there within hours of reaching his goal in Tillamook County. Although Arthu had been schooled in Illinois, he did not have any experience in a trade. A farmer's life was all he had been exposed to. He did not have the disposition to become a farmer. Arthur starting dreaming about Oregon even as a pre-school tot. A robust young man, he was ruggedly "movie-star handsome" in his wedding portrait. He took so of is own photographs in Tillamook County about 1912, one of which is known to still exist. It is an exposure of a merchant ship beached on the sand in Oregon. His young son Frankie is seen playing by the side of the ship. Arthur made his first trip west about 1900. He had a photographic portrait made as a souvenir in a San Francisco photographer's studio, before he made his way north to visit with his uncles Tom, Frank and Job. Arthur and his wife made trips to Oregon together, and Arthur made one or two alone. In spite of finding money for the travels back and forth, once he was in Oregon or in Illinois, it was difficult for Arthur to find a job. At one point he spent a few days working as an unskilled laborer in a steel mill in East St. Louis. Back on the west coast, one autumn when Arthur and Lola were following the apple harvest in the great Northwest, when they got stranded in Wenatchee, Washington with no money. Then later, Arthur's health declined. He was diagnosed with pernicious anemia -- a condition that before 1926 had no known treatment, and always had a fatal end. The anemia left him with no energy, so he could not work even if he could have found work. By middle-age he had become gravely disabled from his serious chronic diseases and the usual complications of pernicious anemia: severe weight loss, no stomach acid to digest whatever food he could tolerate eating, severe calcium bone loss making his bones brittle and easy to break. He also developed a lesion on the spinal cord that caused paralysis of his lower limbs. Lola took a job at a local sanitarium, that provided room and board for a wage. Arthur lived with her, while their daughters stayed with relatives in Cloverdale and went to school. His son Frankie died in Illinois from an accident when he was 12 years old. His son Russell was grown by the time Arthur's his daughters were born. Arthur was much loved by kin in many branches of the family. Lola and their daughters returned to Illinois. In middle age he became gravely dsabled due to serious, chronic illnesses. He died in Cloverdale, Oregon. He is buried at the Oretown Cemetery in Tillamook County, next to his Uncle Frank, who is buried next to his own brother Tom, who is buried next to brother William Foster.
Arthur was born in Jasper Co, Illinois, in 1881, the youngest son of William Foster and Henrietta Crail. His father died in Oregon in 1884 when Arthur was 3 years old. Like his father before him, Arthur developed a he had a yearning for Oregon. He made several trips back and forth before he finally was living there. On 21 Jun 1904 he married Lola Kirkham. Their children were: Arthur Francis (nicknamed "Frankie") Foster, William Russell Foster, Villa Ruth Foster, Esther Nell Foster, and Muriel Mae Foster.
Arthur's uncle Frank Foster had land in Tillamook County, Oregon. At some point in Oregon he married Esther E. Gist. They had no children. Estranged from his wife, Frank wrote a holographic will leaving his land to his nephew Arthur. The will was in Arthur's possession before Frank died. Due to the frequent trips Arthur made between Oregon and Illinois, he would leave the family's furniture stored in Uncle Frank's shed until Arthur's return to Oregon. Arthur left the will in the drawer of his desk that had been stored in the shed. Sometime before Arthur needed the will, it had disappeared, although the disappearance was not discovered until after Frank's death. Since no other will could be produced, Frank was considered to have died intestate. Frank's estate was eaten up by legal fees. Neither Esther nor Arthur received anything. Arthur had a severe case of Oregon Fever, caught "by proxy" from his father William Foster and William's mother and brothers and from his father's first cousin Sam Foster. Arthur grew up without a father. He still heard plenty about him from his older siblings over and over about his father's dreams to go to Oregon, then his father dying there within hours of reaching his goal in Tillamook County. Although Arthu had been schooled in Illinois, he did not have any experience in a trade. A farmer's life was all he had been exposed to. He did not have the disposition to become a farmer. Arthur starting dreaming about Oregon even as a pre-school tot. A robust young man, he was ruggedly "movie-star handsome" in his wedding portrait. He took so of is own photographs in Tillamook County about 1912, one of which is known to still exist. It is an exposure of a merchant ship beached on the sand in Oregon. His young son Frankie is seen playing by the side of the ship. Arthur made his first trip west about 1900. He had a photographic portrait made as a souvenir in a San Francisco photographer's studio, before he made his way north to visit with his uncles Tom, Frank and Job. Arthur and his wife made trips to Oregon together, and Arthur made one or two alone. In spite of finding money for the travels back and forth, once he was in Oregon or in Illinois, it was difficult for Arthur to find a job. At one point he spent a few days working as an unskilled laborer in a steel mill in East St. Louis. Back on the west coast, one autumn when Arthur and Lola were following the apple harvest in the great Northwest, when they got stranded in Wenatchee, Washington with no money. Then later, Arthur's health declined. He was diagnosed with pernicious anemia -- a condition that before 1926 had no known treatment, and always had a fatal end. The anemia left him with no energy, so he could not work even if he could have found work. By middle-age he had become gravely disabled from his serious chronic diseases and the usual complications of pernicious anemia: severe weight loss, no stomach acid to digest whatever food he could tolerate eating, severe calcium bone loss making his bones brittle and easy to break. He also developed a lesion on the spinal cord that caused paralysis of his lower limbs. Lola took a job at a local sanitarium, that provided room and board for a wage. Arthur lived with her, while their daughters stayed with relatives in Cloverdale and went to school. His son Frankie died in Illinois from an accident when he was 12 years old. His son Russell was grown by the time Arthur's his daughters were born. Arthur was much loved by kin in many branches of the family. Lola and their daughters returned to Illinois. In middle age he became gravely dsabled due to serious, chronic illnesses. He died in Cloverdale, Oregon. He is buried at the Oretown Cemetery in Tillamook County, next to his Uncle Frank, who is buried next to his own brother Tom, who is buried next to brother William Foster.
