sec 39 lot 43 (Holmden burial area)

OBIT: Name: Foster, Evelyn
Date: August 24, 1920
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster-Evelyn, (nee Stimson), beloved wife of Lawrence Foster and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin A. Stimson, passed away at 2:30 a. m. Sunday morning. Funeral services Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 2:30 p. m. Burial at Riverside cemetery.

MARRIAGE: STIMSON, EVELYN and FOSTER, LAWRENCE W 0099 0134

1. 1. Lawrence FOSTER, Jr.

BIOGRAPHY: FOSTER, LEONARD GURLEY (10 Sept. 1840-13 Dec. 1937) was a CIVIL WAR veteran whose avocation brought him the epithet, "the Buckeye poet." Born on the family homestead in the Cuyahoga Valley near Denison Ave., he was educated at HUMISTON INSTITUTE and Berea College. He was principal at Tremont School from 1860-64, after which he served with the 8th Ohio Battery on Johnson's Island. Foster also actively worked the family farm, which inspired many of his verses on nature. A veteran of the first Chautauqua meeting in 1874, he remained active in the movement as a speaker and contributor of poetry. He wrote an estimated 80,000 verses in his lifetime, including 47 volumes of poems in manuscript which he presented to the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY His published volumes included Whisperings of Nature (1893) and The Early Days: A Pioneer Idyl (1911). Many of his poems were also published in the CLEVELAND NEWS and the CLEVELAND TIMES (1922) . He was the first clerk of the Brooklyn Village council and the second last survivor of the Brooklyn Post, G.A.R. Married to Lyde Holmden, Foster was survived by one of their 3 children. His brothers Edwin J. and Henry E. were Cleveland lawyers, the former having published verse and the latter a 1900 political campaign tract. His sister Hanna Alice Foster was a temperance worker and poet as well.

BIOGRAPHY: First village recorder for Brooklyn Village (Centre), Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

BIOGRAPHY: Note -- there seems to be some confusion about the siblings of these Foster poets. See notes for Edwin J. Foster (son of Nathan Foster) for further mention of this problem. Leonard, the son of Ebenezer who lived near Denison Ave., would have been born in the location as stated above, but to my knowledge, there were no siblings named Henry or Hanna, while Nathan Foster did have children with those names, but no Leonard. Very confusing.

CENSUS:
1900 - ED 210, sheet 1, Ward 42. 24 Archwood Place
1910 - 3007 Archwood Ave.

OCCUPATION: Real Estate

OBIT: Name: Foster, Leonard G.
Date: Dec 14 1937
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster: Leonard G., age 97 years, ? Archwood ave., husband of the late Lyde, father of Lawrence W., Monday, p. m. Funeral from Spaulding's Funeral Home, 2704 Denison ave., Thursday, at 2 p. m.

The 1910 census shows that she's been married for 35 years, had 3 children of which 2 are living. So whose child is Stella?

MARRIAGE: HOLMDEN, LYDA and FOSTER, LEONARD G 0017 0054

OBIT: Name: Foster, Holmden Lyde
Date: January 19, 1917
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: Foster-Holmden Lyde, beloved wife of Leonard G. Foster, Thursday morning, Jan. 18. Funeral services at residence, 3007 Archwood ave., Saturday, Jan. 20, 2 p. m.

DEATH: FOSTER LYDE H County Name: CUYAHOGA Date of Death: 1/18/1917 Volume Number: 2143 Certificate Number: 1597

Probably buried in section 39 of Riverside Cemetery near the large Holmden monument.

1. Gertrude FOSTER, [child] b. Abt 1874, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Abt 1884.
2. Ernest Holmden FOSTER b. Feb 1877, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 30 Apr 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 2. Lawrence Willard FOSTER b. 21 Mar 1880, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1961, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Stella GIRLSKI, ? b. Abt 1895, ,, Ohio, USA.

1. 3. Evelyn STIMSON b. 28 Sep 1889; d. Aug 1920, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. William Erwin STIMSON b. 16 Nov 1879, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. Jessie Alba STIMSON b. 18 Dec 1884, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Mary Josephine STIMSON b. Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Jesse Odell STIMSON b. 19 May 1876, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

BURIAL: Foster, Ebenezer 7/22/1897 age 87 Lot 62 6-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

MARRIAGE: Marriage might have been in 1836. The LDS church records in the IGI have a marriage extract for that year.

BIOGRAPHY: 6' 2" (per his grandson's biography -- see Claud Foster)

In 1850 census, there is a Joanna Williams living in the next household and Leonard Pixley living with her. Almira's uncle's wife? Not sure who this is, but it seems it could be a relative. Leonard is Ebenezer Foster's nephew, son of his sister, Sally.

MARRIAGE: WILLIAMS, ALMIRA and FOSTER, EBENEZER 0003 0192

RESIDENCES: 264 Denison

BURIAL: Foster, Almira 2/14/1896 age 84 Lot 62 5-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

DEATH: Foster , Almira Death Date: Interment Date: 02/14/1896 ; Interment Number: 490 Color: ; Sex: ; Age: 84 Address: ; Cause of Death: ; Remarks: Born Dec 13, 1812 at Gilboa NY Died Feb. 14, 1896 Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 5S Marker: yes ; Photo: yes Denison Cemetery

1. Dianna FOSTER, [infant] b. 1 Sep 1834, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 10 Jul 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
2. Ellen M. FOSTER b. 20 May 1835, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 21 Apr 1921, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
3. 4. Leonard Gurley FOSTER b. 10 Sep 1840, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 13 Dec 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Edward (Edwin) H. FOSTER b. 20 Sep 1842, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 1 Nov 1908, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. George N. FOSTER b. Oct 1845, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 19 Jan 1919, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Pauline A. FOSTER b. Nov 1848, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Apr 1911; bur. 15 Apr 1911, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

1. Lydia Ann BRAINARD, [infant] b. 18 Oct 1847, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 25 Apr 1849, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Frances Josephine BRAINARD b. 3 Jun 1850, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. 1 Aug 1929, Los Angeles,, California.
3. 7. Malina Eva BRAINARD b. 12 Feb 1854, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Charles Wesley BRAINARD b. 31 Jul 1861, Independence, Cuyahoga, Ohio.