Laura remained in Albany and it was there that she met James Hearst Foster, a widower, whose wife, Martha, was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Albany. He was a "leading businessman" in Albany, per her obituary, (probably) in the Albany Democrat-Herald in Jan 18,1907. They married Aug 10, 1882, but their marriage was to be a brief one as James Foster died June 12th, 1888. He was buried with his 1st wife at Riverside Cemetery in Albany. Laura was again a widow and moved to Portland to live with her daughter, Hettie, and her family at *571 Glisan Street*. Remember, this is the older type of address, before the streets were changed to NE, SE, NW & SW, etc. Loueasa "Laura" did get to see her grandchildren by Hettie and her husband, Charles, a dentist. There was the 1st child, an infant son who was stillborn in 1882, and Charles Edward, who would follow in his father's footsteps and also become a dentist in the Seattle, WA area. And there was also Marguerite, who would attend University of California at Berkeley, studying French and receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley, completing her graduate work at Columbia University in New York City and receiving her Master's degree from University of California where she taught French. She would meet and marry Professor Laurence Ellsworth Dodd, physics professor at UCLA for 33 years, a Masonic Lodge member. They both were long time Beverly Hills Community Church members. They would retire to Port Angeles, Washington and, upon his death, Marguerite would move to the little town of Sequim, in Clullam County, WA until she passed away two years later, in 1985. There were no children.
Loueasa "Laura" Matilda (Burkhart)Thompson Foster passed away at her daughter's home in Portland on Friday morning, Jan 18, 1907. Her funeral was held at her daughter's home and then her remains were brought back to Albany by train to be buried at the Masonic Cemetery. She was buried next to her 1st husband, David M. Thompson, under the name of "Loueasa, Wife of D M Thompson". Her baby boy was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland with his mother, Hettie Louise Templeton, his father, Dr. Charles Ritchey Templeton, his sister, Marguerite Templeton Dodd, and her husband, Laurence Ellsworth Dodd.
It is interesting to note that when Loueasa's daughter, Hettie, married Dr. Charles Ritchey Templeton she married into another pioneer family which, like her's, (the Burkharts), had come to Oregon in 1847. The Templetons settled and homesteaded in the Brownsville area, just south of Albany, where the Burkharts had settled. Both the Templetons and the Burkharts strongly believed in the importance of good educations for their sons and daughters. I am sure they would have known each other due to the fact that they were neighbors and related by marriage. The Burkharts also had a strong faith in the Lord, which sustained them through the many trials and tribulations of living in a new land further West than they'd been before. They practiced both the Baptist, Congregational and Lutheran faiths. They were very close friends with the Davidsons, who produced a number of fine ministers and were close friends of Rev. Carter Tarrant, a relative of Melissa (Page) Davidson, who was the mother of Melissa Ann Davidson, who married Leander Columbus Burkhart, a brother of Loueasa, and one of my maternal great, great grandfathers.
Laura remained in Albany and it was there that she met James Hearst Foster, a widower, whose wife, Martha, was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Albany. He was a "leading businessman" in Albany, per her obituary, (probably) in the Albany Democrat-Herald in Jan 18,1907. They married Aug 10, 1882, but their marriage was to be a brief one as James Foster died June 12th, 1888. He was buried with his 1st wife at Riverside Cemetery in Albany. Laura was again a widow and moved to Portland to live with her daughter, Hettie, and her family at *571 Glisan Street*. Remember, this is the older type of address, before the streets were changed to NE, SE, NW & SW, etc. Loueasa "Laura" did get to see her grandchildren by Hettie and her husband, Charles, a dentist. There was the 1st child, an infant son who was stillborn in 1882, and Charles Edward, who would follow in his father's footsteps and also become a dentist in the Seattle, WA area. And there was also Marguerite, who would attend University of California at Berkeley, studying French and receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Berkeley, completing her graduate work at Columbia University in New York City and receiving her Master's degree from University of California where she taught French. She would meet and marry Professor Laurence Ellsworth Dodd, physics professor at UCLA for 33 years, a Masonic Lodge member. They both were long time Beverly Hills Community Church members. They would retire to Port Angeles, Washington and, upon his death, Marguerite would move to the little town of Sequim, in Clullam County, WA until she passed away two years later, in 1985. There were no children.
Loueasa "Laura" Matilda (Burkhart)Thompson Foster passed away at her daughter's home in Portland on Friday morning, Jan 18, 1907. Her funeral was held at her daughter's home and then her remains were brought back to Albany by train to be buried at the Masonic Cemetery. She was buried next to her 1st husband, David M. Thompson, under the name of "Loueasa, Wife of D M Thompson". Her baby boy was buried at River View Cemetery in Portland with his mother, Hettie Louise Templeton, his father, Dr. Charles Ritchey Templeton, his sister, Marguerite Templeton Dodd, and her husband, Laurence Ellsworth Dodd.
It is interesting to note that when Loueasa's daughter, Hettie, married Dr. Charles Ritchey Templeton she married into another pioneer family which, like her's, (the Burkharts), had come to Oregon in 1847. The Templetons settled and homesteaded in the Brownsville area, just south of Albany, where the Burkharts had settled. Both the Templetons and the Burkharts strongly believed in the importance of good educations for their sons and daughters. I am sure they would have known each other due to the fact that they were neighbors and related by marriage. The Burkharts also had a strong faith in the Lord, which sustained them through the many trials and tribulations of living in a new land further West than they'd been before. They practiced both the Baptist, Congregational and Lutheran faiths. They were very close friends with the Davidsons, who produced a number of fine ministers and were close friends of Rev. Carter Tarrant, a relative of Melissa (Page) Davidson, who was the mother of Melissa Ann Davidson, who married Leander Columbus Burkhart, a brother of Loueasa, and one of my maternal great, great grandfathers.
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Loueasa, Wife of D M Thompson
Family Members
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Raymond Sanderson Burkhart
1817–1888
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Calvin Peter Burkhart
1819–1907
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Coriolanus Domaras "Crill" Burkhart
1821–1881
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Leander Columbus Burkhart
1823–1875
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Charlotte Elizabeth Burkhart Layton
1826–1854
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Volumna Vitturia Burkhart
1829–1831
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Catherine Jane Burkhart White
1832–1859
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John Baltzell Burkhart
1838–1914
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Rebecca Ann Burkhart Gay
1841–1919
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Augustus Henry Burkhart
1843–1844
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George Washington "GW" Burkhart
1845–1905
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