Arthur's uncle Frank Foster had land in Tillamook County, Oregon. At some point in Oregon he married Esther E. Gist. They had no children. Estranged from his wife, Frank wrote a holographic will leaving his land to his nephew Arthur. The will was in Arthur's possession before Frank died. Due to the frequent trips Arthur made between Oregon and Illinois, he would leave the family's furniture stored in Uncle Frank's shed until Arthur's return to Oregon. Arthur left the will in the drawer of his desk that had been stored in the shed. Sometime before Arthur needed the will, it had disappeared, although the disappearance was not discovered until after Frank's death. Since no other will could be produced, Frank was considered to have died intestate. Frank's estate was eaten up by legal fees. Neither Esther nor Arthur received anything. Arthur had a severe case of Oregon Fever, caught "by proxy" from his father William Foster and William's mother and brothers and from his father's first cousin Sam Foster. Arthur grew up without a father. He still heard plenty about him from his older siblings over and over about his father's dreams to go to Oregon, then his father dying there within hours of reaching his goal in Tillamook County. Although Arthu had been schooled in Illinois, he did not have any experience in a trade. A farmer's life was all he had been exposed to. He did not have the disposition to become a farmer. Arthur starting dreaming about Oregon even as a pre-school tot. A robust young man, he was ruggedly "movie-star handsome" in his wedding portrait. He took so of is own photographs in Tillamook County about 1912, one of which is known to still exist. It is an exposure of a merchant ship beached on the sand in Oregon. His young son Frankie is seen playing by the side of the ship. Arthur made his first trip west about 1900. He had a photographic portrait made as a souvenir in a San Francisco photographer's studio, before he made his way north to visit with his uncles Tom, Frank and Job. Arthur and his wife made trips to Oregon together, and Arthur made one or two alone. In spite of finding money for the travels back and forth, once he was in Oregon or in Illinois, it was difficult for Arthur to find a job. At one point he spent a few days working as an unskilled laborer in a steel mill in East St. Louis. Back on the west coast, one autumn when Arthur and Lola were following the apple harvest in the great Northwest, when they got stranded in Wenatchee, Washington with no money. Then later, Arthur's health declined. He was diagnosed with pernicious anemia -- a condition that before 1926 had no known treatment, and always had a fatal end. The anemia left him with no energy, so he could not work even if he could have found work. By middle-age he had become gravely disabled from his serious chronic diseases and the usual complications of pernicious anemia: severe weight loss, no stomach acid to digest whatever food he could tolerate eating, severe calcium bone loss making his bones brittle and easy to break. He also developed a lesion on the spinal cord that caused paralysis of his lower limbs. Lola took a job at a local sanitarium, that provided room and board for a wage. Arthur lived with her, while their daughters stayed with relatives in Cloverdale and went to school. His son Frankie died in Illinois from an accident when he was 12 years old. His son Russell was grown by the time Arthur's his daughters were born. Arthur was much loved by kin in many branches of the family. Lola and their daughters returned to Illinois. In middle age he became gravely dsabled due to serious, chronic illnesses. He died in Cloverdale, Oregon. He is buried at the Oretown Cemetery in Tillamook County, next to his Uncle Frank, who is buried next to his own brother Tom, who is buried next to brother William Foster.
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